Person Open DS/UK/3825 Blanquart; Gaston (2 June 1877-1 December 1962); French flautist Blanquart Gaston 2 June 1877-1 December 1962 French flautist Male (cisgender) Raismes, Nord, France (born)

French Music | Flute White No known disability No known religious affiliation Spouse of Fernande Dauphin (cellist) Father of Edmond Blanquart and Marcelle Blanquart (harist, mother of Arlette Sweetman) Heterosexual Gaston Blanquart was a French classical flautist as well as a music pedagogue. In 1900 he was hired by Édouard Colonne as fourth flute, and in 1905 became a solo flute of the Concerts Colonne, he held this post for 35 years. The creations in which Gaston Blanquart participated are numerous and of primary importance: Maurice Ravel: Une barque sur l’océan (1907) and the Rhapsodie espagnole (1908), Claude Debussy: Danses for harp (1904), Vincent D’Indy: Jour d’été à la montagne (1906) etc. The greatest soloists performed with the orchestra: Raoul Pugno, Pablo de Sarasate, Alfred Cortot, Pablo Casals, Jacques Thibaud. Occasional conductors were Arthur Nikisch, Richard Strauss, Claude Debussy, Gustav Mahler who directed his second symphony in 1910. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaston_Blanquart (2023) International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition - ICA 2004 ISBN 2-9521932-2-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 Yes RAHhbryony 1/15/2013 RAHAKirkbride 7/20/2023 433c3fc0-5e12-401c-98ed-e588b3f30e05