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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 ...
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Aug 18, 2005 · Monarch of the Flute. : Nancy Toff. Oxford University Press, USA, Aug 18, 2005 - Biography & Autobiography - 437 pages. Georges Barrere (1876-1944) holds a preeminent place in the history of...
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Barrère played a pivotal role in the universal adoption of the silver flute in the United States and owned the first platinum flute in this country. As a soloist, recitalist, and member of numerous chamber ensembles, Georges Barrère inspired major additions to the flute's solo and chamber repertoire, most notably Charles Tomlinson Griffes's ...
This chapter explains the coverage of this book, which is about the life and career of flutist Georges Barrère. This book chronicles Barrère's training at the Paris Conservatoire in France, his premiere performance of Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun at the age of 17 and his transition to becoming solo flutist of the Concerts Colonne.
