Charles Griffes composed a "poem" for this instrument and orchestra. Messiaen's "Le Merle Noir" or
 "The Blackbird" was written for piano and this instrument. C.P.E. Bach's Sonata in A Minor was one of
 the last 18th century solo works for this instrument, which plays a prominent solo in the "Dance of the
 Seven Veils" from Richard Strauss's opera Salome. Smetana's "Die Moldau" begins with two of these
 instruments playing rapid notes representin
Charles Griffes composed a "poem" for this instrument and orchestra. Messiaen's "Le Merle Noir" or
 "The Blackbird" was written for piano and this instrument. C.P.E. Bach's Sonata in A Minor was one of
 the last 18th century solo works for this instrument, which plays a prominent solo in the "Dance of the
 Seven Veils" from Richard Strauss's opera Salome. Smetana's "Die Moldau" begins with two of these
 instruments playing rapid notes representing streams. Edgard Varese composed Density 21.5 for a platinum
 type of this instrument, whose greatest virtuoso was arguably Jean-Pierre Rampal. Debussy wrote Syrinx
 for this instrument and opened Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun with a solo for it. For 10 points, name
 this reedless woodwind, a larger version of the piccolo.
Charles Griffes composed a "poem" for this instrument and orchestra.
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