Music and Time Annotation << Back Free Variations in the Modern Flute Performance (on Example of J. J. Quantz’s Sonata in D major for Flute and Basso Continuo, QV 1:31 № 5) A. Sniezhko The paper deals with theoretical and practical aspects of free variations in the modern flute performance. The stuff is the manuscript of a little known J. J. Quantz’s Sonata in D major for flute and basso continuo QV 1:31 № 5, which is kept in music archives of Sing-Akademie zu Berlin. J. J. Quantz’s recommendations given in his «Versuch einer Anweisung, die Flöte traversiere zu spielen» (1752) were used while creating the free variations. Keywords: flute, J. J. Quantz, free variations, «Versuch einer Anweisung, die Flöte traversiere zu spielen» Contacts: E-mail: snezhkoalisa@rambler.ru Pp. 08-12.