Georges Barrère

Georges Barrere ( born October 31, 1876 in Bordeaux, † June 14, 1944 in Kingston, New York) was a French flautist.

Barrere studied at the Paris Conservatory with the flautist Henri Altès and Paul Taffanel. In 1895 he graduated from with a first prize. In Paris, he founded the Ensemble Modern Société d' Instruments à Vent and was flutist of the Concerts Colonne ( solo flutist since 1902 ) and the Orchestra of the Paris Grand Opera. In 1905 he became principal flutist of the New York Symphony Orchestra under Walter Damrosch and was known as a soloist and teacher at the Institute of Musical Art, later the Juilliard School of Music, largely responsible for the introduction of the French tradition of flute playing in America.

Many composers have written works for his company or himself, for example, Charles -Marie Widor, Gabriel Pierné, Reynaldo Hahn and Charles Tomlinson Griffes ( Poem ). The American patron Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge gave him a flute from the precious metal platinum. For the inauguration of the instrument Edgard Varèse wrote in 1936 for him the solo piece Density 21.5 ( whose title to the specific weight of platinum alludes ). The flute sonata by Paul Hindemith in 1937, premiered by Barrere in Washington.

Barrere has also composed himself for his instrument, a Nocturne for Flute and Piano.

• Classical flutist
• Frenchman
• Born in 1876
• Died in 1944
• Man