An annotated reference guide to Barber's life, works and achievements, it will prove valuable for anyone seeking information on him.
Esther Hinds was Cleopatra, Jeffrey Wells played Antony, and Christian Badea conducted the orchestra. Four performances taped during the festivals were ... Example 17.2 (facing) Antony and Cleopatra, act I, scene 2 (G. Schirmer, 1976).
Hennessee provides a biographical overview of the life of Samuel Barber, one of America's foremost composers, as well as comprehensive bibliographical information about his complete oeuvre. The volume consists of...
Compulsively readable interviews with the great American composer and his friends and colleagues, including Aaron Copland, Virgil Thomson, and Leontyne Price.
... 112 , 535 , 539 , 552 Dobrin , Peter 41 Dolph , Heather Marie 359 Donovan , Richard 66 Downes , Edward 319 Downes ... Donald R. 448 Chotzinoff , Samuel 471 Christ , Judith 16 Chung , Ok Jo 485 Clark , Robert 578 Clough , Francis F.
"Whenever the American dream suffers a catastrophic setback, Barber’s Adagio plays on the radio.” —Alex Ross, author of The Rest is Noise In the first book ever to explore Samuel Barber’s Adagio for Strings, music and literary ...
The most exhaustive study of Barber’s beloved masterpiece in print, this is a consideration of the origins and reception history of the three versions by Barber and an accounting of treatments for other media.
D. Copyist's cello part, made by Strasser, with last 5 mm. in Barber's hand. PHci-oc, but not located at this time ... Title page: Violoncello/Dover Beach, For String Quartet and Voice/Samuel Barber. Comment: This score was used by Cole ...
Covering Barber's career and all of his published and unpublished works, this is the only book based upon primary sources: his own letters and those written to or about him, his sketchbooks, his original musical manuscripts, and interviews ...
Songs published posthumously : 1 First published in this edition; 2 First published in Samuel Barber: Ten Early Songs (1994); 3 First published in Samuel Barber: Ten Selected Songs (2008): Ask me to rest 1 * Au claire de lune 1 * Beggar's ...
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.