Chant de Linos is a work for flute and piano written by French composer André Jolivet in 1944 as a commission for a Conservatoire de Paris competition which was subsequently won by Jean-Pierre Rampal.
Music should be a sonorous manifestation directly related to the universal cosmic system.
Thus, Chant de Linos is based on the mythological musician Linus, who taught music to Orpheus and Heracles.
[6] Jolivet described the work as an ancient Greek mourning chant consisting of laments interspersed with cries and dances.
[7] The work displays a wide range of techniques including flutter-tonguing, extreme dynamic changes, and irregular phrases.