Tomasi: Sonatine (Flute) (Leduc) *EMB corrected and annotated Benoit Berbiguier's

corrected and annotated Benoit Berbiguier's Grand Characteristic Studies

Phyllis Avidan Louke

selected by Linda Frith

The work's title refers to the specific gravity of platinum

Charles Koechlin

Tomasi: Sonatine (Flute) (Leduc) *EMB corrected and annotated Benoit Berbiguier'sDescription: French composer and conductor, Henri Tomasi (1901 1971) published Sonatine for solo Flute in 1949. As with his other wind compositions, Sonatine was well received by audiences. Tomasi was born in Marseille, but his Father and Mother were originally from La Casinca in Corsica. Despite being pressured into musical studies by his parents, Tomasi dreamed of becoming a sailor, and during the summer, he stayed with his Grandmother in Corsica