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, Rovi