- Samuel Osborne Barber II was an American composer of orchestral, opera, choral, and piano music
Born: | 09 March 1910 Comment | When did Samuel Barber die? / Died | 23 January 1981 | How many years did Samuel Barber live? / Lived | 70 years | Zodiac sign: | Pisces |
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Samuel Barber facts
- He is one of the most celebrated composers of the 20th century: music critic Donal Henahan stated that "Probably no other American composer has ever enjoyed such early, such persistent and such long-lasting acclaim
- His Adagio for Strings (1936) has earned a permanent place in the concert repertory of orchestras
- He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Music twice: for his opera Vanessa (1956–57) and for the Concerto for Piano and Orchestra (1962)
- Also widely performed is his Knoxville: Summer of 1915 (1947), a setting for soprano and orchestra of a prose text by James Agee
- At the time of his death, nearly all of his compositions had been recorded
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