William Gaddis in New York in 1987
"The flute is not an instrument that is expressive of moral character: it is too exciting." Aristotle, quoted by WIlliam Gaddis in the novel JR.
I am very fond of the piccolo, and have used it twice so far. I plan to use it much more. It appears in the following piece of mine:
MOYS ICOS, for orchestra, call for a separate piccolo part.
THE RECOGNITIONS, for orchestra, calls for both of its flute players to play piccolos.