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Flutist
A flutist is a musician who plays the flute. The term flautist (based on Italian word flauto, and adopted due to 18th century Italian influence) is also used.
Notable classical flute players include:
- Richard Adeney
- Julius Baker
- William Bennett
- 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
- Aurčle 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
Notable jazz flute players include:
- 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
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