"The Flute on Record: The 78 rpm Era serves as a comprehensive and practical guide to the wealth of flute recordings made between 1889 and 1954. The discography lists commercial, private, and unpublished recordings on cylinders and 78 rpm discs for more than two hundred national and international flutists. Recordings are logged in meticulous detail, including dates and locations, matrix numbers, domestic and foreign catalog numbers, and corresponding long-playing reissues. Solo works, chamber music, and vocal and orchestral works that feature flute passages are addressed in citations and complete appendixes of anonymous recordings. Details about broadcast transcriptions, live performance transcriptions, and films are also included. Notes and bibliographies offer background information on additional recordings and reparatory, providing a link between modern study and historical evidence. With a list of record labels and numerical series, as well as indexes of composers and musicians, this resource is invaluable for researchers, collectors, and general users alike."--BOOK JACKET.