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 up to the top C(by the way, the menuetto in Sibelius's Konig Kristian II. begins with this extreme note). In Strauss' Symphonia Domestica the flute has a D′′′′ in altissimo, a note which is not to be found in the scales given in instruction books. He takes care as a rule not to write above A′′′ for the piccolo, which instrument is very prominent in Till Eulenspiegel. In Don , Till Eulenspiegel, No. 5. Quixote he has a variation marked "Flatterzunge"i.e., flutter-tonguecontaining terrific chromatics for both the first and second flutes. In Don Juan the flute is given an important solo. In Strauss' works the extreme limit as regards technical difficulty is assuredly reached; whether the result obtained, however, is commensurate is certainly open to question, and assuredly