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    Samuel Osmond Barber II (March 9, 1910 – January 23, 1981) was an American composer, pianist, conductor, baritone, and music educator, and one of the most...
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  • compositions by Samuel Barber sorted by genre, opus number, date of composition, and title. Finkelstein, Sidney (1991). Music of Samuel Barber (CD booklet)...
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    work by Samuel Barber, arguably his best known, arranged for string orchestra from the second movement of his String Quartet, Op. 11. Barber finished...
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    Agnus Dei (Lamb of God) is a choral composition in one movement by Samuel Barber, his own arrangement of his Adagio for Strings (1936). In 1967, he set...
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  • Samuel Barber (1910–1981) was an American composer. Samuel Barber may also refer to: Samuel Barber (minister) (1738?–1811), Irish Presbyterian minister...
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    Francis Barber (c. 1742/3 – 13 January 1801), born Quashey, was the Jamaican manservant of Samuel Johnson in London from 1752 until Johnson's death in...
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  • Samuel Barber completed his Violin Concerto, Op. 14, in 1939. It is a work in three movements, lasting about 22 minutes. In 1939, Philadelphia industrialist...
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  • During this time, Cole was a classmate and friend of the composer Samuel Barber, who dedicated his Cello Sonata, op. 6 to Cole. Mr. Cole and the composer...
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  • The Piano Concerto, Op. 38, by Samuel Barber was commissioned by the music publishing company G. Schirmer in honor of the centenary of their founding...
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    Symphony No. 3 1957: Norman Dello Joio, Meditations on Ecclesiastes 1958: Samuel Barber, Vanessa, opera 1959: John La Montaine, Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 9...
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