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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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Barber: Adagio for Strings - slowed + reverb
Classical Slowed + Reverb
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Agnus Dei, Op.11
The Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge

Albums

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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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Les Chemins

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

2025
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Relaxing Classics

2025
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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

Singles & EPs

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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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Barber: Adagio for Strings - slowed + reverb

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
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Adagio for Strings

Single • 2023
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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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Adagio for Strings

Single • 2025
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The Swan

EP • 2024

Videos

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

InteresArte • 1.7M views
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Adagio for Strings (Barber) - Tribute to Coronavirus Victims

HALIDONMUSIC • 52K views
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Saddest Song Ever – Barber's Adagio for Strings – Theme from Platoon – Andrzej Kucybała conductor

Akademia Filmu i Telewizji • 16M views
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BARBER Adagio for Strings

Detroit Symphony Orchestra • 4.4M views
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Barber - Adagio for Strings (Dover Quartet)

Brooklyn Classical • 209K 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
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Barber - AGNUS DEI (arr. Adagio for Strings) - Laurens Symfonisch - LIVE

Laurens Vocaal • 3.7M views
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CHROMALUME I: Adagio for Strings and Singers (Samuel Barber)

Goodhart's Music • 839K views

Live performances

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Adagio

Playlist • YouTube Music
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Essential Classical

Playlist • YouTube Music

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