“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: 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
Study Score
for: Piano, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 395387
for: Saxophone ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 633791
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 317521
Organ Solo
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 317072
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 904806
Study Score
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 318233
Score
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 902232
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
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 317308
Choral Music Of Samuel Barber
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 317522
Study Score 25
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 318214
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
From the opera, Vanessa.
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 318374
Chorus with Baritone solo and orchestra
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 318254
for: Accordion orchestra
Score
Item no.: 459155
Vocal Collection
for: Voice (high), piano
Music score
Item no.: 578080
Set of two copies included
for: 2 pianos
2 Performance scores
Item no.: 317105
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Vocal score
Item no.: 317448
Score
for: SATB + Orchestra
Score
Item no.: 318243
arranged for flute quartet
for: 4 flutes (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 318796
Score
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 318761
for String Quartet or String Orchestra
for: String orchestra
Score
Item no.: 318426
Piano Solo
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 175175
bearbeitet für Holzbläserchor
for: Woodwind ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 487469
Score and Parts
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 318344
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 563914
Choral
for: SATB and Brass Timpani Organ
Choir score
Item no.: 317483
Vocal Ensemble
for: Voice Duet
Book
Item no.: 304395
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score
Item no.: 311158
From Stringquartet Op. 11
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 1183069
for: Voice, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 395242
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 566095
With an audio CD of orchestral performances of each excerpt, plus practice tracks
for: Timpani
Item no.: 565170
Score
for: Voice + Orchestra
Score
Item no.: 318230
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 395274
for: Voice (soprano), orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 318249
Originally for Organ and Orchestra, Barber arranges his own work for Organ and Piano
2 copies needed to perform
for: Organ, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 317080
Score(String parts available on rental)
for: Flute, Oboe, 2 Trumpets and Strings
Score
Item no.: 395384
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 318345
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