“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.
The Composer and His Music
Second Edition
Book (Hardcover)
Item no.: 866174
Band
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 796270
for Orchestra
Complete Set
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 763359
Young Concert Band
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 697323
Young Concert Band
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 697274
Standard US Set (without european suppl. parts)
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 683287
Study Score
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 697053
for: Chamber orchestra
Score
Item no.: 697054
for Concert Band - Full Score
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 895597
for Concert Band
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 895607
2. Satz aus dem Streichquartett op.11
für Akkordeonorchester
for: Accordion orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 679491
Schirmer Choral Classics
for: Male choir (TBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 896288
Schirmer Choral Classics
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 896269
for Three or Four Equal Voices First Edition
for: 3 or 4 Part Choir a Cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 903475
First Edition
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 904444
With an audio CD of orchestral performances of each excerpt, plus practice tracks
for: Timpani
Item no.: 565170
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 897620
First Edition Chamber Orchestra Full Score
for: Chamber orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 601247
Samuel Barber, Op. 17
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 900660
First Edition Piano Trio Score and Parts
for: Piano Trio
Score, Parts
Item no.: 611060
Samuel Barber, Op. 17
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 902684
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 904806
Score
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 897387
Standard US Set (without European suppl. set)
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 903336
Choral Large Works
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 904478
Score
for: String orchestra
Score
Item no.: 903121
Score
for: Concert Band and Soprano
Score
Item no.: 899715
Score and Parts
for: Concert Band and Soprano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 898317
Score and Parts
for: String orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 607206
Standard US Set (without european suppl. parts)
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 899868
Score and Parts
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 901290
Score and Parts
for: String orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 904263
Score
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 899012
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 899519
Choral
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 901677
Score and Parts
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 898233
Ensemble
for: Flute, Oboe, Trumpet and Piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 141041
Score and Parts
for: 4 saxophones (SATBar)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 318942
Score
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 904199
Vocal Collection
for: Voice (medium), piano
Music score
Item no.: 318858
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 318889
Score
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 902232
Full Score
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 897538
Score
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 901495
Standard US Set (without european suppl. parts)
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 900407
Score
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 395434
Score
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 318761
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 318686
© 2004–2024 by Stretta Music. Order and buy sheet music online.
Your specialist for all kinds of sheet music. Online shop, sheet music, music scores and play along for download, books, music stands, music stand lights, accessories.
Germany
Austria
Switzerland
Netherlands
Belgium
France
Luxembourg
Italy
Spain
Portugal
Denmark
Finland
Sweden
Poland
Czech Republic
Worldwide
