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Flutist

In American English, a flutist is a musician who plays the flute. The equivalant British and Commonwealth term is flautist (based on Italian word flauto, and adopted due to 18th century Italian influence).

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
William Kincaid
Hans-Martin Linde
Gareth Morris
Marcel Moyse
Aurèle Nicolet
Emmanuel Pahud
Stephen Preston
Johann Joachim Quantz - instructor of Frederick the Great
Jean Pierre Rampal
Elaine Shaffer
John Wummer
Karl-Heinz Zöller

Notable jazz flute players include:

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Instrumentalist | List of professions | Musician | Musicians

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