Research Catalog

Details

Description

1. 1 photographic print : b&w; 26 x 21 cm.

Summary

1. Georges Barrère, posed in what may be graduation robes, seated, holding his flute, a forest setting in background.

Donor/Sponsor

1. National Endowment for the Arts Millennium Project.

Series statement

1. Treasures of the American Performing Arts, 1875-1923

Subject

1. Griffes, Charles Tomlinson, 1884-1920
2. Barrère, Georges, 1876-1944
3. Flute players > United States > Photographs
4. Photographs

Genre/Form

1. Photographic prints.

Call number

1. Iconography (Barrère, Georges, no. 12)

Note

1. "Photograph by Alice Boughton"--Hand-written on bottom of print.
2. Negative available, no. C4948.

Additional formats (note)

1. Also available in electronic form, digitized by The New York Public Library.

Biography (note)

1. French-born Georges Barrère was brought to the United States in 1905 by Walter Damrosch and soon joined his New York Symphony Orchesta. He also founded his own Barrère Ensemble of Wind Instruments, continuing the work of a similar ensemble he had founded in Paris. Barrère often fostered and programmed contemporary composers, among them Charles Griffes. In 1916, Barrère's ensemble premiered Griffes' woodwind-harp arrangements of The lake at evening and The vale of death, both of which were written specifically for Barrère. And in 1919, Barrère arranged that the New York Symphony Orchestra present the premiere of Griffes' Poem for flute and orchestra, with Barrère taking the solo part.

Author

1. Boughton, Alice, 1865-1943. Photographer

Title

1. [Georges Barrère in robe with flute]. [graphic]

Imprint

1. [between 1915 and 1923]

Series

1. Treasures of the American Performing Arts, 1875-1923

Additional formats

1. Also available in electronic form, digitized by The New York Public Library.

Biography

1. French-born Georges Barrère was brought to the United States in 1905 by Walter Damrosch and soon joined his New York Symphony Orchesta. He also founded his own Barrère Ensemble of Wind Instruments, continuing the work of a similar ensemble he had founded in Paris. Barrère often fostered and programmed contemporary composers, among them Charles Griffes. In 1916, Barrère's ensemble premiered Griffes' woodwind-harp arrangements of The lake at evening and The vale of death, both of which were written specifically for Barrère. And in 1919, Barrère arranged that the New York Symphony Orchestra present the premiere of Griffes' Poem for flute and orchestra, with Barrère taking the solo part.

Connect to:

1. NYPL Digital Collections

Indexed term

1. Photographs

Research call number

1. Iconography (Barrère, Georges, no. 12)