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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)
New York Philharmonic Orchestra
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Adagio for Strings, Op. 11
Samuel Barber
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Barber: Adagio for Strings, Op. 11 (Live)
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
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Agnus Dei, Op.11
The Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge
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Violin Concerto, Op. 14: II. Andante
Hilary Hahn

Albums

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American Tapestry

2026
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Sibelius & Barber: Violin Concertos (feat. Jean Sibelius & Samuel Barber)

2025
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Barber: Piano Works

2024
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Barber, Schumann & Chopin: Works for Cello & Piano

2025
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Kernis: Air for Violin; Barber: Violin Concerto; Bloch: Baal Shem; Walton: Violin Concerto

2024
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Bernstein: Barber – Beethoven

2023
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Debussy, Nielsen, Say, Barber

2025
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Pointillé, Vol. 2

2024
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Ginastera, Griffes & Barber: Piano Sonatas

2025
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Home

2024

Singles & EPs

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

Single • 2026
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Barber: Violin Concerto, Op. 14: III. Presto in moto perpetuo

Single • 2025
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Adagio for String op. 11

Single • 2023
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Nuvoletta, Op. 25

Single • 2025
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Barber Adagio Piano Variation (From Adagio for Strings, Op. 11, Arr. for Piano by Jan-Peter Klöpfel)

Single • 2024
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Three Songs, Op. 2: I. The Daisies

Single • 2022
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Dover Beach, Op. 3

Single • 2025
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Barber: Adagio for Strings - slowed + reverb

Single • 2024
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Adagio for Strings

Single • 2025
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Adagio for Strings

Single • 2023

Videos

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Barber - AGNUS DEI (arr. Adagio for Strings) - Laurens Symfonisch - LIVE

Laurens Vocaal • 3.6M views
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Samuel Barber - Adagio For Strings (Magdelayna Remake)

Magdelayna • 3.2M views
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William Orbit - Barber's Adagio For Strings

TMF90Dance • 2.3M views
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CHROMALUME I: Adagio for Strings and Singers (Samuel Barber)

Goodhart's Music • 822K views
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Saddest Song Ever – Barber's Adagio for Strings – Theme from Platoon – Andrzej Kucybała conductor

Akademia Filmu i Telewizji • 15M views
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Tiesto - Adagio for strings / Secret ( Epic Tomorrowland Show 2019 )

InteresArte • 1.6M views
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Agnus Dei - Samuel Barber LIVE

Vlaams Radiokoor • 15M views
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BARBER Adagio for Strings

Detroit Symphony Orchestra • 4.3M views

Live performances

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Dover Beach, Op. 3

Curtis Quartet, Samuel Barber, & Curtis String Quartet • 140 views

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Adagio

Playlist • YouTube Music
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Essential Classical

Playlist • YouTube Music

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