Samuel Barber's Essay for Orchestra, Op. 12, completed in the first half of 1938, is an orchestral work in one movement. It was given its first performance...

idiosyncratic". In the realm of music, composer Samuel Barber wrote a set of "Essays for Orchestra", relying on the form and content of the music to guide the listener's...

The Third Essay for Orchestra, Op. 47, is a short orchestral work composed by Samuel Barber in 1978. The score is dedicated to Audrey Sheldon. Barber's...

Samuel Barber's Second Essay for Orchestra (Op. 17), completed 15 March 1942, is an orchestral work in one movement. It was premiered by the New York...

Adagio for Strings is a work by Samuel Barber, arguably his best known, arranged for string orchestra from the second movement of his String Quartet, Op...

Adagio for Strings was performed by the NBC Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Arturo Toscanini, along with his first Essay for Orchestra. The Adagio...

Vanguard Classics. Kennicott, Philip (1990). Samuel Barber: Medea, Third Essay, Fadogoraph of a Yestern Scene (CD booklet). Westbury, New York: Koch International...

Free (later provided material for "On the Town" and "West Side Story") (1944) Facsimile, Choreographic Essay for Orchestra (1946) Dybbuk (1974) Trouble...

Adagio for Strings; Overture to The School for Scandal; First Essay for Orchestra; Music for a Scene from Shelley; Second Essay for Orchestra; Symphony...

Strings and Essay for Orchestra. The performance received significant critical acclaim. In 1945, Toscanini led the orchestra in recording sessions for An American...