Samuel Barber

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Lifespan:
March 9, 1910 - January 23, 1981, he died aged 70 and was American.
Names:
Birthname: Samuel Osborne Barber II. Alternative names: SB.
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An artist with 40 releases, and credited 14 times on others' music. 63 collaborations.

Biography

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Samuel Osborne Barber II (March 9, 1910 – January 23, 1981) was an American composer of orchestral, opera, choral, and piano music. His Adagio for Strings is among his most popular compositions and widely considered a masterpiece of modern classical music.

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Chamber Music, Classical, Opera, Celtic, Christian, Musicals, Pop. Vote on Genres

Discography

(53 releases – 40 under his own name and 14 credits on others' music) Edit
5165915 RELEASE Knoxville: Summer of 1915 (Royal… 2004
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7072371 RELEASE Listen Please try again. Piano Concerto / Medea's Meditation and Dance of Vengeance (Royal Scottish National Orchestra feat. conductor: Marin Alsop) Listen Piano Concerto / Medea's Meditation and… 2002
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7401093 RELEASE Listen Please try again. Violin Concerto / Souvenirs (Ballet Suite) / Music for a Scene From Shelley (Royal Scottish National Orchestra feat. conductor: Marin Alsop) Listen Violin Concerto / Souvenirs (Ballet Suite) /… 2002
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7250119 RELEASE Listen Please try again. Adagio for Strings / Violin Concerto / Orchestral & Chamber Works (Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra feat. conductor: Leonard Slatkin) Listen Adagio for Strings / Violin Concerto /… 2001
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1034293 RELEASE Listen Please try again. Cello Concerto / Medea / Adagio for Strings Listen Cello Concerto / Medea / Adagio for Strings 2001
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7266719 RELEASE Listen Please try again. Symphonies Nos 1 and 2 Listen Symphonies Nos 1 and 2 2000
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13684859 RELEASE Listen Please try again. American Classics: Barber: Solo Piano Music Listen American Classics: Barber: Solo Piano Music 1998
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2691867 RELEASE Barber's Adagio Barber's Adagio 1997
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4695492 RELEASE Capricorn: The Samuel Barber Collection Capricorn: The Samuel Barber Collection 1996
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1844378 RELEASE Secrets of the Old: The Complete Songs… 1994
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5148524 RELEASE Knoxville Summer of 1915 / Dover Beach /… 1992
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931170 RELEASE Listen Please try again. Music of Samuel Barber Listen Music of Samuel Barber 1992
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Tiësto Adagio for Strings Samuel Barber / Ferry Corsten / William Orbit - on piano by LIVE DJ Flo
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