Black flute

Abstract Teachers and flutists at all levels will welcome the return of Nancy Toff’s unique one-stop guide to the flute and its music. Organized into four main pa...

This chapter works with a concept that seems common in many animistic cultures, where flutes talk rather than produce music. Many flutists in European-derived cultures often refer ...

This chapter discusses the negative aspect of how flutes and flute players are able to cast musical charms that may lead to death, including the flutists' own deaths. It discusses ...

Flutes get much of their power from the breath of their players, and that breath is transformed into whistle tones that are manipulated by the player's fingers or tongue to produce...

This chapter deals with one of the most common issues in world flutelore—love. Many of the flute tales found in the world have to do with sexuality and magical love powers used by ...

This chapter presents numerous short folktales that pertain to the topic of gender, and includes analysis of gender sub issues, such as flute playing and the reversal of social ord...

This chapter discusses tales about the protective power of flutes. Protection, as suggested by folklore/mythology, is often “magical” because it usually involves powers that are gr...

In the twenty-first century, American popular culture increasingly makes visible the performance of African spirituality by black women. Disney’s Princess and the Frog and Pirates ...