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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)

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Adagio for Strings, Op. 11
Samuel Barber
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Adagio for Strings (Platoon 1986)
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, Op. 11 (Extract)
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
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Adagio For Strings
Samuel Barber

Albums

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Home

Album • 2024
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An American Rhapsody

Album • 2023
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A Concert for Ukraine

Album • 2022
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Bernstein: Barber – Beethoven

Album • 2023
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Barber: Piano Concerto, Op. 38; Piano Sonata in E-Flat Minor, Op. 26

Album • 2022
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Sonoko Miriam Welde: Bruch, Vaughan Williams & Barber

Album • 2021
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Unspoken

Album • 2023
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INTERPLAY

Album • 2022
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From Method to Madness: The American Sound

Album • 2023
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Choral Works of Samuel Barber

Album • 2022

Singles

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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: First Essay

2010
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Adagio for String op. 11

2023
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Barber: Essay No. 1 for Orchestra (Recorded 1950)

2017
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Barber: Adagio for Strings

2009
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Three Songs, Op. 2: I. The Daisies

2022
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Barber: Adagio for Strings, Op. 11

2014
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Hermit Songs, Op. 29: X. The Desire for Hermitage

2022
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Barber: Symphony No. 1 in One Movement, Op. 9 (Digitally Remastered)

2013

Videos

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Agnus Dei - Samuel Barber LIVE

Vlaams Radiokoor • 13M views
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Samuel Barber Adagio for Strings

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Adagio of String Tiesto

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Agnus Dei (S. Barber) Score Animation

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SAMUEL BARBER - Adagio for Strings, Op. 11

Hajul Ellah • 978K views
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Adagio for Strings - Samuel Barber (Theme from "Platoon")

FolsomGreatMusic • 1.2M views
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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 • 642K views
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William Orbit - Barber's Adagio For Strings

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Barber - Mutations from Bach | WDR Sinfonieorchester

WDR Klassik • 3.9K views

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Classical Gems

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Cinematic Action

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Adagio

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Essential Classical

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