Samuel Barber's "Adagio for Strings" is considered one of the most popular of all 20th-century classical works. Its 1938 premiere by the NBC... The Impact of Barber's 'Adagio for Strings' The Impact ...

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Marcelo Lehninger leads Copland's Fanfare for the Common Man and Appalachian Spring on a program with Joan Tower's Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman No. 1 and Barber's Adagio for Strings; BSO musicians ...

Samuel Barber (1910-1981) found his musical voice early on. From youth, his works were expertly wrought, sumptuously opulent but clearly of their time, and full of passion restrained somewhat by a ...

I have officially passed through the optimism of my youth and have entered my world-weary phase. Often, when I wake up in the morning, I am disappointed to see the same two feet swing out of bed and ...

If writer Thomas Larson had a Music of Your Life playlist, Samuel Barber's Adagio For Strings would hold the top spot. Though the symphonic movement may never have been featured on the iconic radio ...

American composer Samuel Barber would have been 100 years old Tuesday. He was a favorite with musicians and audiences, but Barber's music didn't fare as well with critics, who tended to write it off ...

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American composer Samuel Barber (1910-1981) won the Pulitzer Prize twice — once for his opera Vanessa in 1957 and again for his 1962 piano concerto. One of the most celebrated conductors of the last ...