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Tromlitz Johann George
Albinoni, Tomaso Giovanni
Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel
Bach, Johann Sebastian
Bach, Wilhelm Friedmann
Barre, Michel de la
Benda, Franz
Blavet, Michel
Boccherini, Luigi
Boismortier, Joseph Bodin de
Čart, Jiří
Chédeville, Nicolas
Corelli, Arcangelo
Corrette, Michel
Couperin, François
Handel, George Frideric
Hotteterre, Jacques-Martin
Leclair, Jean-Marie l'aîné
Locatelli, Pietro Antonio
Loeillet (de Gant), Jean-Baptiste
Marais, Marin
Marc, Thomas
Marcello, Benedetto
Martini, Giovanni Battista
Müthel, Johann Gottfried
Pachelbel, Johann
Pergolesi, Giovanni Battista
Platti, Giovanni Benedetto
Quantz, Johann Joachim
Telemann, Georg Philipp
Tromlitz, Johann George
Vitali, Tomaso Antonio
Vivaldi, Antonio
Partita for Flute solo No 2 in G Major
Partita for Flute solo No 2 in G Major
J.G. Tromlitz, J.G.: Partita for Flute solo No 2 in G Major, as well as the other 5 partitas for flute, were written somewhere between 1760s and 1770s, during his Leipzig years.
By the time Tromlitz wrote his Partitas, the Baroque style (Bach, Handel, Quantz’s early works) had already given way to galant and early Classical idioms.
So stylistically, the Partitas rather should be attributed to the galant / empfindsamer world — the early Classical transition, not Baroque.
Since Tromlitz was considered one of the best flutists of his time, his partitas reflect not only his virtuosity, but also the new dynamic possibilities of the instrument he developed as a flute maker. All his achievements were groundbreaking for his epoch and greatly influenced Theobald Boeh,m who further developed the flute we all now know.
Tromlitz Johann George
Johann George Tromlitz (1725 - 1805) was a German flute virtuoso, educator, instrument maker, author, and composer.
Born in Reinsdorf, near Artern, he received the degree of Imperial Public Notary at Leipzig University in 1750.
Around the same time, he started to make the flutes on his own since he was not satisfied with the flutes that were available from German flutemakers.
In 1754, I became principal flautist of the Grosses Konzert, a forerunner of the famous Leipzig Gewandhaus orchestra. The post he held for two decades. He left the orchestra in 1776 to spend more time teaching, writing, and making flutes.
In addition to his outstanding artistic activity, Tromlitz also devoted himself to composition and flute education. He published several influential flute schools and numerous compositions.
With the development of the so-called Tromlitz flute with eight flaps, he reformed both the range of sound and the playing technique of the instrument. This innovation was recognized and appreciated worldwide for almost a century.
Overall, he wrote three books about flute-playing:
Kurze Abhandlung (1786, "Short Essay on Flute-Playing");
Unterricht (1791), "The Virtuoso Flute-Player").