Monarch of the Flute: The Life of Georges Barrère

Georges Barrère () holds a preeminent place in the history of American flute playing. Best known for two of the landmark works that.
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Based on extensive archival research and oral histories in both France and the United States, this is the first biograry of Barrere.

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Georges Barrere 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 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.

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The thoroughness that Toff exhibited as she investigated so many diverse sources of information, and her scrupulous attention to detail and accuracy, have paid off handsomely. She writes in a very engaging style, each page replete with fascinating material, and we are forever indebted to her for this landmark biography of our 'great-grandfather' of American-style flute playing. There is no doubt that this book will be part of the standard body of flute literature, just as Toff's other valuable writing, The Flute Book has become. Toff has pursued solid credible research including repeated trips to Paris to examine primary documents "Somebody's got to do it," she quipped with a smile at a presentation last summer at the NFA Convention , and the result is absolutely fabulous.

This book is a good read. Clearly and logically organised, with really useful appendices and index, it shows how the man and his music developed. Fascinating and informative, I found it hard to put down. Fascinating because it reveals how a playing musician lived and worked so often we only hear about how composers lived , and informative because by the end of it, I felt as though I too had lived through that time.

The wealth of information provided makes this book a resource of immeasurable value for all woodwind players. Toff presents an array of fascinating detail regarding musical life in France and, in turn, the United States, at a critical time. Nancy Toff masterfully accomplishes this difficult task.

She vividly brings to life not only the man and the artist but also the times in which he lived. Events are made palpable by a wealth of eyewitness accounts drawn from a myriad of original sources, skillfully brought together in a fluent, accessibly written style. While Toff's meticulous research will awe scholars, her engaging style will delight the general reader.

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This work examines the influence of this Frenchman on twentieth-century American musical life, through his development of the flute and flute pedagogy, his promotion of new genres and repertoire, and works dedicated to him.

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Publisher Synopsis The breadth of Nancy Toff's scholarship is evidenced in her vivid, detailed depictions of the two milieus in which Barrere played very influential roles: User-contributed reviews Add a review and share your thoughts with other readers. Add a review and share your thoughts with other readers.

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