Debussy opened Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun with a solo for this instrument, which was played by Jean-Pierre Rampal and James Galway.
A run of four thirty-second notes begins the main theme of the Allegro malinconico first movement of Francis Poulenc's sonata for this instrument. The Paris Conservatoire's 1907 Concours for this instrument used a piece by Paul Taffanel rather than Cécile Chaminade's Concertino for this instrument. Debussy wrote a sonata for viola, harp, and this instrument. Johann Joachim (*) Quantz wrote hundreds of pieces for this instrument and taught it to Frederick the Great. Theobald Boehm introduced innovations like a cylindrical bore and open-standing keys to this instrument. Debussy opened Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun with a solo for this instrument, which was played by Jean-Pierre Rampal and James Galway. For 10 points, name this reedless woodwind instrument played transverse, whose higher cousin is the piccolo.
A run of four thirty-second notes begins the main theme of the Allegro malinconico first movement of Francis Poulenc's sonata for this instrument.
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