"Chance having made me find a flageolet at the bottom of a drawer, I wanted to use it immediately, seeking uselessly to reproduce the popular air of Marlborough. My father, who was greatly inconvenienced by these whistles, came to ask me to let him rest until he had the time to teach me the fingering of the melodious instrument, and the execution of the heroic song which I had made a choice. He managed to teach them to me without much trouble; and after two days I was in a position to delight the whole family with my air of Marlborough. ”
“This instrument was very popular for learning music. There have been hundreds of methods "s
Hugo ReyneIf we asked in the street which famous French composer is the author of these lines, we bet that there would not be many good answers. It is however in these terms that Hector Berlioz describes, in chapter IV of his Memoirs, his first encounter with music. An anecdote that says a lot about the primordial place of the flageolet in the musical education of the youngest throughout the 19th century. Long used in the home, this little
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