It has the opening solo in Debussy's Prelude
This instrument was the subject of a treatise by Johann Quantz, and its fingering was standardized in the 19th century by Theobald Boehm (BOME). Edgar Varese (vuh-REESE) wrote a piece for one of these instruments unaccompanied, Density 21.5. It has the opening solo in Debussy's Prelude To The Afternoon Of A Faun, and its virtuosi include (*) Jean-Pierre Rampal and James Galway. For 10 points, name this transverse woodwind instrument whose small version is a piccolo.
This instrument was the subject of a treatise by Johann Quantz, and its fingering was standardized in the 19th century by Theobald Boehm (BOME).
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