Shepherds, monks, and soldiers
The flute at war and at home
Consort and solo : the seventeenth century
The early eighteenth century : the 'baroque' flute's golden age
Quantz and the operatic style
The Classical flute
Travelling virtuosi, concert showpieces, and a new mass audience
Flute mania
The Boehm flute
Nineteenth-century eclecticism
The French Flute School
The flute in the age of recording
The flute in the early music revival
The postmodern age.