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Georges Barrre (18761944) holds a preeminent place in the history of American flute playing. Best known for two of the landmark works that were written for himthe Poem of Charles Tomlinson Griffes and Density 21.5 by Edgard Varsehe was the most prominent early exemplar of the Paris Conservatoire tradition in the United States and set a new standard for American woodwind performance.Barrre's story is a musical tale of two cities, and this book uses his life as a window onto musical life in Belle Epoque Paris and twentiethcentury New York. Recurrent themes are the interactions of composers and performers; the promotion of new music; the management, personnel, and repertoire of symphony orchestras; the economic and social status of the orchestral and solo musician, including the increasing power of musicians' unions; the role of patronage, particularly women patrons; and the growth of chamber music as a professional performance medium.A student of Paul Taffanel at the Paris Conservatoire, at age eighteen Barrre played in the premiere of Debussy's Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun. He went on to become solo flutist of the Concerts Colonne and to found the Socit Moderne d'Instruments Vent, a pioneering woodwind ensemble that premiered 61 works by 40 composers in its first ten years. Invited by Walter Damrosch to become principal flute of the New York Symphony in 1905, he founded the woodwind department at the Institute of Musical Art (later Juilliard). His many ensembles toured the United States, building new audiences for chamber music and promoting French repertoire as well as new American music. Toff narrates Barrre's relationships with the finest musicians and artists of his day, among them Isadora Duncan, Yvette Guilbert, Andr Caplet, Paul Hindemith, Albert Roussel, Wallingford Riegger, and Henry Brant. The appendices of the book, which list Barrre's 170 premieres and the 50 works dedicated to him, are a resource for a new generation of performers.Based on extensive archival research and oral histories in both France and the United States, this is the first biography of Barrre. It is being published in conjunction with the centennial of his arrival in the United States in May 1905.
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