1. Gaston Blanquart was a French classical flautist as well as a music pedagogue.
11 Facts About Gaston Blanquart
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The creations in which Gaston Blanquart participated are numerous and of primary importance: Maurice Ravel: Une barque sur l'ocean and the Rhapsodie espagnole, Claude Debussy: Danses for harp, Vincent D'Indy: Jour d'ete a la montagne etc.
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Gaston Blanquart met a huge success in the Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune by Claude Debussy.
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Gaston Blanquart married in 1900 with the cellist Fernande Dauphin.
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Gaston Blanquart participated in several very important premieres by Igor Stravinsky: Petrushka in June 1911 at the Chatelet, The Nightingale in May 1914 and The Rite of Spring given at the Theatre des Champs-Elysees 29 May 1913.
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Gaston Blanquart had long dreamed of being part of the Opera Orchestra, where he was appointed in 1923.
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Gaston Blanquart had a passion for pedagogy and had many pupils throughout his life, both in private and at the Schola Cantorum de Paris and at the Institut Berlioz.
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Gaston Blanquart welcomed many amateurs, including teachers Alexandre Minkowski and Louis Leprince-Ringuet.
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At the time of retirement, the last show in which Gaston Blanquart participated was the Faust by Charles Gounod where the role of Marguerite was held by a twenty-five year young debutante: Victoria de Los Angeles.
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Gaston Blanquart spent four years with twelve thousand other prisoners, and showed them an altruism uncommon in such circumstances.
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Gaston Blanquart died in his sleep on 1 December 1962.