Description of the instrument, since the oldest times until present. Starting from the simplest type of Panflute, which has the form of a bundle of tubes of various dimensions, it is susceptible to assume that this instrument has accompanied the artistic performances of man, even since the dawn of its existence.
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Principalities, made up of Panflute, violin and Kobsa, which amplify in number. In the first half of the 19th century, the integration of cembalo and double bass in the folk music bands, extended with 8-9 members, leads to the amplification of sound and stimulation of the harmonic taste.
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Under the generic Pan Flute, a great variety of blowing instruments exist, at many peoples, in Latin America (Peru, Mexico, Bolivia, Ecuador), Solomon Islands, China, Japan, Egypt and, not in the latest, Romania. Very many names and hints of Pan Flute are known at various peoples.
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The oldest flute ever discovered may be a fragment of the femur of a juvenile cave bear, with two to four holes, found at Divje Babe in Slovenia and dated to about 43,000 years ago. However, this has been disputed.
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This conical flute of 1832 was gradually accepted by the most important players of the time, and by 1843 Boehm had licensed flutemakers in London and Paris to manufacture this new instrument. In 1846, Boehm continued to perfect the flute while studying acoustics with Carl von Schafhautl at the University of Munich.
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It is interesting to note that the flute seems to disappear with the fall of Rome and only begins to reappear in the 10th and 11th centuries. It is probable that the instrument was introduced into Western Europe by way of Germany from Byzantium.
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While the term flute refers to a broad number of instruments which are found in many different cultures, we will be exploring the history of our modern flute. There are many names for this special kind of flute. These names include: cross flute, German flute, transverse flute and flauto traverso.
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The earliest written reference to a flute is from a Sumerian-language cuneiform tablet dated to c. 2600–2700 BCE. Flutes are also mentioned in a recently translated tablet of the Epic of Gilgamesh, an epic poem whose development spanned the period of approximately 2100–600 BCE.
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A musician who plays the flute can be referred to as a flute player, flautist, flutist or, less commonly, fluter or flutenist. Flutes are the earliest extant musical instruments. A number of flutes dating to about 43,000 to 35,000 years ago have been found in the Swabian Jura region of present-day Germany. These flutes demonstrate that a developed musical tradition existed from the earliest period of modern human presence in Europe. Flutes, including the famous Bansuri, have been an integral part of Indian classical music since 1500 BC. A major deity of Hinduism, Krishna, has been associated with the flute.
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A flute dating back to approximately 900 B.C. was found in China and called a ch'ie. To date, the oldest flutes have been found in the Swabian Alps region of Germany, and are said to have been from about 43,000 to 35,000 years ago.
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when was the flute invented
The flute was invented 43,000 years ago. The Flute was invented 43,000 years ago.