Samuel Barber

(1910-81)

Samuel Barber (1910-81)

American composer and singer. There is a romantic and lyrical character to his music, most evident in his Adagio for Strings which was originally the slow movement of a string quartet. His song Dover Beach (which he sang himself) is a setting of the poem by Matthew Arnold with string quartet accompaniment.

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A Hand of Bridge, Op. 35

A Stopwatch and an Ordnance Map, Op. 15

Adagio for Strings, Op. 11

Agnus Dei

Ballade Op. 46

Beggar's Song

Capricorn Concerto

Cello Concerto, Op. 22

Cello Sonata, Op. 6

Despite and Still, Op. 41

Dover Beach, Op. 3

Excursions Op. 20

First Essay for Orchestra Op. 12

Four Songs, Op. 13

Four Songs, Op. 13 - Nocturne, 'Sure on this shining night'

Hermit Songs, Op. 29

I hear an army

In the Dark Pinewood

Knoxville: Summer of 1915, Op. 24

Medea's Meditation and Dance of Vengeance, Op. 23a

Mélodies passagères, Op. 27

Music for a Scene from Shelley, Op. 7

Mutations from Bach

Nocturne, Op. 33

Nuvoletta, Op. 25

Overture to The School for Scandal, Op. 5

Piano Concerto Op. 38

Piano Sonata, Op. 26

Reincarnations, Op. 16

Second & Third Essays for Orchestra

Second Essay for Orchestra, Op. 17

Serenade for String Orchestra, Op. 1

Sleep Now

Souvenirs, Op. 28

String Quartet, Op. 11

Summer Music, Op. 31

Sure on this shining night, Op. 13 No. 3

Symphony No. 1, Op. 9

Symphony No. 2, Op. 19

The Daisies

There's Nae Lark

Three Songs, Op. 10

Three Songs, Op. 2

Three Songs, Op. 45

Toccata Festiva, Op. 36

Two Songs Op. 18

Vanessa

Vanessa - Intermezzo

Violin Concerto, Op. 14

‘Must the winter come so soon?' from Vanessa

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