“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.
Score
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 901495
for Three or Four Equal Voices First Edition
for: 3 or 4 Part Choir a Cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 903475
Score
for: String orchestra
Score
Item no.: 903121
for String Quartet or String Orchestra
for: String orchestra
Score
Item no.: 318426
Young Concert Band
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 697274
Vocal Solo
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 395259
Score
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 899012
for: Trumpet (B-flat), organ
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 180184
Barber's own transcription from the second movement of his Piano Concerto op. 38
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 228789
for: Male choir, percussion, brass ensemble
Score
Item no.: 318387
for: Voice (soprano), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 317132
Score
for: Woodwind Ensemble
Score
Item no.: 900009
Piano Solo
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 175175
String Solo
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 140888
Organ Solo
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 317072
for Concert Band - Full Score
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 895597
arranged for violin and piano
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 177765
For Strings op. 11
for: String orchestra
Score
Item no.: 395390
2. Satz aus dem Streichquartett op.11
für Akkordeonorchester
for: Accordion orchestra
Score
Item no.: 662119
Band
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 901218
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 904806
Score
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 902232
Score
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 897387
for: Voice, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 395242
for: Voice (high), piano
Music score
Item no.: 395303
for: Oboe, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 207098
First Edition Chamber Orchestra Full Score
for: Chamber orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 601247
for: Voice (low), piano
Item no.: 227195
Vocal Large Works
for: Voice (soprano), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 395252
Piano Large Works
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 395297
for: Voice (high), piano
Music score
Item no.: 170410
From Stringquartet Op. 11
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 1183069
First Edition Piano Trio Score and Parts
for: Piano Trio
Score, Parts
Item no.: 611060
Study Score 15
for: Voice (medium), 2 violins, viola, cello
Study score
Item no.: 304205
Vocal Solo
for: Voice (high), piano
Music score
Item no.: 317920
Vocal Collection
for: Voice (medium), piano
Music score
Item no.: 318858
for: Voice (low), piano
Music score
Item no.: 395302
for: Voice (soprano), orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 318249
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 395274
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 563914
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
Solo Piano
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 395373
Study Score 74
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 318237
Study Score No. 28
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Study score
Item no.: 395382
for: Accordion orchestra
Score
Item no.: 459155
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 395295
for: Piano
Score
Item no.: 854064
Score
for: Concert Band and Soprano
Score
Item no.: 899715
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