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A C major sonata for this instrument is among the best-known works of Georgian composer Otar Taktakishvili (“TAHK-ta-kee-shvee-lee”). The Andante Pastoral et Scherzettino is an early method piece for this instrument, for which Carl Reinecke (“RYE-nuh-kuh”) wrote his Sonata Undine. Four pickup thirty-second notes begin the allegretto malincolico (“ma-lin-CALL-ee-ko”) first movement of an E minor sonata for this instrument by Francis Poulenc (“poo-LANK”). Georges Barrère’s (“ba-RAIR’s”) premiere of one of these instruments made from a platinum alloy (10[1])inspired the title of Edgard Varèse’s (10[2])(“va-REZ’s”) Density 21.5. A lost golden one of these instruments was found by the virtuoso Jean-Pierre Rampal, who briefly taught this instrument to James Galway. For 10 points, name this transverse woodwind instrument whose smaller cousin is the piccolo. (10[1])■END■

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