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Monarch of the flute : the life of Georges Barrère /

Barrère had a major impact on the development of the flute & flute pedagogy in the U.S. during the 20th century. This biography covers his formative years in Paris and his years with the New York Symphony & the Institute of Musical Art, where he founded the woodwind department.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Toff, Nancy
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.
Series:OUP E-Books.
Subjects:
Barrère, Georges, > 1876-1944.
Barrère, Georges, > 1876-1944
Barrère, Georges.
Flute players.
Flûtistes.
flutists.
MUSIC > Musical Instruments > Woodwinds.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Composers & Musicians.
Flute players
Flötist
Geschichte 1876-1944.
Electronic books.
Biographies
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • The fifer, 1876-93
  • The faun, 1893-95
  • The jeune école, 1895-98
  • Fin de siècle, 1898-99
  • 1900 : in the vanguard of progress
  • The new century, 1901-05
  • 1905 : enter Walter Damrosch
  • The world of the Damrosch brothers, 1905-09
  • "A musical envoy from France," 1909-12
  • Yankee entrepreneur, 1912-15
  • Alliances Françaises, 1915-17
  • Over here, 1917-18
  • "The world's greatest flutist," 1918-21
  • "Pan himself," 1921-26
  • "The casals of the flute," 1926-28
  • Jubilee, 1928-30
  • "I heard the great Barrère," 1931-36
  • "The last word in chamber music," 1936-40
  • "The last survivor," 1940-44
  • Epilogue : monarch of the flute.