Includes bibliographical references (pages 399-420) and index.
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The fifer, 1876-93 -- The faun, 1893-95 -- The jeune école, 1895-98 -- Fin de siècle, 1898-99 -- 1900 : in the vanguard of progress -- The new century, 1901-05 -- 1905 : enter Walter Damrosch -- The world of the Damrosch brothers, 1905-09 -- "A musical envoy from France," 1909-12 -- Yankee entrepreneur, 1912-15 -- Alliances Françaises, 1915-17 -- Over here, 1917-18 -- "The world's greatest flutist," 1918-21 -- "Pan himself," 1921-26 -- "The casals of the flute," 1926-28 -- Jubilee, 1928-30 -- "I heard the great Barrère," 1931-36 -- "The last word in chamber music," 1936-40 -- "The last survivor," 1940-44 -- Epilogue : monarch of the flute.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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Barrère had a major impact on the development of the flute & flute pedagogy in the U.S. during the 20th century. This biography covers his formative years in Paris and his years with the New York Symphony & the Institute of Musical Art, where he founded the woodwind department.
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