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A flautist or '''flutist''' is a Musician who plays the Flute . NAMING CONTROVERSY The choice of "flautist" (from the Italian ''flautista'', from ''flauto'', and adopted due to 18th Century Italian influence) vs "flutist" is the source of minor dispute among players of the instrument. "Flutist" is the earlier term, dating from at least 1603 (the earliest quote cited by the '' Oxford English Dictionary ''), while "flautist" is not recorded before 1860, when it was used by Nathaniel Hawthorne in '' The Marble Faun ''. While the print version of the ''OED'' does not indicate any regional preference for either form, the online ''Compact OED'' characterizes "flutist" as a United States usage. The US player and writer '', finding that only the American sources prefer "flutist", which also corresponds with her own personal preference. NOTABLE FLAUTISTS
: Young Flautist, or The Fifer, 1866]] Notable Jazz Flute players include:
Notable Innovators/Contemporary Composers Notable Progressive Rock Players Include:
REFERENCES 1 Nancy Toff, ''The Flute Book'' (Scribners, 1985), "Flute or Flautist?" pp. xiv-xv EXTERNAL LINKS
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