The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-01
Few Realize There Is As Beautiful Music Written for Wind Instruments as String" Says MT. George Barerre
By DOLLY DALRYMPLE
MUR western world looks to France
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IT 1T N WI i0 lOOkB LO BIdhCe IN y for great products since Saint
 saens, DeBussy. charpentier, i Chaminade, in the musical world have
 come from there; Dumas, Balzac deMau- lpassant in literature. France has given to the drama Bernhardt, Coquelin, Re ljane, and we are indebted to France for many of the most noted virtuosi of the ages, among them MT. George Barrere, the noted flutist and one of the most accomplished musicians of the day.
 Mr. 'Barrere is still a young man; he is of middle height, refined, with somewhat boyish face although his heavy blacs'
 beard slightly tinged with gray, hides this youthfulness unless you are at quite close range and then you can easily de- 1 tect the unfurrowed brow and smooth skin. His manner is quite frank and his
 accent deliciously French, and as the leader of the Barrere ensemble he has world which is easily one of the mes, enviable among artists
 ! It is never difficult to detect my enthu- siasm for music and musicians. When l meet people who have done great things in the musical world my enthusiasm al. most runs away with me; indeed, our l friend. pr. Johnson's famous aphorism which checked Boswelrs enthusiastic praise of music, with the words: "Sir, I should never hear it if it made me such a fool" might easily be applied l in my case.
 1 At any rate, music is one of my pet hobbies, and the successful musician equally so.
 When l dropped in to call on Mir Bar rere Wednesday, shortly after his ar 1 rival, l had a nice little chat with him about his society or association, as he l terms the Barrere ensemble. l Perhaps you may be interested to know" said MT. Barrere that I formed one of the first societies of wind instru- ments in Paris. That was quite a num- Der of years ago. Today the society is still in existence and is maintained by 1 the French government generously" "Why?' I asked, have we so few wind instrument ensembles?''
 ''I can only answer that question by saying that in the olden times very little music was written for wind instru- ments,'' MT. Barrere said. "In the time of Hayden there were very few wind instruments. Later, in Mozart day, they were added to the string instru- ments until. Beethoven, the greatest of them all, came along, writing some won derful music for them and they increased in number and popularity. Then on down  matinee and evening performance. Sen ator Wallace represented Shelby county in the last legislature and has many friends in Birmingham, while his lovely wife, considered one of the beauties of Alabama, is also very popular here. Mrs. Wallace is a singer of note and is president of the Music Study club of Columbiana.
 MT. and Mrs. Rhodes Boykin have re- turned from their wedding trip and are at home with Mrs. James Going on High land avenue. MT and Mrs. Raymond McAdoo Jones. who have spent sometime in New York, are now in Florida.
 Mrs. Gardy Spinks and little daughter are the guests of Mrs. W. B. Allgood in Montgomery, having gone to attend the Allgood-Fox wedding.
 Mrs. c. P. Underwood, who was oper- ated on yesterday at the South Highlands infirmary, is resting well
 A Tom Thumb wedding with appro- priate programme will be- given at the Owenton Methodist church tomorrow evening at 8 o'clock. l.