Hotteterre, Jacques-Martin (1674–1763)

French flautist, bassoonist, and instrument maker. He came from a family of woodwind instrument makers and composers responsible for developing the orchestral baroque flute and bassoon from folk antecedents. A respected performer and teacher, he wrote a tutor for the transverse flute and composed trio sonatas and suites for flute and bassoon.

Developments of the oboe from the shawm, the bassoon from the curtal, and the transverse flute from the cylindrical flute are often credited to members of the Hotteterre family.

Jacques Hotteterre called himself Le Romain after an early visit to Italy. From 1708 at the latest he was a bassoonist in the Grands Hautbois and was a flautist in the service of the king. His book Principes de la flûte traversière (1707) was the first such treatise to be published; it was followed by L'Art de préluder sur la flûte traversière and Méthode pour la musette (1737).