“There is no reason why music should be difficult for the audience to understand.” Samuel Barber (1910-1981)
Although Samuel Barber composed many works, including art song, opera, choral music, chamber music and orchestral music, it is the Adagio for Strings (an arrangement of the second movement of his 1936 String Quartet op.11) for which he is best known. Nonetheless, he is certainly deemed one of the most talented American composers of the 20th century.
Barber began composing at the age of seven. As a nine-year-old, it is supposed that he said to his mother:
“I was meant to be a composer and will be I’m sure. Don’t ask me to try to forget this unpleasant thing and go play football - please. ”
Samuel Barber was more than 25 years younger than Arnold Schönberg, Alban Berg and his landsman Charles Ives, and is not seen to be part of the musical avant-garde. His works are melodious, and conform to relatively traditional structure and harmony, and are therefore considered more neo-romantic. His Sonata for Piano op.26 in E-Flat Minor, Barber’s most important piano work, is the only work in which he employs the twelve-tone technique used by his younger contemporaries.
After the Adagio for Strings, Barber’s most popular work is the opera Gian Carlo Menotti (his life-partner), which premiered in 1958 at the Metropolitan Opera in New York. Barber’s opera “Antony and Cleopatra” celebrated its world premier as the inaugural performance at the New Metropolitan Opera in the Lincoln Center in 1966.
for: Voice (medium), piano
Music score
Item no.: 1671874
Opera in Three Acts op. 40
Lyric book
Item no.: 1043672
Study Score 15
for: Voice (medium), 2 violins, viola, cello
Study score
Item no.: 304205
Score and Parts
for: String orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 607206
The Composer and His Music
Second Edition
Book (Hardcover)
Item no.: 1668626
Score and Parts
for: Concert Band and Soprano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 898317
Solo Piano
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 395373
Study Score 32
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 318217
Score and Parts
for: 4 saxophones (SATBar)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 318942
Vocal Solo
for: Voice (low), piano
Book
Item no.: 316941
Study Score No. 28
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Study score
Item no.: 395382
The Composer and His Music
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 873082
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 317447
Collection Aurelia
for: 4 saxophones (SATBar)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 338696
for: Voice (low), piano
Item no.: 227195
for: Voice (high), piano
Music score
Item no.: 395303
for: Male choir, percussion, brass ensemble
Score
Item no.: 318387
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for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 317546
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 317306
for: Voice (medium), piano
Music score
Item no.: 316903
for: Voice (high), piano
Music score
Item no.: 170410
Samuel Barber, Op. 17
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 902684
Score
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 904199
Standard US Set (without european suppl. parts)
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 899868
All choral music written up to 1969
Revised Edition
for: Choir
Choir book
Item no.: 318092
Vocal Solo
for: Medium or Low Voice and Piano
Book
Item no.: 316950
String Solo
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 140888
for: 4 voices, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 313921
Vocal Solo
for: Voice (high), piano
Music score
Item no.: 317920
Revised Edition
The American Composers Series
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 395374
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 904806
Score
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 902232
Study Score
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 318233
Organ Solo
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 317072
Study Score
for: Piano, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 395387
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 317521
for: Saxophone ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 633791
For Strings op. 11
for: String orchestra
Score
Item no.: 395390
Piano Large Works
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 395297
Barber's own transcription from the second movement of his Piano Concerto op. 38
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 228789
Arranged for organ
With hammond registration.
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 277004
for low voice and piano
for: Voice (low), piano
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 624857
Choral Music Of Samuel Barber
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 317522
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 317308
Score and Parts
for: String orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 904263
Study Score
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 697053
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 318889
Chorus with Baritone solo and orchestra
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 318254
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