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John Wion was principal flute of the New York City Opera Orchestra for thirty seven years and Professor of Flute at the Hartt School, Connecticut. In a career that spanned all aspects of the music business, he has performed as soloist, chamber musician, and in symphony and ballet orchestras, as well as on Broadway and in recording studios
His 220 paged autobiography WOOD, SILVER & GOLD - A Flutist's Life
encompasses all these experiences along with the fascinating life he has built around them, and is available in paperback form either with black & white photographs or colored photographs.

click here for John Wion's web site 

CHAPMAN Flute Technique - AMAZON.CO.UK
CLARDY: Flute Fundamentals: The Building Blocks of Technique - AMAZON.COM
MICHEL CORRETTE: Flute Playing in the 18^th Century - AMAZON.COM (Out of Print)
DICK: The Other Flute - a performance manual of Contemporary Techniques - AMAZON.COM
DONINGTON: Baroque Music, Style and Performance - AMAZON.COM
ANGELEITA FLOYD: The Gilbert Legacy - AMAZON.COM (not available at present)
GALWAY: Yehudi Menuhin Music Guide - AMAZON.COM
GALWAY Yehudi Menuhin Music Guide - AMAZON.CO.UK
MARCEL MOYSE: Voice of the Flute - AMAZON.COM
HARRISON: How to play the Flute
HILL: The Flute Players Book - AMAZON.COM
HOTTERRE: Principles of the Flute, Recorder and Oboe - AMAZON.COM
KINCAID: The Advanced Flautist
KINCAID: Art & Practice of Modern Flute Technique - AMAZON.COM
KRELL: Flute Player's Notebook: Kincaidiana - AMAZON.COM (Currently not available)
MOYSE: Tone Development through Interpretation for the Flute
ANTOINE MAHAUT: A New Method for Learning to Play the Transverse Flute - AMAZON.COM
RICHARD MC GOWAN: Italian Baroque Solo Sonatas for the Recorder and the Flute - AMAZON.COM
CAROL NOE: A Guidebook to Flute Choir Literature - AMAZON.COM
PELLERITE: Handbook of Literature for the Flute - AMAZON.COM
PELLERITE: A Modern Guide to Fingering for the Flute -AMAZON.COM
PUTNIK: The Art of Flute Playing - AMAZON.CO.UK
PIERREUSE: Flute Literature - AMAZON.COM (unavailable at present)
QUANTZ: On Playing the Flute - AMAZON.COM
ROCKSTRO: A Treatise on the Flute
SHEPARD/HORN: How to love your Flute A Guide to Flutes and Flute Playing
TOFF: The Flute Book - AMAZON.CO.UK
TOFF: The Flute Book - AMAZON.COM
TOFF: The Development of the Modern Flute - AMAZON.CO.UK
TOFF: The Development of the Modern Flute - AMAZON.COM
TROMLITZ: The Keyed Flute ed. Ardal Powell - AMAZON.COM
VESTER: Flute Repertoire Catalogue
VESTER: Flute Music of the 18^th Century
WEISBERG: The Art of Wind Playing - AMAZON.COM
WAYNE WILKINS: Index of Flute Music 1979-1983 - AMAZON.COM (Unavailable at present)
CHRISTOPHER WELCH: History of the Boehm Flute - AMAZON.COM
The Flute & Flute Playing in Acoustical, Technical and Artistic Aspects Dayton Miller, Theobald Boehm

Since collating this page AMAZON.COM has notified us that several of these titles are no longer available or out-of-print
It would be worth searching on their site to see if they are back in stock (or look for a second hand copy)

NEW!!!!!!!!!! CD's with printable sheetmusic for flute, piano, violin, voice
Published by Theodore Presser Co. these CD's contain sheetmusic which you print out on your printer Click on each title to see what works are included on each CD, and to order from SHEETMUSICPLUS.COM