Flautist

🇺🇸Sidney Lanier

Literature

1842–1881

"The sun is a-wait at the ponderous gate of the West."

🇮🇳Hariprasad Chaurasia

Entertainment

b. 1938

"I could develop finer and newer blowing techniques because of the power my lungs acquired through the physical exercises my father personally taught me when I was training to become a wrestler,"

Alexander Borodin

Music

1833–1887

"Music is a pastime, a relaxation from more serious occupations."