Rudolf Tillmetz was a flute

Flute

The flute is a musical instrument of the woodwind family. Unlike woodwind instruments with reeds, a flute is an aerophone or reedless wind instrument that produces its sound from the flow of air across an opening...

 virtuoso

Virtuoso

A virtuoso is an individual who possesses outstanding technical ability in the fine arts, at singing or playing a musical instrument. The plural form is either virtuosi or the Anglicisation, virtuosos, and the feminine form sometimes used is virtuosa...

 and pedagogue from Munich

Munich

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, Germany

Germany

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. He was a great contributor to modern ideas on interpretation on the flute with his teachings and his technical writings. As a child Rudolf showed great promise as a musician and was provided a through musical education by his father, Franz Paul Tillmetz. After studying piano

Piano

The piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...

 with Franz Barraga and music theory with Otto Muller he became a pupil of Theobald Boehm

Theobald Boehm

Theobald Böhm was a German inventor and musician, who perfected the modern Western concert flute and its improved fingering system...

, who helped the young flutist establish his successful career.

His first performance was in 1858 in Munich, when he was just 11 years old. In 1864 he was appointed first flute at the Royal Bavarian Opera Orchestra, directed by Franz Lachner

Franz Lachner

Franz Paul Lachner was a German composer and conductor.Lachner was born in Rain am Lech to a musical family . He studied music with Simon Sechter and Maximilian, the Abbé Stadler. He conducted at the Theater am Kärntnertor in Vienna. In 1834, he became Kapellmeister at Mannheim...

 at the time. After teaching at the Royal Bavarian Cadetcorps for 12 years he was appointed flute teacher in 1883 at the Royal Music School.

Works

Some of Tillmetz's works are:

For solo flute:

• 24 studies
  Étude
  An étude , is an instrumental musical composition, most commonly of considerable difficulty, usually designed to provide practice material for perfecting a particular technical skill. The tradition of writing études emerged in the early 19th century with the rapidly growing popularity of the piano...
  
   for the flute, Op. 12
• 26 studies in all keys
  Key (music)
  In music theory, the term key is used in many different and sometimes contradictory ways. A common use is to speak of music as being "in" a specific key, such as in the key of C major or in the key of F-sharp. Sometimes the terms "major" or "minor" are appended, as in the key of A minor or in the...
  
  
• Melodic studies, Op. 21
• 30 studies in duet form, Op. 52
• 12 rhythmic exercises in duet form, Op. 54

For flute and piano:

• Album leaf, Op. 8
• Fantasiestuck, Op. 9
• Six easy solos, Op. 10
• Andante and polonaise
  Polonaise
  The polonaise is a slow dance of Polish origin, in 3/4 time. Its name is French for "Polish."The polonaise had a rhythm quite close to that of the Swedish semiquaver or sixteenth-note polska, and the two dances have a common origin....
  
  , Op. 15
• Nocturno, alpine round, and rondoletta pastorale, Op. 17
• Six solo, Op. 28
• Six characteristic solos, Op. 32
• Lyric pieces, Op. 33
• Fantasie pastorale roumaine, Op. 34
• Notturno, Op. 50

For flute and orchestra

Orchestra

An orchestra is a sizable instrumental ensemble that contains sections of string, brass, woodwind, and percussion instruments. The term orchestra derives from the Greek ορχήστρα, the name for the area in front of an ancient Greek stage reserved for the Greek chorus...

:

• Concert study for flute and orchestra, Op. 22
• Grand konzertstuck, Op. 23
• Hungarian fantasia, Op. 25

For flute, horn

Horn (instrument)

The horn is a brass instrument consisting of about of tubing wrapped into a coil with a flared bell. A musician who plays the horn is called a horn player ....

, and piano:

• Nocturne, Op. 31

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