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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.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Austrian composer
Claude Debussy
Claude Debussy
French composer
Man in a tuxedo playing the flute against a flat gray background.
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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