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Sonata No. 1 in A minor (I. Adagio) by Quantz. Sheet music for Flute, page 1.

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Quantz - Sonata No. 1 in A minor (I. Adagio)

Sheet music for flute

Info: First movement (Adagio) of the Flute Sonata No. 1 in A minor by Quantz. It is one of the many works for flute that Quantz composed for his student and patron Frederick II, King of Prussia.
Opus number: QV 1:146
Date: 1763-1769
Artist: Johann Joachim Quantz
Born: 30 January 1697, Oberscheden
Died: 12 July 1773, Potsdam
The artist: German flutist, flute maker and composer. He composed hundreds of flute sonatas and concertos, and wrote a treatise on flute performance called "On Playing the Flute". Versuch einer Anweisung die Flöte traversiere zu spielen (titled On Playing the Flute in English) was a valuable source of reference regarding performance practice and flute technique in the 18th century.
Instrument: Flute
Key: A minor
Range: E4 - C6
Time signature: 4/4
Tempo: 34 BPM
Duration: 3:01
Pages: 1
Difficulty: Intermediate
Style: Classical
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