Research Catalog

Details

Description

1. 1 page; 24 cm.

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 > Correspondence
3. Composers > United States
4. Flute players > United States
5. Manscripts

Call number

1. *MNY-Amer.

Note

1. Hand-written in ink.
2. A letter from flutist George Barrère to the composer Charles T. Griffes, written June 16, 1919.

Additional formats (note)

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

Biography (note)

1. In 1916, the Barrère Ensemble premiered Griffes' woodwind-harp arrangements of The lake at evening and The vale of death, both compositions written for the French-born flutist Georges Barrère. 1919 was the year Griffes wrote his Poem for flute and orchestra, which was premiered at New York's Aeolian Hall by the New York Symphony Orchestra, led by Walter Damrosch, with Barrère as the flute soloist.

Author

1. Barrère, Georges, 1876-1944.

Title

1. [Letter to Charles T. Griffes]

Imprint

1. 1919.

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. In 1916, the Barrère Ensemble premiered Griffes' woodwind-harp arrangements of The lake at evening and The vale of death, both compositions written for the French-born flutist Georges Barrère. 1919 was the year Griffes wrote his Poem for flute and orchestra, which was premiered at New York's Aeolian Hall by the New York Symphony Orchestra, led by Walter Damrosch, with Barrère as the flute soloist.

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Indexed term

1. Manscripts.

Research call number

1. *MNY-Amer.