Gaston Crunelle (18 August 1898 in
Douai
Douai (, , ,; pcd, Doï; nl, Dowaai; formerly spelled Douay or Doway in English) is a city in the Nord département in northern France. It is a sub-prefecture of the department. Located on the river Scarpe some from Lille and from Arras, D ...
– 13 January 1990) was a French classical flautist and teacher.
From 1941 to 1969 Crunelle trained more than 135
first prizes of flute at the
Conservatoire de Paris
The Conservatoire de Paris (), also known as the Paris Conservatory, is a college of music and dance founded in 1795. Officially known as the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris (CNSMDP), it is situated in the avenue ...
.
Jean-Pierre Rampal
Jean-Pierre Louis Rampal (7 January 1922 – 20 May 2000) was a French flautist. He has been personally "credited with returning to the flute the popularity as a solo classical instrument it had not held since the 18th century."
Biography
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(premier prix 1944) succeeded him in 1969.
In addition to Jean-Pierre Rampal, he trained numerous musicians:
Maxence Larrieu
Maxence Larrieu (born 27 October 1934 in Marseille) is a French classical flautist.
Career
He studied flute from age 10 at the Marseille Conservatory of Music with Joseph Rampal, who was the father of Jean-Pierre Rampal
Jean-Pierre Louis ...
,
Pol Mule,
Jean-Louis Beaumadier,
Roger Cotte
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,
James Galway
Sir James Galway (born 8 December 1939) is an Irish virtuoso flute player from Belfast, nicknamed "The Man with the Golden Flute". He established an international career as a solo flute player. In 2005, he received the Brit Award for Outstan ...
...
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References
External links
Gaston Crunelleon Robert Bigio flute pages
Biography of Gaston Crunelleon Flute page
Gaston Crunelle's discographyon Discogs
''Trois cadences de Reynaldo Hahn pour le concerto K.299 de Mozart'' with Gaston Crunelle and Pierre Jamet
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French classical flautists
People from Douai
1898 births
1990 deaths
20th-century classical musicians
20th-century flautists