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Movies have a way of making us laugh, cry, or hold our breath in suspense. Music is a big part of why this happens. A soft ...

The flute is one of the more overlooked instruments in jazz, but it’s been making an impact on improvised music for more than 50 years. Let 10 experts take you on a guided tour. By Giovanni Russonello ...

A flute can produce music that touches the deepest corners of the heart. Yet the flute itself does nothing. Music arises only ...

There’s a pipsqueak of a flute, just a foot long and barely thicker inside than a reed of grass. There are flutes twisted into triangles and other geometric shapes to fit the performers’ mouths. And ...

A classically trained flutist, the singer, rapper and songwriter spent more than three hours admiring the flute collection at the Library of Congress. Madison’s instrument was made for the second ...