- Chaminade was commissioned to compose this work as a 1902 examination piece (or morceau de concours) for Paris Conservatory flute students.1
- The work is dedicated to Paul Taffanel, influential professor of flute at the Paris Conservatory.2
- The work was originally scored for flute and piano. Chaminade arranged it for flute and orchestra for a performance in London by her friend Marguerite de Forest Anderson.3
Sources
- Ann McCutchan, Marcel Moyse: Voice of the Flute (Portland, Oregon: Amadeus Press, 1994), 50.
- “Concertino pour Flûte, Op.107 (Chaminade, Cécile),” IMSLP, accessed June 23, 2021, https://imslp.org/wiki/Concertino_pour_Fl%C3%BBte%2C_Op.107_(Chaminade%2C_C%C3%A9cile).
- Nancy Toff, The Flute Book: A Complete Guide for Students and Performers (New York: Oxford University Press, 2021), ebook.
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