Score Only-A challenging lively and exotically spirited duet for flute and bassoon!

Fling a contraction of FLute and strING owes its name partly to the violin parts which imitate the flute as well as the short length of the piece and its fast pace.

Score and Parts-The composer's note: The Duo for Flute and Piano (1961) was composed in Berlin while I was a student at the Hochschule für Musik. It was written for the flutist Neal Zaslaw who gave its first performance withJuliette Arnold at the Brooklyn Museum on August 20 1961. For many years the manuscript was lost. The revival of the piece from a copy whose origins are obscure was effected by Fenwick Smith and Randall Hodgkinson and thesecond life of the piece owes much to their advocacy.

A revision of the 1971 solo flute piece composed for flutist Paula Robison. This is the first posthumously published work of American composer Leon Kirchner (1919-2009).

Otar Taktakishvili (1924-1989) was a Georgian composer conductor administrator and artistic director who played a leading role in the post-war revival of professional Georgian music. He graduated from the TbilisiConservatory in 1947 having composed the official anthem of the Georgian Republic while still a student and before long he became a professor there. Later in his career he was Chairman of the Georgian Composersâ?? Union andMinister of Culture of the Georgian Republic. Taktakishvili like most Georgian composers of his generation was heavily influenced by local folk music. Georgian choral polyphony is among the oldest in theChristian world and its distinctive techniques are seen in his lyrical and expressive style.In the west Taktakishviliâ??s best known work is perhaps his Sonata For Flute And Piano in C major. This44-page book contains all three movements and comes with a separate Flute score.