“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.
Includes set for String Quartet. Medium Voice Part NOT included
for: Voice (baritone), 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 318343
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 317446
Vocal Solo
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 317069
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 302956
First Edition
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 904444
Standard US Set (without European suppl. set)
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 903336
Schirmer Choral Classics
for: Male choir (TBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 896288
For Strings op. 11
for: String orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 395389
Vocal Score
for: Voices, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 318168
Opera in 3 Acts
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 318185
Study Score
for: Cello, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 312776
Study Score 74
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 318237
for: Piano
Score
Item no.: 854064
Young Concert Band
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 697323
Young Concert Band
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 697274
Choral Large Works
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 904478
Score
for: Concert Band and Soprano
Score
Item no.: 899715
Schirmer Choral Classics
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 896269
Samuel Barber, Op. 17
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 900660
for Orchestra
Complete Set
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 763359
Canadian Brass
for: 2 trumpets, horn, trombone, tuba (quintet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 400840
Vocal Large Works
for: Voice (soprano), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 395252
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 395295
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part, online audio (playback)
Item no.: 582094
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 395289
Opera in Three Acts op. 40
Lyric book
Item no.: 1654055
for: Voice (high), piano
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 558021
for: Voice (soprano), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 317132
2. Satz aus dem Streichquartett op.11
für Akkordeonorchester
for: Accordion orchestra
Score
Item no.: 662119
for: Oboe, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 207098
From "Die Natali" op. 37
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 173956
Christe, du Lamm Gottes
for 3 trumpets, 4 French horns, 3 trombones, tuba and timpani
for: Brass ensemble (11 parts), timpani
Score, Parts
Item no.: 318350
TV, Film, Musical und Show
for: Concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 1316515
Choral Large Works
for: 4 saxophones (SATBar)
Book
Item no.: 317952
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 318686
Score
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 318246
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 395391
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
The Composer and His Music
Second Edition
Book (Hardcover)
Item no.: 1668626
Score and Parts
for: String orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 607206
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
The Composer and His Music
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 873082
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