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Georges Barrère ( Bordeaux, October 31, 1876 - New York, June 14, 1944) was a French flutist. [1] Early life. Georges Barrère was the son of a cabinetmaker, Gabriel Barrère, and Marie Périne Courtet, an illiterate farmer's daughter from Guilligomarc'h. They married in 1874. They had previously had a son Étienne, out of wedlock, in 1872.
Georges Barrère (1876-1944), founder of the New York Flute Club, studied at the Paris Conservatoire with Henry Altès and Paul Taffanel, graduating with the premier prix in 1895. While still a student, Barrère played first flute with the Folies-Bergère and at the Concerts de l'Opéra.
Aug 18, 2005 · Georges Barrère (1876–1944) holds a preeminent place in the history of American flute playing. Best known for two of the landmark works that are dedicated to him — the Poem of Charles Tomlinson Griffes and Density 21.5 by Edgard Varèse — he was the most prominent early exemplar of the Paris Conservatoire tradition in the United States ...
- Nancy Toff
This chapter examines the career development of Georges Barrère during the period from 1917 to 1918. In the fall of 1917, xenophobia reached fever pitch in the U.S., which affected concert stages. To take advantage of anti-German hysteria and gain American support for the post-war reconstruction of France, American supporters of France founded ...
This chapter examines the developments in the career of Georges Barrère during the period from 1921 to 1926. It did not take long for Barrère to recover from his psychological and financial problems in the spring of 1921.
Georges Barrère and the Flute in America. Catalog for an exhibition at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. November 1994 - February 1995. Georges Barrère (1876-1944), who founded the New York Flute Club in 1920, holds a preeminent place in the history of American flute playing.
Barrère, Georges, outstanding French-born American flutist and pedagogue; b. Bordeaux, Oct. 31, 1876; d. Kingston, N.Y., June 14, 1944. He was a student of Joseph-Henri Altès and Paul Taffanel at the Paris Cons. (1889–95), graduating with a premier prix.
