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Samuel Barber : His Life and Legacy /

"A pivotal twentieth-century composer, Samuel Barber earned a long list of honors and accolades that included two Pulitzer Prizes for Music and the public support of figures like Serge Koussevitzky and Marian Anderson. Barber's works have since became standard in concert repertoire and con...

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Autor principal: Pollack, Howard (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, 2023.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Samuel Barber and His Family
  • A Musical Education
  • Personal Matters: Early Years
  • Other Formative Experiences
  • Early Works through 1932
  • More Adventures at Home and Abroad, 1933-1939
  • Music for a Scene from Shelley and One Day of Spring
  • Songs and Choruses, 1934-1940
  • The First Symphony and the String Quartet
  • The Adagio for Strings and the First Essay
  • The Violin Concerto and the Second Essay
  • Wartime Service
  • The Second Symphony and Excursions
  • The Capricorn Concerto, Horizon, and the Cello Concerto
  • Barber and His Contemporaries
  • Medea
  • Knoxville: Summer of 1915 and "Nuvoletta"
  • The Piano Sonata and Melodies passageres
  • Personal Matters: Later Years
  • A Composer's Life
  • Souvenirs and the Hermit Songs
  • Prayers of Kierkegaard, Adventure, and Summer Music
  • Vanessa
  • From the Nocturne to Die Natali
  • The Piano Concerto and Andromache's Farewell
  • The Creation of Antony and Cleopatra
  • Antony and Cleopatra in Performance
  • From the Chorale for Ascension Day to The Lovers
  • From Fadograph of a Yestern Scene to the Canzonetta.