General considerations: definitions and descriptions -- Acoustics -- The flutes of primitive peoples: the transverse flute in antiquity -- The transverse flute to 1700 -- 18th-century developments -- The first part of the 19th century -- The work of Theobald Boehm -- The flute after Bohem -- The transverse flute in the orchestra -- Larger and smaller flutes: modern aspects -- Exceptional varieties -- Materials and manufacture -- Some notes on key-work: miscellanea -- Capabilities and technique
