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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 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Barber) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/legalcode)

Songs

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Adagio for Strings (Platoon 1986)
Samuel Barber
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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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Adagio For Strings Op.11
Samuel Barber
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Adagio For Strings
Samuel Barber

Albums

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

Album • 2024
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Home

Album • 2024
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From Method to Madness: The American Sound

Album • 2023
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Les Chemins

Album • 2024
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Barber: Piano Works

Album • 2024
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Walton & Barber: Violin Concertos & Works for Strings

Album • 2023
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Pointillé, Vol. 2

Album • 2024
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Bernstein: Barber – Beethoven

Album • 2023
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In the Twilight (The Royal Academy of Music Bicentenary Series)

Album • 2024
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Unspoken

Album • 2023

Singles

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Barber: Adagio for Strings - slowed + reverb

2024
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Hermit Songs, Op. 29: X. The Desire for Hermitage

2022
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Barber: Violin Concerto, Op. 14

2019
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Adagio for Strings

2023
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Barber: Fresh from West Chester: II. Let's Sit It Out, I'd Rather Watch

2022
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Barber: Essay No. 1 for Orchestra (Recorded 1950)

2017
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Adagio for String op. 11

2023
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Barber: Sure on This Shining Night, Op. 13 No. 3 (Arr. Parkin for Cello and Piano)

2021
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Three Songs, Op. 2: I. The Daisies

2022
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Barber: A Slumber Song of the Madonna (Arr. Parkin for Cello and Piano)

2021

Videos

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BARBER Adagio for Strings

Detroit Symphony Orchestra • 4M views
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CHROMALUME I: Adagio for Strings and Singers (Samuel Barber)

Goodhart's Music • 662K views
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Agnus Dei - Samuel Barber LIVE

Vlaams Radiokoor • 13M views
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BARBER ADAGIO FOR STRINGS PTG 9 11 TRIBUTE

phoenixtechgroup • 73K views
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Sensation - Adagio For Strings [Free Release]

EuphoricHardStyleZ • 281K views
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William Orbit - Barber's Adagio For Strings

TMF90Dance • 1.9M views
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Adagio of String Tiesto

Siu dâ • 2.2K views
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Barber - AGNUS DEI (arr. Adagio for Strings) - Laurens Symfonisch - LIVE

Laurens Vocaal • 2.8M views
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SAMUEL BARBER - Adagio for Strings, Op. 11

Hajul Ellah • 981K views

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Classical Gems

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Cinematic Action

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Adagio

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Essential Classical

Playlist • YouTube Music

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