A flautist, flutist, or flute player is a musician who plays the flute. “Instrumentalist” redirects here. ... ♠ This article is about the family of musical instruments. ...

Naming controversy

A flute player demonstrates flute playing

The choice of "flautist" (from the Italian flautista, from flauto, and adopted due to 18th century Italian influence) versus "flutist" is the source of minor dispute among players of the instrument. "Flutist" is the earlier term in the English language, dating from at least 1603 (the earliest quote cited by the Oxford English Dictionary), while "flautist" is not recorded before 1860, when it was used by Nathaniel Hawthorne in The Marble Faun. While the print version of the OED does not indicate any regional preference for either form, the online Compact OED characterizes "flutist" as an American usage.^[1] Download high resolution version (700x651, 92 KB)This photo was taken on July 21, 2004 with a Toshiba PDR-2300 digital camera. ... Download high resolution version (700x651, 92 KB)This photo was taken on July 21, 2004 with a Toshiba PDR-2300 digital camera. ... Many words of Italian origin have entered other languages. ... The Oxford English Dictionary print set The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) is a dictionary published by the Oxford University Press (OUP), and is the most successful dictionary of the English language, (not to be confused with the one-volume Oxford Dictionary of English, formerly New Oxford Dictionary of English, of... Nathaniel Hawthorne (born Nathaniel Hathorne; July 4, 1804 – May 19, 1864) was a 19th century American novelist and short story writer. ... The Marble Faun (1860) was the last of the four major romances by Nathaniel Hawthorne. ...

Richard Rockstro in his three volume treatise The Flute^[2] written in England in 1890 uses "flute-player".

The American player and writer Nancy Toff, in her The Flute Book, devotes more than a page to the subject, commenting that she is asked "Are you a flutist or a flautist?" on a weekly basis. She prefers "flutist": "Ascribe my insistence either to a modest lack of pretension or to etymological evidence; the result is the same." Toff, who is also an editor for Oxford University Press.[1], describes in some detail the etymology of words for "flute", comparing OED, Fowler's Dictionary of Modern Usage, Evans' Dictionary of Contemporary American Usage, and Copperud's American Usage and Style: The Consensus before arriving at her concluion.^[3] A Dictionary of Modern English Usage, often referred to simply as Fowlers Modern English Usage, or Fowler, is a style guide to British English usage. ...

The first edition of the OED lists fluter as dating from circa 1400 and Fowler's Modern English Usage^[4] states that "there seems no good reason" why flautist should have prevailed over fluter or flutist. However, according to Webster's Dictionary of English Usage,^[5] flautist is the preferred term in British English, and while both terms are used in American English flutist is "by far the more common choice".

James Galway summed up the way many players of the flute feel about "flautist", saying, "I am a flute player, not a flautist. I don't have a flaut, and I've never flauted." James Galway and his golden flute Sir James Galway (born December 8, 1939) is a Northern Ireland-born virtuoso flutist from Belfast, often called The Man With the Golden Flute. ...

Notable people who play the flute (flute players)

• Richard Adeney
• Julius Baker
• Jeanne Baxtresser
• Jean-Louis Beaumadier
• William Bennett
• Sharon Bezaly
• Michel Blavet
• Theobald Boehm - also inventor of predecessor of modern flute (material, keying, tone holes, headjoint)
• Barry Burns of the post-rock group Mogwai.
• Hariprasad Chaurasia
• Antoinette Clinton
• Alberto Corrales
• Burton Cummings
• Eric Dolphy
• Albert Franz Doppler
• Michael Flatley
• Louis Fleury
• Frederick the Great - Prussian king and avid amateur
• James Galway
• Severino Gazzelloni
• Pannalal Ghosh
• Peter-Lukas Graf
• Irena Grafenauer
• John Hackett
• Kieko Hashiguchi
• Bobbi Humphrey
• Timothy Hutchins - Principal flute of the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal since 1978.
• André Jaunet
• William Kincaid
• Sidney Lanier
• Hans-Martin Linde
• Gareth McLearnon
• Barbara Morgan - Educator astronaut.
• Gareth Morris
• Alanis Morissette
• Marcel Moyse
• Milan Munclinger
• Emmanuel Pahud
• Pan - from Greek mythology
• Stephen Preston - pioneer of the baroque and early classical flute
• Johann Joachim Quantz - instructor of Frederick the Great, authored important treatise
• Raja Ram - flute player for electronica group Shpongle
• Jean Pierre Rampal
• Jay Red Eagle
• Gary Schocker
• Elaine Shaffer
• Bari Siddiqui (classical & folk fusion)
• Fritz Spiegl
• Sanja Stijačić
• James Strauss
• Paul Taffanel
• Meredith Willson
• Karl-Heinz Zöller
• Shashank

Edouard Manet: Young Flautist, or The Fifer, 1866

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Antoinette Clinton (born in Davis, California) known by her stage name Butterscotch, is a singer/beatboxer who was until recently appearing on Americas Got Talent and has toured extensively with the rock band Peeping Tom. ... Alberto Corales, Cuban flute-player // Alberto Corrales, Cuba, was born in Guanabacoa, Havana, November 21, 1952. ... Burton Cummings, OM, D.Mus (born December 31, 1947) is a Canadian musician and songwriter. ... Eric Allan Dolphy (June 20, 1928 – June 29, 1964) was a jazz musician who played alto saxophone, flute and bass clarinet. ... Albert Franz Doppler (October 16, 1821, Lemberg, Poland – July 27, 1883, Baden bei Wien, Austria) was a composer best known for his music for flute. ... Michael Ryan Flatley (born July 16, 1958 in Detroit, Michigan) is an Irish-American step dancer from the south side of Chicago. ... Louis Fleury (1878–1926) was a French flautist, pupil of Paul Taffanel at the Paris Conservatoire. ... Frederick the Great Frederick II of Prussia (Friedrich der Große, Frederick the Great, January 24, 1712 – August 17, 1786) was the Hohenzollern king of Prussia 1740–86. ... James Galway and his golden flute Sir James Galway (born December 8, 1939) is a Northern Ireland-born virtuoso flutist from Belfast, often called The Man With the Golden Flute. ... Severino Gazzelloni (January 5, 1919 - November 21, 1992), was an Italian flute player. ... Pannalal Ghosh (1911-1960), also known as Amal Jyoti Ghosh, was a Bengali Indian bānsurÄ« player and composer. ... Peter-Lukas Graf (born 1929) is a flutist. ... Irena Grafenauer, born in Ljubljana, Slovenia, is an Orchestral flute player and soloist, a pupil of Karlheinz Zöller and Aurele Nicolet. ... John Hackett is British flautist and brother of guitarist Steve Hackett. ... Kieko Hashiguchi in concert, March 2001 Kieko Hashiguchi is a flutist contemporary Japanese virtuoso. ... Bobbi Humphrey is a female jazz flautist whose music style cover fusion, jazz-funk and soul-jazz. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... André Jaunet was a Flutist of the aera of Marcel Moyse; in his late years well known as (in spite of his age, very vivid) teacher, living and teaching in Thun (Switzerland). ... William Kincaid William Kincaid (also Bill Kincaid) was formerly known nationally in the entertainment trade as a costume designer, and after leaving the costume business in 1990, has been working to become locally known as an artist (b. ... Sidney Lanier (February 3, 1842 – September 7, 1881) was an American musician and poet. ... Hans-Martin Linde (born 1930 in Werne, Germany) is a noted virtuoso flute and recorder player of (mainly) baroque and early music. ... Gareth McLearnon (b. ... For other persons named Barbara Morgan, see Barbara Morgan (disambiguation). ... Gareth Morris (born 13 May 1920) is a British flautist. ... Alanis redirects here. ... Marcel Moyse (17 May 1889 - 1 November 1984) was a famous French flute player, for whom many pieces were written. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Pan (Greek , genitive ) is the Greek god of shepherds and flocks, of mountain wilds, hunting and rustic music: paein means to pasture. ... Stephen Preston is an English flautist specialising in period performance of baroque and classical music on original instruments. ... Johann Joachim Quantz (January 30, 1697–July 12, 1773) was a German flutist, flute maker and composer. ... Raja Ram is a musician and the owner of the UK record label TIP World. ... Jean-Pierre Rampal (January 7, 1922—May 20, 2000) was a French flute player, seen by many as the greatest of the 20th century. ... Headline text Jay Red Eagle is a Native American flutist and member of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma. ... Elaine Shaffer was an American flutist and principal of the Houston Symphony Orchestra between 1948 and 1953. ... Bari Siddiqui (born 15th November 1954) is a classical flautist, who created his own genre of folk fusion by fusing North Indian Classical Music with Baul music. ... Fritz Spiegl (27 January 1926 - 23 March 2003) was was born at Zurndorf, Austria, the son of an agricultural merchant and his Jewish wife. ... Sanja Stijačić (Сања Стијачић) is a Serbian flutist. ... Fang Aili 14:58, 18 January 2006 (UTC) Category: ... Robert Meredith Willson (18 May 1902 – 15 June 1984) was an American composer and playwright, best known as the writer of The Music Man. ... Karlheinz Zöller, German flutist, and principal in the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra between 1969-1973 and 1975-1993. ... Download high resolution version (710x1220, 112 KB) File links The following pages link to this file: Flutist Categories: Édouard Manet ... Download high resolution version (710x1220, 112 KB) File links The following pages link to this file: Flutist Categories: Édouard Manet ... Édouard Manet (portrait by Nadar) Édouard Manet (January 23, 1832 - April 30, 1883) was a noted French painter. ... The term flute most commonly applies to the popular transverse side-blown musical instrument made of metal. ...

• George Adams
• Walter Bell
• Ron Burgundy (fictional)
• Don Burrows
• Buddy Collette
• Robert Dick
• Eric Dolphy
• Joe Farrell
• Sonny Fortune
• Paul Horn
• Roland Kirk
• Yusef Lateef
• Hubert Laws
• Thijs van Leer
• Charles Lloyd
• Herbie Mann
• Harold McNair
• Lloyd McNeill
• Bobby Militello (current sax and flute player with the Dave Brubeck Quartet)
• James Moody
• James Newton
• Jerome Richardson
• Sam Rivers
• Bud Shank
• Sahib Shihab
• Jeremy Steig
• Nicola Stilo
• Nestor Torres
• Dave Valentin
• James Walker^[6]
• Frank Wess
• Leo Wright

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• Greg Pattillo

Notable progressive rock players include: Greg Pattillo is a beatboxing flautist originally from Seattle, but now operates in Brooklyn, New York. ... For the Swedish political music movement, see progg. ...

• David Jackson - Van Der Graaf Generator
• Ian Anderson - Leader of Jethro Tull
• Peter Gabriel - Former lead singer of Genesis
• Ian McDonald - First lineup of King Crimson
• Mel Collins - Second lineup of King Crimson
• Florian Schneider - Early lineup of Kraftwerk
• Ray Thomas - The Moody Blues
• Andrew Latimer - Camel
• Thijs Van Leer - Focus

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Notes

1. ^ flutist. Compact Oxford English Dictionary. Retrieved on September 16, 2005.
2. ^ Richard Shepherd Rockstro, The Flute (Fritz Knuf - Buren, The Netherlands, 1986[1890])
3. ^ Nancy Toff, The Flute Book (Scribners, 1985), "Flutist or Flautist?" pp. xiv-xv
4. ^ Fowler's Modern English Usage (Oxford University Press, 1965) "flautist, fluter, flutist" p. 201
5. ^ Webster's Dictionary of English Usage (Merriam-Webster Inc., 1989), "flautist, flutist" p. 452)
6. ^ http://www.usc.edu/schools/music/private/faculty/jamesrwa.php

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External links

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