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This is a list of notable compositions for the flute (particularly the Western concert flute). Flute alone. C. P. E. Bach: Sonata in A minor (1763) J.S. Bach:
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In 1992, Warm Springs tribal member, Charles Littleleaf, received a flute from Native American flutist, R. Carlos Nakai. Nakai's gift was intended to encourage Charles to learn the instrument. The following year, Nakai held one of the first Native American flute workshops at the Feathered Pipe Ranch in Helena, Montana and invited Charles to attend.
Nakai's music prominently features improvisations on the Native American cedar flute. He also plays the eagle-bone whistle , and uses synthesizers, chanting, and sounds from nature. Although he occasionally plays arrangements of traditional melodies, most of his music attempts to "[create] original compositions that capture the essence of his ...
Jeanne Baxtresser (born August 2, 1947) is an American flutist and teacher. She is most notable for her position as principal flutist of the New York Philharmonic for over 15 years, she decided to play the flute when she was only nine years old, as an author (Orchestral Excerpts for Flute with Piano Accompaniment), and as a professor and master teacher.
Robert Mirabal (born October 6, 1966) is a Pueblo musician and Native American flute player and maker from Taos Pueblo, New Mexico.. His flutes are world-renowned and have been displayed at the Smithsonian Institution's Museum of the American Indian.
Don McLean, "American Pie" Don McLean penned this hit about "The Day the Music Died" (when a plane carrying Ritchie Valens, Buddy Holly and The Big Bopper crashed), but most people just love it ...
Herbert Jay Solomon (April 16, 1930 – July 1, 2003), [1] known by his stage name Herbie Mann, was an American jazz flute player and important early practitioner of world music. Early in his career, he also played tenor saxophone and clarinet (including bass clarinet), but Mann was among the first jazz musicians to specialize on the flute.