Gloria Estefan

My family was musical on both sides. My father's family had a famous flautist and a classical pianist. My mother won a contest to be Shirley Temple's double - she was the diva of the family. At 8, I learned how to play guitar. I used to play songs from the '20s, '30s and '40s in the kitchen for my grandmother.

American Musician

Mayer Hawthorne

I really don't care at all what people call me as long as they're listening to the music and talking about it. They can call me a space-jazz flautist. I don't care at all.

Used mainly in classical or orchestral music settings, not in everyday conversation.

Musical Context

Flautist may evoke an image of sophistication or artistic culture.

Cultural Image

Don't confuse 'flautist' with someone who works with metals or 'flutist' which is an alternate form.

Non-Interchangeable

 before agriculture this is like when neanderthals are alive this is when wooly mammoths are alive they're not entirely sure how it was played but a few people have tried to make recreations of it and i talked to a flautist who her name is anna podingowski