Louis Lot flute 4452 ordered by Paul Taffanel player flute antique flute old flute solid silver

Paul Taffanel is usually considered the founder of the French Flute School that became dominant in mid-20th century western Europe and America. Hestudied at the Paris Conservatoire with Louis Dorus, who introduced the Boehm flute there, graduating in 1860. For the next 30 years he pursued a brilliant career as a soloist and as an orchestral player, as one of a group of French musicians who made strenuous efforts to develop a national musicalstyle.When Taffanel became Professor of Flute at the Conservatoire in 1893 he revised the institute's repertoire and teaching methods, reintroducing works by foreign composers and by those of earlier generations, including Bach. Taffanel's pupils learned to play in a new, smoother stylethat includeda light and carefully-modulated vibrato.

Taffanel began work on a history of the flute and a method book, both of which were completed after his death by his pupils Louis Fleury and Philippe Gaubert.

Fine french Flute by Louis Lot # 4452 Ordered by TAFFANEL in 1888

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