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piccolo

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piccolo, small transverse flute flute, in music, generic term for such wind instruments as the fife , the flageolet , the panpipes , the piccolo , and the recorder . The tone of all flutes is produced by an airstream directed against an edge, producing eddies that set up vibrations in the air
..... Click the link for more information.  pitched an octave higher than the standard flute. Its tone is bright and shrill, and it can produce the highest notes in the orchestral range. The piccolo is used in orchestras and especially in military bands. See fife fife, small transverse flute with six to eight finger holes adopted for military music by Swiss regiments serving in France in the late 15th cent. The fife was used in the British army until the end of the 19th cent. The piccolo has largely replaced the fife in modern use.
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Lohr's symbolic and structural concerns can be seen as united in Piccola torre (Small Tower), Piccola piramide (Small Pyramid), and Piccolo tempio (Small Temple), all from 2004, where ivy seeds (in gorgeous burnished colors) have been skillfully interwoven to construct archetypal architectural forms, evoking an array of cultural and anthropological associations.
Christiane Lohr: Studio Stefania Miscetti by Carboni, Massimo / Artforum International
Markus plays the flugelhorn, the silver trumpet and the piccolo trumpet; Tara the clarinet, bass clarinet and the basset horn.
Haunting sounds by Williams, Hugh / For A Change
Through June 8, Piccolo Spoleto, College of Charleston, Physicians Auditorium, Comming and George Sts, 843.
Calendar: June by Dance Magazine
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