Samuel Barber : the composer and his music

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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Heyman, Barbara B. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2020]
Edition:Second edition, revised and expanded.
Subjects:
Barber, Samuel, > 1910-1981.
Barber, Samuel, > 1910-1981
Composers > United States > Biography.
Composers
United States
Biographies
Online Access:Click for online access
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • 1. Beginnings
  • 2. A Serious Student
  • 3. Discoveries
  • 4. Uncertainties
  • 5. Independence
  • 6. The American Academy
  • 7. Recognition
  • 8. Prelude to War
  • 9. World Cataclysm 1942-1945
  • 10. Middle Years
  • 11. Composer as Conductor
  • 12. Song Cycles
  • 13. Searches
  • 14. Vanessa
  • 15. Interlude 1958-1960
  • 16. Lincoln Center Commissions
  • 17. A New Opera House
  • 18. The Last Years, 1967-1981
  • Postlude

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