Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-03-10
THE CLIMAX OF
four SEASONS
"The Barrere Ensemble" is Consid-
cred Such-Appears on
March 18th. .-

1t seems incredible that a grea
metropolis like New York City can
have a really choice and rare musi
cal titbit, but our local manager a
Webster City must hunt them ou
anu include them in our local sea
son of musical advertisements. L
really isn't fair to little old New
York to take away her exclusivenes:
in that way, but the west is no long
er satisfied with the discards of Go
than. We have the appetite anC
the wherewith to pay for what is
fine and delightful in music and, nc
doubt, the local manager will feel
amply repaid for bringing the "Bar'
rere Ensemble" into the course, as a
brilliant finale thereto. This great
concert will be given on Thursday
evening, March 18th, in the Metho-
dist church.
Certain residents of Webster City
had heard the Kneisels before their
first appearance here, but the Bar
reres come as an entire novelty as,
in fact, they recently were even in
the east, where the people are de-
lightedly learning of the beauties of
certain musical Instruments, heard
heretofore only in great orchestras;
and which they had regarded as
merely effective as parts of huge
organization, but which they are
discovering to have possibilities new
and beautiful. in the hands of fin
ished players and in new (smaller)
combinations of Instrumentation
which music of the most beautiful
charm had been written, mostly in
the old world.
The Barrere organization having
now been in New York four or five
years. American composers have be-
gun to write music for pastoral"
Instruments: i. e. "woodwind" in
struments, such as clarinets, oboes,
bassoons, flutes, ETC., to which Mr..
Barrere adds, in his assembly Of
wind instruments, couple Of
French horns (brass), since his es-
tablishment in America. George
Barrere was (for the establishment
of similar organization in Paris,
France) decorated by the French
government; from which the reader
may gather something of the i'm
portance of the Ensemble as mus
ical body, across the water. AS for
the estimation in which the Ensem-
BILE is held in America, the New York
Sun says: "These unique concerts
have brought new joy into the
life of the local concert soer."
Frances most distinguished mu-
sician and composer, Saint Saens,
writes: "My Dear Mr.. Barrere: In
continuing in New York the work
of LA Societie Moderne d Instru-
ments Vent which you so success
fully founded in Paris, you will con-
tribute to the development of mus
ical art in America, by introducing
to the American public many high
ly interesting works too little known
in that country. My wishes are with
you: have no doubt your enter
prise will be crowned with success
Most devotedly,
Camille St. Saens.
We have had Nn The Kneisel) |
String Quartet the worlds best
chamber music and are now to have
chamber music on instruments a
Vent" instruments played by means
of "vents'-wind instruments).
Verify our good money need not be
misspent upon music of the second
class and verify our studious chill
dren need not lack models and en-
and inspiration in
their musical studies; for such a
concert, as we may feel assured will
be given, by the Barrere Ensemble,
will be worth term of lessons to
each who listens.
Learned critiques have written
columns concerning the playing of
the Ensemble, the printing of
which would be impracticable in this
paper; suffice it to say our local
contract calls for the
identical instrumentalists whose
names appear upon the programs
given by the Barrere Ensemble in
Beiasco's and Carnegie Hall in New
York City. This, of course, costs
money, but money which the west
willingly spends for a good thing,