List of compositions for flute

This is a list of notable compositions for flute (particularly the Western concert flute).

Solo flute

 * C. P. E. Bach:
 * Sonata in A minor (1763)
 * J.S. Bach:
 * Partita in A minor for solo flute (c. 1718)
 * Luciano Berio:
 * Sequenza I (1958)
 * Claude Debussy:
 * Syrinx (1913)
 * Arthur Honegger:
 * Danse de la chèvre (1921)
 * Robert Muczynski:
 * Three Preludes, Op. 18 (1962)
 * Karlheinz Stockhausen:
 * Amour (1981)
 * Harmonien (2006)
 * Tōru Takemitsu
 * Voice (1971)
 * Georg Philipp Telemann:
 * 12 Fantasias for Solo Flute (1733)
 * Edgard Varèse:
 * Density 21.5 (1936)

Flute and piano
This section does not include flute sonatas which are listed at their respective page.


 * Aaron Copland:
 * Duo for Flute and Piano (1971)
 * Gabriel Fauré:
 * Fantaisie, Op. 79
 * André Jolivet:
 * Chant de Linos for flute and piano (1944)
 * Olivier Messiaen:
 * Le merle noir (1952)
 * Camille Saint-Saëns:
 * Romance, Op. 37 (1871)

Flute and other instruments

 * Ludwig van Beethoven:
 * Serenade for flute, violin and viola in D major, Op. 25
 * Trio for piano, flute, and bassoon in G major, WoO 37
 * Pierre Boulez:
 * …explosante-fixe…, various configurations with flute and other instruments (1971–72, 1973–74, 1985, 1991–93)
 * Le marteau sans maître for contralto voice, alto flute, viola, guitar, xylorimba, vibraphone, and percussion
 * Carlos Chávez:
 * Soli II for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, and horn
 * Xochipilli, for piccolo, flute, E-flat clarinet, trombone, and six percussionists
 * Claude Debussy:
 * Sonata for flute, viola and harp
 * André Jolivet:
 * Pastorales de Noël, for flute, bassoon, and harp
 * Camille Saint-Saëns:
 * Caprice sur des airs danois et russes, for flute, oboe, clarinet and piano
 * Karlheinz Stockhausen:
 * Adieu, for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, and horn
 * Zeitmaße, for flute, oboe, cor anglais, clarinet, and bassoon
 * Georg Philipp Telemann:
 * Paris quartets (12) for flute, violin, viola da gamba or cello, and continuo (1730 and 1738)
 * Edgard Varèse:
 * Octandre for piccolo (doubling piccolo), oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon, trumpet, trombone, and double bass
 * Heitor Villa-Lobos:
 * Bachianas Brasileiras No. 6 for flute and bassoon
 * Chôros No. 2 for flute and clarinet
 * Chôros No. 7 for flute, oboe, clarinet, alto saxophone, bassoon, violin and cello with tam-tam ad lib
 * Quinteto (em forma de chôros) for flute, oboe, cor anglais, clarinet and bassoon
 * Carl Maria von Weber:
 * Trio for Piano, Flute and Cello in G minor, Op. 63, J. 259 (1818-19)

Flute and orchestra
This section does not include flute concertos which are listed at their respective page.


 * Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart:
 * Andante in C major for Flute and Orchestra, K. 315 (1778)
 * Carl Maria von Weber:
 * Romanza siciliana for flute and orchestra in G minor, J. 47 (1805)
 * Camille Saint-Saëns:
 * Romance for flute and orchestra in D-flat major, Op. 37 (1871)
 * Odelette for flute and orchestra in D major, Op. 162 (1920)