This instrument is featured in concerti (con-"CHAIR"-tee) nicknamed "La Tempesta di Mare" (MAH-ray) and  "Il Gardellino" (gar-deh-LEE-no) by Antonio Vivaldi, and it is the focus of many works by Claud
This instrument is featured in concerti (con-"CHAIR"-tee) nicknamed "La Tempesta di Mare" (MAH-ray) and  "Il Gardellino" (gar-deh-LEE-no) by Antonio Vivaldi, and it is the focus of many works by Claude-Paul Taffanel. It is the solo instrument in Claude Debussy's (deh-BYOO-see's) Syrinx, which was premiered by Louis Fleury, and it is the first instrument heard in Bedrich Smetana's Moldau. Its development is due to the work of Theobald Böhm, and some modern versions of this instrument have a gizmo key. Used to represent the bird in Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf, name this instrument which sounds an octave below the piccolo.
This instrument is featured in concerti (con-"CHAIR"-tee) nicknamed "La Tempesta di Mare" (MAH-ray) and  "Il Gardellino" (gar-deh-LEE-no) by Antonio Vivaldi, and it is the focus of many works by Claude-Paul Taffanel.