Michel De La Barre, Troisième Sonate en Trio | La Tabatière

“(...) to bring this instrument as much as possible to perfection, I believed that for the glory of my Flute, as well as my own, I had to follow [the example] of Monsieur Marais who has gone to such trouble and care to perfect the viol, and who has been so happily successful.“ We could state MICHEL DE LA BARRE (Paris, ca. 1675 - 1745) is the Marin Marais of the transverse flute: the one who intuited the beauty and potential of this instrument, perfecting its technique and bringing it to light in France during the last part of the Grand Siecle. Sébastien de Brossard describes him thus in his “Catalogue des Livres de Musique“ (1724) as follows: “The composer is the most excellent flutist there was in Paris, and it is thanks to him that this instrument is now so much in vogue.“ La Barre is also the father of the modern flute literature: the publication of the first work ever dedicated to the transverse flute (Pièces pour la Flûte Traversière avec