Pierre-Gabriel Buffardin

This French flutist and teacher was active in Germany, so much so that he taught the younger brother of J.S. Bach, Johann Jacob. Unfortunately, Buffardin was not well known as a composer. With the exceptions of a "Trio-sonata in A-dur" for flute and a flute "Concerto in E-mol" nothing of his work survives. There is evidence of his anxiety over the use of quarter tones in the music of the day. ~ Keith Johnson