Alto flute

Bernard Hemsing, c. 1730 - c. 1750

Transverse flutes have existed in various forms since 3000 BC. Around 1720, Amsterdam was a centre for the manufacture of woodwind instruments, including flutes. The earliest, with one key and often made of boxwood, and ebony or ivory, were crafted individually. Alto flutes from that time are rare.

Artwork typeflute, wind instrument, musical instrument, transverse flute
Object numberBK-NM-11430-99
Dimensionslength 790 mm x diameter 40 mm
Physical characteristicsebbenhout, ivoor en zilver

Identification

Title(s)
Alto flute
Object type
Object number
BK-NM-11430-99
Description
Grote ebbenhouten dwarsfluit met ivoren randen, gemerkt: B. Hemsing.
Inscriptions / marks
stamp: ‘B:HEMSING’
Catalogue reference
- Rob van Acht, 'Dutch Wind-Instruments, 1670-1820', Tijdschrift van de Vereniging voor Nederlandse Muziekgeschiedenis 38 (1988), p. 99-122: 118
- Jeremy Montagu, 'Instrument plans, books, postcards: Bate Collection, Oxford', FoMRHI Quarterly 68 (1992), p. 6-12: 10
- Rob van Acht, 'Niederländische Blasinstrumente, 1670-1820', Tibia: Magazin für freunde alter und neuer bläsermusik 15, nr. 3 (1990), p. 169-185: 183
- Rob van Acht, 'Dutch wind instruments in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries', Geschichte, Bauweise und Spieltechnik der Querflöte, Augsburg: Wißner-Verlag (Musikinstitut für Aufführungspraxis), 2008, p. 53–69: 60, 65, afb. 7d
- Jan Bouterse, 'Dutch recorders and transverse flutes of the 17th and 18th century', FoMRHI Quarterly 64 (Jul., 1991), Comm. 1052, p. 33-37: 36
- L.G. Langwill, 'Musikinstrumenten-Sammlung des Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam ausgestellt im Gemeente Museum, Den Haag 9. Oktober - 24. November 1952', Glareana: Nachrichten der Gesellschaft der Freunde alter Musikinstrumente 2, nr. 2 (1953), p. 1-3: 2

Creation

Creation
musical instrument maker: Bernard Hemsing, Leiden
Dating
c. 1730 - c. 1750
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Material and technique

Physical description
ebbenhout, ivoor en zilver
Material
Dimensions
length 790 mm x diameter 40 mm

Acquisition and rights

Credit line
Purchased with the support of the State of the Netherlands and the Vereeniging van Noord-Nederlandsche Muziekgeschiedenis
Copyright
Public domain

Documentation

- Rob van Acht, 'Dutch Wind-Instruments, 1670-1820', Tijdschrift van de Vereniging voor Nederlandse Muziekgeschiedenis 38 (1988), p. 99-122: 118
- Jeremy Montagu, 'Instrument plans, books, postcards: Bate Collection, Oxford', FoMRHI Quarterly 68 (1992), p. 6-12: 10
- Rob van Acht, 'Niederländische Blasinstrumente, 1670-1820', Tibia: Magazin für freunde alter und neuer bläsermusik 15, nr. 3 (1990), p. 169-185: 183
- Rob van Acht, 'Dutch wind instruments in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries', Geschichte, Bauweise und Spieltechnik der Querflöte, Augsburg: Wißner-Verlag (Musikinstitut für Aufführungspraxis), 2008, p. 53–69: 60, 65, afb. 7d
- Jan Bouterse, 'Dutch recorders and transverse flutes of the 17th and 18th century', FoMRHI Quarterly 64 (Jul., 1991), Comm. 1052, p. 33-37: 36
- L.G. Langwill, 'Musikinstrumenten-Sammlung des Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam ausgestellt im Gemeente Museum, Den Haag 9. Oktober - 24. November 1952', Glareana: Nachrichten der Gesellschaft der Freunde alter Musikinstrumente 2, nr. 2 (1953), p. 1-3: 2

Persistent URL

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https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/200409082