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EBOOK Monarch of the Flute:The Life of Georges Barrere
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Wydawnictwo: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780199883554
EAN: C322CE66EB
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Stron: 464
Data wydania: 2005
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Georges Barrere (1876-1944) holds a preeminent place in the history of American        flute playing. Best known for two of the landmark works that were written for        him--the Poem of Charles Tomlinson Griffes and Density 21.5 by Edgard Varese--he was        the most prominent early exemplar of the Paris Conservatoire tradition in the United        States and set a new standard for American woodwind performance.Barrere'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 twentieth-century 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 Barrere 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 Societe Moderne d'Instruments a 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 Barrere's relationships with the finest musicians and artists of his day,        among them Isadora Duncan, Yvette Guilbert, Andre Caplet, Paul Hindemith, Albert        Roussel, Wallingford Riegger, and Henry Brant. The appendices of the book, which        list Barrere'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 Barrere. It is        being published in conjunction with the centennial of his arrival in the United        States in May 1905.

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