deaths
May 20, 2000
Jean-Pierre Rampal, French flute player (born 1922)
Jean-Pierre Rampal
Jean-Pierre Louis Rampal was a French flautist. Rampal popularised the flute in the post–World War II years, recovering flute compositions from the Baroque era, and spurring contemporary composers, such as Francis Poulenc, to create new works that have become modern standards in the flautist's repertoire.