Claude Debussy wrote a short solo piece for this instrument, Syrinx, and gave it an unaccompanied solo at the opening of Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun.
Edgar Varese wrote a solo, unaccompanied work for this instrument called Density 21.5. The modern form of this instrument, which gives an "invisible reply" to the trumpet in Charles Ives' The Unanswered Question, was perfected and patented by Theobald Boehm. "La notte" and "La tempesta di mare" are concertos for this instrument composed by (*) Vivaldi, and it is the first instrument to play the theme in Maurice Ravel's Bolero. Claude Debussy wrote a short solo piece for this instrument, Syrinx, and gave it an unaccompanied solo at the opening of Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun. For 10 points, name this wind instrument played by James Galway, a "magic" example of which appears in a Mozart opera.
Edgar Varese wrote a solo, unaccompanied work for this instrument called Density 21.5.
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