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Author:

Toff, Nancy.

Title:

Monarch of the flute : the life of Georges Barrère / Nancy Toff.

Publisher:

Oxford University Press,

Copyright Date:

2005

Description:

xiv, 437 p. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Barrère, Georges,--1876-1944,
Flute players.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 399-420) and index.

Contents:

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.

ISBN:

9780195170160
9780195170160 (alk. paper)
0195170164 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)57201652
(OCoLC)61684610

LCCN:

2004065498

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)