Flute
A flute is a mouth blown woodwind instrument. The most common modern flute is the silver Boehm flute. Other flutes include:
The flute in its many forms is an ancient instrument that lost popularity in late Roman times, but reappeared in Western art in the 10th/11th centuries. The family reached its height of popularity in the high baroque period (early to mid 18th century) with Bach, Handel, Tellemann, Vivaldi, Rameau using it as a solo instrument, or scoring it prominently in many works. Mozart hated it, but wrote chamber and concerto works for it. Its popularity declined during the 19th century, however it enjoyed a great revival in popularity starting just before the turn of the 20th century with many works by French composers such as Debussy, Honeggar, Milhaud and Ibert using it. It is an integral part of the modern symphony orchestra.
Flutes and piccolos are used in marching bands. According to Meredith Willson in his 1948 book And There I Stood With My Piccolo, most band instruments are held in front and can have a "lyre" or music holder attached to them, but nobody has ever devised a workable music holder for a marching flautist.
Flutes have been occasionally been used in rock music, most famously by the band Jethro Tull.
