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Samuel Barber
Samuel Osmond Barber II was an American composer, pianist, conductor, baritone, and music educator, and one of the most celebrated composers of the mid-20th century. Principally influenced by nine years' composition studies with Rosario Scalero at the Curtis Institute and more than 25 years' study with his uncle, the composer Sidney Homer, Barber's music usually eschewed the experimental trends of musical modernism in favor of traditional 19th-century harmonic language and formal structure embracing lyricism and emotional expression. However, he adopted elements of modernism after 1940 in some of his compositions, such as an increased use of dissonance and chromaticism in the Cello Concerto and Medea's Dance of Vengeance; and the use of tonal ambiguity and a narrow use of serialism in his Piano Sonata, Prayers of Kierkegaard, and Nocturne. Barber was adept at both instrumental and vocal music. His works became successful on the international stage and many of his compositions enjoyed rapid adoption into the classical performance canon. From Wikipedia (

Songs

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Adagio for Strings, Op. 11 (Instrumental)
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Adagio for Strings, Op. 11
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Run Away High E
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Barber: Adagio for Strings - slowed + reverb
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Barber: Adagio for Strings, Op. 11 (Live)

Albums

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Leonard Bernstein - Live

2026
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Zen Classics - Relaxing Music (feat. Antonio Vivaldi, Antonín Dvořák, Camille Saint-Saëns & Claude Debussy)

2025
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Ginastera, Griffes & Barber: Piano Sonatas

2025
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#nowspinning Barber

2026
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Romantic Serenades, Vol. 1

2025
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"Adagietto" - Smooth Music to Relax

2025
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American Tapestry

2026
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Debussy, Nielsen, Say, Barber

2025
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Barber, Schumann & Chopin: Works for Cello & Piano

2025
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Relaxing Classics

2025

Singles & EPs

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Adagio for Strings

Single2026
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Dover Beach, Op. 3

Single2025
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Barber: Adagio For Strings, Op. 11

Single2024
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Barber: Adagio for Strings, Op. 11

Single2026
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Adagio for Strings

Single2025
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The Swan

EP2024
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String Quartet No. 1, Op. 11: II. Molto adagio

Single2026
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Adagio for Strings

Single2024
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Nuvoletta, Op. 25

Single2025
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Barber Adagio Piano Variation (From Adagio for Strings, Op. 11, Arr. for Piano by Jan-Peter Klöpfel)

Single2024

Videos

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Tiesto - Adagio for strings / Secret ( Epic Tomorrowland Show 2019 )

InteresArte1.7M views
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CHROMALUME I: Adagio for Strings and Singers (Samuel Barber)

Goodhart's Music848K views
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Saddest Song Ever – Barber's Adagio for Strings – Theme from Platoon – Andrzej Kucybała conductor

Akademia Filmu i Telewizji17M views
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BARBER Adagio for Strings

Detroit Symphony Orchestra4.4M views
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Barber - Adagio for Strings | Cristian Măcelaru | WDR Sinfonieorchester

ARD Klassik70K views
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Agnus Dei - Samuel Barber LIVE

Vlaams Radiokoor15M views
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Samuel Barber - Adagio For Strings (Magdelayna Remake)

Magdelayna3.2M views
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Barber - AGNUS DEI (arr. Adagio for Strings) - Laurens Symfonisch - LIVE

Laurens Vocaal3.7M views
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Adagio for Strings (Barber) - Tribute to Coronavirus Victims

HALIDONMUSIC53K views

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Adagio

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Modern Classical

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Essential Classical

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