A flutist demonstrates flute-playing technique

A flutist or flautist is a musician who plays the flute. 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. ... A musician is a person who plays or composes music. ... This article pertains to the musical instrument. ...

The term flautist (from the Italian flautista, from flauto, and adopted due to 18th century Italian influence), is also used. It has become the standard term in English. "Flutist" is commonly used in the United States, however. See Oxford English dictionary entries: Flutist (http://www.askoxford.com/concise_oed/flutist?view=uk), Flautist (http://www.askoxford.com/concise_oed/flautist?view=uk). (17th century - 18th century - 19th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 18th century refers to the century that lasted from 1701 through 1800. ...

Notable classical flute players include:

• Richard Adeney
• Julius Baker
• William Bennett
• Michel Blavet
• Theobald Boehm — also inventor of modern flute keying
• Alfred Franz Doppler
• James Galway
• Severino Gazzelloni
• Peter-Lukas Graf
• Irena Grafenauer
• Frederick the Great — Prussian king and avid amateur
• Kieko Hashiguchi
• William Kincaid
• Hans-Martin Linde
• Gareth Morris
• Marcel Moyse
• André Jaunet
• Louis Fleury
• Aurèle Nicolet
• Emmanuel Pahud
• Stephen Preston
• Johann Joachim Quantz - instructor of Frederick the Great
• Jean Pierre Rampal
• Elaine Shaffer
• Fritz Spiegl
• John Wummer
• Karl-Heinz Zöller

Edouard Manet: Young Flautist, or The Fifer, 1866

Notable jazz flute players include: Richard Adeney was a flutist. ... Julius Baker (September 23, 1915 - August 8, 2003) was one of the foremost American orchestral flute players. ... William Bennett is a British flute player, who has played with most of the major British orchestras. ... Michel Blavet (March 13, 1700–October 28, 1768) was a French flute virtuoso. ... Theobald Boehm (April 9, 1794- November 25, 1881) was a Bavarian inventor and musician, who perfected the modern flute and its improved fingering system, which has not changed since his time. ... Sir James Galway (born December 8, 1939) is an Irish flute player from Belfast, often called The Man With the Golden Flute. ... Severino Gazzelloni (1919-1992) was an Italian flute player. ... 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. ... 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. ... Kieko Hashiguchi in concert, March 2001 Kieko Hashiguchi is a flutist contemporary Japanese virtuoso. ... Hans-Martin Linde (born 1930) is a noted virtuoso flute and recorder player of (mainly) baroque and early music. ... Gareth Morris is a British flautist. ... Marcel Moyse was a famous French flute player, for whom many pieces were written. ... 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). ... Louis Fleury (1878-‑1926) was a French flutist, pupil of Paul Taffanel. ... Emmanuel Pahud (born January 27, 1970) is a French-Swiss flute player. ... Johann Joachim Quantz (January 30, 1697–July 12, 1773) was a German flutist, flute maker and composer. ... Jean-Pierre Rampal (January 7, 1922—May 20, 2000) was a French flute player, seen by many as the greatest of the 20th century. ... Elaine Shaffer was an American flutist and principal of the Houston Symphony Orchestra between 1948 and 1953. ... Fritz Spiegl Fritz Spiegl (January 27, 1926 - March 23, 2003) was an Austrian-born musician, journalist, broadcaster, humorist and collector who since 1939 had lived and worked in England. ... 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. ...

• Ian Anderson
• George Adams
• Walter Bell
• Leslie Burrs
• Wayman Carver
• Hariprasad Chaurasia
• Buddy Collette
• Robert Dick
• Eric Dolphy
• Joe Farrell
• Sonny Fortune
• Pannalal Ghosh
• Paul Horn
• Roland Kirk
• Hubert Laws
• Charles Lloyd
• Herbie Mann
• Yusef Lateef
• Harold McNair
• James Moody
• James Newton
• Jerome Richardson
• Sam Rivers
• Raghunath Seth
• Bud Shank
• Sahib Shihab
• Jeremy Steig
• Nicola Stilo
• Nestor Torres
• Frank Wess
• Leo Wright

Ian Anderson (born August 10, 1947 in Dunfermline, Scotland), is a British singer, songwriter, guitarist and flautist, and is best known as the head of the rock band Jethro Tull. ... Hariprasad Chaurasia (born 1 July 1938) is a famous Bansuri flute artist. ... Eric Allan Dolphy (June 20, 1928 - June 29, 1964) was a jazz musician who played alto saxophone, flute and clarinet. ... Sonny Fortune, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, May 19, 1939, is an American jazz player, alto saxophonist, and flutist. ... This article needs cleanup. ... Paul Horn (born March 17, 1930) is a American jazz flutist, and leader of the Paul Horn Quintet. ... Rahsaan Roland Kirk (1935-1977) was a blind jazz saxophonist, perhaps best known for his ability to play more than one saxophone at once. ... Hubert Laws is an American jazz flutist, who also studied classical music. ... Charles Lloyd (March 15, 1938-) is an American jazz musician. ... Herbert Jay Solomon (April 16, 1930 – July 1, 2003), better known as Herbie Mann, was an American jazz flutist and important practitioner of world music. ... Yusef Lateef (born October 9, 1920) is an American jazz musician who played principally on tenor saxophone, and also developed into a major jazz flute player. ... Harold McNair was a jazz saxophonist and flautist. ... James Moody (born March 26, 1925) is a jazz saxophone and flute player. ... Jerome Richardson (November 15, 1920 - June 23, 2000) American jazz musician, tenor saxophonist, and flute player, who also plays alto sax, baritone sax, clarinet and piccolo. ... Samuel Carthorne Rivers (born September 25, 1923, El Reno, Oklahoma) is a jazz musician and composer. ... Bud Shank is an American saxophonist. ... Jeremy Steig, the son of The New Yorker cartoonist William Steig, is notable as one of the few jazz flutists playing flute exclusively, as opposed to doubling from other woodwinds (others are James Newton, and, for most of his career, Herbie Mann). ... Nicola Stilo (born 1956) is a jazz and pop instrumentalist, specialising in flute, guitar and piano. ... Nestor Torres, born in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico. ... Frank Wess (born January 4, 1922 in Kansas City) is an American jazz musician, who has played saxophone (both alto and tenor) and flute. ... Leo Wright (1933 in Wichita Falls, Texas - January 4, 1991 in Vienna) was an American jazz musician who played alto saxophone, flute and clarinet. ...

External links

• Principal flute players (http://hometown.aol.com/johnwion/orchestra.html)
• Famous players (may have to navigate) (http://www.mostlywind.co.uk/famflaut.html)
• History of the jazz flute (http://members.chello.nl/p.guidi/history.html)