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(centre)bass flute in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London

Indonesian duct flute, bamboo; in the Horniman Museum, London.

Wind instruments of the Western orchestra

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Also Known As	Flöte • flûte • concert flute

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(centre)bass flute in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London

Indonesian duct flute, bamboo; in the Horniman Museum, London.

Wind instruments of the Western orchestra

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Austrian composer

Claude Debussy

Claude Debussy

French composer

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James Galway

Irish musician

Easley Blackwood, Jr.

American composer

Francesco Landini

Italian composer

Theobald Boehm

German woodwind maker

Otto Luening

American composer

Edgard Varèse

Edgard Varèse

American composer

Jean-Pierre Rampal

Jean-Pierre Rampal

French musician

Eric Dolphy

Eric Dolphy

American musician

André Jolivet

French composer

Quantz, Johann Joachim

Johann Joachim Quantz

German musician

Joseph Bodin de Boismortier

French composer

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