This is a list of compositions for flute (particularly the

Western concert flute The Western concert flute is a family of transverse (side-blown) woodwind instruments made of metal or wood. It is the most common variant of the flute. A musician who plays the flute is called a flautist (in British English), flutist (in Am ...

Solo flute

C. P. E. Bach Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (8 March 1714 – 14 December 1788), also formerly spelled Karl Philipp Emmanuel Bach, and commonly abbreviated C. P. E. Bach, was a German Classical period musician and composer, the fifth child and sec ...

: ** Sonata in A minor (1763) *

J.S. Bach Johann Sebastian Bach (28 July 1750) was a German composer and musician of the late Baroque period. He is known for his orchestral music such as the ''Brandenburg Concertos''; instrumental compositions such as the Cello Suites; keyboard wor ...

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Partita in A minor for solo flute The Partita in A minor for solo flute, BWV 1013, is a partita in four movements composed by Johann Sebastian Bach. Its date of composition is uncertain, though on the basis of its advanced playing technique, which is more demanding than in the flu ...

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Luciano Berio Luciano Berio (24 October 1925 – 27 May 2003) was an Italian composer noted for his experimental work (in particular his 1968 composition ''Sinfonia'' and his series of virtuosic solo pieces titled '' Sequenza''), and for his pioneering work ...

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Sequenza I ''Sequenza I'' is a composition written in 1958 by Luciano Berio for the flutist Severino Gazzelloni Severino Gazzelloni, born Severino Gazzellone (5 January 1919 – 21 November 1992) was an Italian flutist. Biography He was born in Roccas ...

'' (1958) * Claude Debussy: ** ''Syrinx'' (1913) *

Arthur Honegger Arthur Honegger (; 10 March 1892 – 27 November 1955) was a Swiss composer who was born in France and lived a large part of his life in Paris. A member of Les Six, his best known work is probably ''Antigone'', composed between 1924 and 1927 t ...

: ** '' Danse de la chèvre'' (1921) * Robert Muczynski: ** Three Preludes, Op. 18 (1962) *

Karlheinz Stockhausen Karlheinz Stockhausen (; 22 August 1928 – 5 December 2007) was a German composer, widely acknowledged by critics as one of the most important but also controversial composers of the 20th-century classical music, 20th and early 21st-century ...

: **'' Amour'' (1981) **'' Harmonien'' (2006) *

Tōru Takemitsu was a Japanese composer and writer on aesthetics and music theory. Largely self-taught, Takemitsu was admired for the subtle manipulation of instrumental and orchestral timbre. He is known for combining elements of oriental and occidental phil ...

** ''Voice'' (1971) *

Georg Philipp Telemann Georg Philipp Telemann (; – 25 June 1767) was a German Baroque composer and multi-instrumentalist. Almost completely self-taught in music, he became a composer against his family's wishes. After studying in Magdeburg, Zellerfeld, and Hild ...

: ** 12 Fantasias for Solo Flute (1733) * Edgard Varèse: **'' Density 21.5'' (1936)

Solo flute with piano

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flute sonatas A flute sonata is a sonata usually for flute and piano, though occasionally other accompanying instruments may be used. Flute sonatas in the Baroque period were very often accompanied in the form of basso continuo. List of flute sonatas * George ...

which are listed at their respective page. *

Aaron Copland Aaron Copland (, ; November 14, 1900December 2, 1990) was an American composer, composition teacher, writer, and later a conductor of his own and other American music. Copland was referred to by his peers and critics as "the Dean of American Com ...

: ** Duo for Flute and Piano (1971) * Gabriel Fauré: ** ''Fantaisie'', Op. 79 *

André Jolivet André Jolivet (; 8 August 1905 – 20 December 1974) was a French composer. Known for his devotion to French culture and musical thought, Jolivet drew on his interest in acoustics and atonality, as well as both ancient and modern musical influe ...

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Chant de Linos ''Chant de Linos'' is a work for flute and piano written by French composer André Jolivet in 1944 as a commission for a Conservatoire de Paris competition which was subsequently won by Jean-Pierre Rampal. He transcribed it for flute, violin, vi ...

'' for flute and piano (1944) * Olivier Messiaen: ** '' Le merle noir'' (1952) * Camille Saint-Saëns: ** ''Romance'', Op. 37 (1871)

Flute and other instruments

Ludwig van Beethoven Ludwig van Beethoven (baptised 17 December 177026 March 1827) was a German composer and pianist. Beethoven remains one of the most admired composers in the history of Western music; his works rank amongst the most performed of the classic ...

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Serenade for flute, violin and viola The Serenade for flute, violin and viola, Op. 25, is a chamber composition by Ludwig van Beethoven. It is in the key of D major. Composition The serenade was written by Beethoven around 1801, though there are preliminary sketches from 1797 when Be ...

in D major, Op. 25 ** Trio for piano, flute, and bassoon in G major, WoO 37 * Pierre Boulez: **'' …explosante-fixe…'', various configurations with flute and other instruments (1971–72, 1973–74, 1985, 1991–93) **''

Le marteau sans maître ''Le Marteau sans maître'' (; The Hammer without a Master) is a chamber cantata by French composer Pierre Boulez. The work, which received its premiere in 1955, sets surrealist poetry by René Char for contralto and six instrumentalists. It ...

'' for contralto voice, alto flute, viola, guitar, xylorimba, vibraphone, and percussion *

Carlos Chávez Carlos Antonio de Padua Chávez y Ramírez (13 June 1899 – 2 August 1978) was a Mexican composer, conductor, music theorist, educator, journalist, and founder and director of the Mexican Symphonic Orchestra. He was influenced by nativ ...

: **'' Soli II'' for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, and horn **'' Xochipilli'', for piccolo, flute, E-flat clarinet, trombone, and six percussionists * Claude Debussy: ** Sonata for flute, viola and harp *

: ** '' Pastorales de Noël'', for flute, bassoon, and harp * Camille Saint-Saëns: ** '' Caprice sur des airs danois et russes'', for flute, oboe, clarinet and piano *

: ** '' Adieu'', for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, and horn ** ''

Zeitmaße ''Zeitmaße'' (; German for "Time Measures") is a chamber-music work for five woodwinds (flute, oboe, cor anglais, clarinet, and bassoon) composed in 1955–1956 by German composer Karlheinz Stockhausen; it is Number 5 in the composer's catalog. ...

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: ** Paris quartets (12) for flute, violin, viola da gamba or cello, and continuo (1730 and 1738) * Edgard Varèse: ** '' Octandre'' for piccolo (doubling piccolo), oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon, trumpet, trombone, and double bass * Heitor Villa-Lobos: ** ''

Bachianas Brasileiras The ''Bachianas Brasileiras'' () (an approximate English translation might be ''Bach-inspired Brazilian pieces'') are a series of nine suites by the Brazilian composer Heitor Villa-Lobos, written for various combinations of instruments and voic ...

No. 6'' for flute and bassoon ** '' Chôros No. 2'' for flute and clarinet ** '' Chôros No. 7'' for flute, oboe, clarinet, alto saxophone, bassoon, violin, and cello with tam-tam ad lib ** '' Quinteto (em forma de chôros)'' for flute, oboe, cor anglais, clarinet, and bassoon *

Carl Maria von Weber Carl Maria Friedrich Ernst von Weber (18 or 19 November 17865 June 1826) was a German composer, conductor, virtuoso pianist, guitarist, and critic who was one of the first significant composers of the Romantic era. Best known for his operas, ...

: ** Trio for Piano, Flute and Cello in G minor, Op. 63, J. 259 (1818-19)

Flute and orchestra

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flute concertos The flute is a family of classical music instrument in the woodwind group. Like all woodwinds, flutes are aerophones, meaning they make sound by vibrating a column of air. However, unlike woodwind instruments with reeds, a flute is a reedless ...

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (27 January 17565 December 1791), baptised as Joannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart, was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical period. Despite his short life, his rapid pace of composition r ...

: ** Andante in C major for Flute and Orchestra, K. 315 (1778)

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