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Samuel Barber, fotografato da Carl Van Vechten nel 1944. Premio Pulitzer nel 1958. Premio Pulitzer nel 1963. Samuel Osmond Barber II ( West Chester, 9 marzo 1910 – New York, 23 gennaio 1981) è stato un compositore statunitense, noto al grande pubblico soprattutto per il suo Adagio per archi .
- Adagio per archi
L 'Adagio per archi è una composizione per orchestra d'archi...
- Adagio per archi
Samuel Osmond Barber II (March 9, 1910 – January 23, 1981) was an American composer, pianist, conductor, baritone, and music educator, and one of the most celebrated composers of the mid-20th century. [1] Principally influenced by nine years' composition studies with Rosario Scalero at the Curtis Institute and more than 25 years ...
- March 9, 1910
- Gian Carlo Menotti
- January 23, 1981 (aged 70)
- List of compositions
Adagio for Strings is a work by Samuel Barber, arguably his best known, arranged for string orchestra from the second movement of his String Quartet, Op. 11. Barber finished the arrangement in 1936, the same year that he wrote the quartet.
- 1936
- B♭ minor
- Barber's String Quartet
- String orchestra
List of compositions by Samuel Barber. This is a list of compositions by Samuel Barber sorted by genre, opus number, date of composition, and title. Composed for the inauguration of the Academy of Music 's new organ funded by Mary Louise Curtis, who also commissioned this piece.
GenreOpusDateTitleOpera321956–1957, 1964Opera351959Opera401966, 1975Ballet281955SouvenirsSamuel Barber (born March 9, 1910, West Chester, Pennsylvania, U.S.—died January 23, 1981, New York, New York) was an American composer who is considered one of the most expressive representatives of the lyric and Romantic trends in 20th-century classical music. Barber studied the piano from an early age and soon began to compose.
Samuel Barber, né le 9 mars 1910 à West Chester (Pennsylvanie) et mort le 23 janvier 1981 à Manhattan , est un compositeur américain. Il est notamment célèbre pour son Adagio pour cordes (1936).
