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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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Run Away High E
Samuel Barber
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Barber: Adagio for Strings, Op. 11 (Live)
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
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Barber: Adagio for Strings - slowed + reverb
Classical Slowed + Reverb

Singles & EPs

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Adagio for Strings

Single • 2026
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Dover Beach, Op. 3

Single • 2025
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Barber: Adagio For Strings, Op. 11

Single • 2024
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Barber: Adagio for Strings, Op. 11

Single • 2026
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Adagio for Strings

Single • 2025
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The Swan

EP • 2024
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String Quartet No. 1, Op. 11: II. Molto adagio

Single • 2026
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Adagio for Strings

Single • 2024
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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

Videos

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

Laurens Vocaal • 3.8M views
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Barber - Adagio for Strings | Cristian Măcelaru | WDR Sinfonieorchester

ARD Klassik • 73K views
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Saddest Song Ever – Barber's Adagio for Strings – Theme from Platoon – Andrzej Kucybała conductor

Akademia Filmu i Telewizji • 17M views
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Tiesto - Adagio for strings / Secret ( Epic Tomorrowland Show 2019 )

InteresArte • 1.8M views
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CHROMALUME I: Adagio for Strings and Singers (Samuel Barber)

Goodhart's Music • 851K views
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Samuel Barber - Adagio for Strings, Op. 11 - Leonard Bernstein - New York Philharmonic Orchestra

Torsten Lang • 4K views
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BARBER Adagio for Strings

Detroit Symphony Orchestra • 4.4M views
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Agnus Dei - Samuel Barber LIVE

Vlaams Radiokoor • 15M views
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Samuel Barber - Adagio For Strings (Magdelayna Remake)

Magdelayna • 3.2M views

Live performances

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Adagio

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Classical for Reading

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Modern Classical

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Essential Classical

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