“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.
Canadian Brass
for: 2 trumpets, horn, trombone, tuba (quintet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 400840
Lyric book
Item no.: 1558122
Score and Parts
for: 5 woodwinds (quintet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 298948
Vocal Large Works
for: Voice (soprano), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 395252
Choral Large Works
for: 4 saxophones (SATBar)
Book
Item no.: 317952
Score
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 318246
Vocal Solo
for: Voice (high), piano
Music score
Item no.: 317920
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 317521
Organ Solo
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 317072
Vocal Solo
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 317071
Score
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 318210
Score
for: Woodwind Ensemble
Score
Item no.: 900009
Piano Solo
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 395258
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 317500
Band
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 901218
Score(String parts available on rental)
for: Flute, Oboe, 2 Trumpets and Strings
Score
Item no.: 395384
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
Score
for: Voice + Orchestra
Score
Item no.: 318230
Piano Large Works
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 395297
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
Score
for: SATB + Orchestra
Score
Item no.: 318243
Piano Solo
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 175175
Score and Parts
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 318344
Choral
for: SATB and Brass Timpani Organ
Choir score
Item no.: 317483
Vocal Ensemble
for: Voice Duet
Book
Item no.: 304395
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 317502
Vocal Solo
for: Voice (high), piano
Music score
Item no.: 317062
Vocal Solo
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 395259
Vocal Large Works
for: Voice (high), piano
Music score
Item no.: 185789
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 317447
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
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
for: Voice (high), piano
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 558021
From "Die Natali" op. 37
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 173956
for: Voice (soprano), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 317132
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
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
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 395391
Study Score
for: Piano, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 395387
for: 4 voices, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 313921
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