Description
The Barrere Album for Flute and Piano
The Barrere Album for Flute and Piano
Editor Frances Blaisdell
Published by G.Schirmer, New York
17 transcriptions by Barrere
About
Transcriptions for flute and piano by the famous flautist, George Barrere. Included in this album are short works by Gluck, Leclair, Mondonville and others. Suitable for recital, study, or encore pieces.
Contents
- Air (Aubert)
- Andantino (Faure)
- Arioso (JS Bach)
- Bourree (JS Bach)
- Gavotte (Armide) (Gluck)
- Gigue (Leclair)
- Madrigal (Wormser)
- Musette (Leclair)
- Nocturne (Barrere)
- Pavane (Saint-Saens)
- Scene from Orpheus (Gluck)
- Siciliano (JS Bach)
- Tambourin (Gluck)
- Tambourin (Mondonville)
- The Prophet Bird (Schumann)
- The Swan (Carnival Of The Animals) (Saint-Saens)
- Un Air Ancien (Tcherepnin)
Georges Barrere
Barrere (1876-1944) was born in Bordeaux and studied at the Paris Conservatoire with Henri Altes and Paul Taffanel. In 1894, he performed as Principal flautist at the premiere of Debussy´s Prélude à l´Après-midi d´un faune. In 1905 he emigrated with his family to New York, where he became the principal flautist of the New York Symphony. A much-loved flautist, he taught at the Juilliard School (Formerly named the Institute of Musical Art) and went on to teach an entire generation of great American flute players including William Kincaid, Samuel Baron, Frances Blaisdell, Arthur Lora and Bernard Goldberg.
- In 1919, Barrere premiered Griffes Poem with the New York Symphony.
- In 1920, he founded the New York Flute Club
- 1936 – Premiere of Density 21.5 by Vareses in the Carnegie Hall on a platinum Haynes flute
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