A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Flute d'Amour

by William H. Stone

FLUTE D'AMOUR (Germ. Liebesflöte). An old form of flute with a narrow bore, standing in the key of A, and corresponding in pitch with the Oboe d'amore. Both were supposed to possess a smooth and fascinating quality of tone, whence the name is derived.

[ W. H. S. ]