Samuel Barber : the composer and his music / Barbara B. Heyman.

"Samuel Barber (1910-1981) was one of the most important and honored American composers of the twentieth century. Writing in a great variety of musical forms--symphonies, concertos, operas, vocal music, chamber music--he infused his works with poetic lyricism and gave tonal language and forms n...

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Main Author: Heyman, Barbara B. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2020]
Edition:Second edition, revised and expanded.
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Summary:"Samuel Barber (1910-1981) was one of the most important and honored American composers of the twentieth century. Writing in a great variety of musical forms--symphonies, concertos, operas, vocal music, chamber music--he infused his works with poetic lyricism and gave tonal language and forms new vitality. His rich legacy includes such famous compositions as the Adagio for Strings, the orchestral song Knoxville: Summer of 1915, three concertos, and his two operas, the Pulitzer Prize-winning Vanessa and Antony and Cleopatra, a commissioned work that opened the new Metropolitan Opera House at Lincoln Center in New York. Generously documented by letters, sketchbooks, original musical manuscripts, and interviews with friends, colleagues, and performers with whom he worked, this book covers Barber's entire career and all of his compositions. The biographical material on Barber is closely interspersed with a discussion of his music, displaying Barber's creative processes at work from his early student compositions to his mature masterpieces. The book also provides the social context in which this major composer grew: his education; how he built his career; the evolving musical tastes of American audiences; his relationship with Gian Carlo Menotti and such musical giants as Serge Koussevitzky, Arturo Toscanini, Vladimir Horowitz; and the role of radio in the promotion of his music. A testament to the significance of neo-Romanticism, Samuel Barber stands as a model biography of an important American musical figure"--Publisher's description.
Item Description:This edition previously issued in print: 2020.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xxvi, 630 pages) : illustrations (black and white), music
Audience:Specialized.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780190054786 (ebook)
0190054786 (ebook)
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (Oxford Scholarship Online, viewed on May 26, 2021).