Samuel Barber (natus die 9 Martii 1910 in West Chester Pennsilvaniae; mortuus in Urbe Novo Eboraco die 23 Ianuarii 1981) fuit compositor Americanus.

Samuel Barber, imago Caroli van Vechten anno 1944 e collectione Van Vechten Collection in Bibliotheca Congressionali Civitatum Foederatarum.

Opera selecta

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  • Dover Beach (Medium voice and string quartet) (Op. 3, 1931)
  • The School for Scandal (Overture) (Op. 5, 1931)
  • Cello Sonata (Op. 6, 1932)
  • Music for a Scene from Shelley (Op. 7, 1933)
  • (First) Symphony in One Movement (Op. 9, 1936)
  • Adagio for Strings (arr. of String Quartet, movement 2) (Op. 11, 1938)
  • Essay for Orchestra (Op. 12, 1937)
  • Violin Concerto (Op. 14, 1939)
  • Reincarnations for mixed chorus, (Op. 16, 1939–1940);
  • Second Essay for Orchestra (Op. 17, 1942)
  • Excursions (Op. 20, 1942–44)
  • Capricorn Concerto (Op. 21, 1944)
  • Cello Concerto (Op. 22, 1945)
  • Medea (ballet) (Op. 23, 1946)
  • Knoxville: Summer of 1915 (Soprano & Orchestra) (Op. 24, 1948)
  • Nuvoletta (for voice and piano)[1] (Op. 25, 1948)
  • Sonata for Piano (Op. 26, 1949)
  • Hermit Songs (Op. 29, 1953)
  • Prayers of Kierkegaard (Soprano, Choir & Orchestra) (Op. 30, 1954)
  • Summer Music for Wind Quintet (Op. 31, 1956)
  • Vanessa (opera) (Op. 32, 1957)
  • Nocturne (Homage to John Field) (Piano) (Op. 33, 1959)
  • A Hand of Bridge (Chamber opera) (Op. 35, 1959)
  • Toccata Festiva (Organ and Orchestra) (Op. 36, 1960)
  • Piano Concerto (Op. 38, 1962)
  • Antony and Cleopatra[2] (Op. 40, opera, 1966, rev. 1974)
  1. Vox ex verbo Finnegans Wake ab Iaonne Joyce citatur.
  2. Ex opere Antony and Cleopatra Shakespearii composita est.

Nexus externi

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