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Samuel Barber

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Samuel Osborne Barber (March 9, 1910–January 23, 1981) was an American composer of classical music, best known for his Adagio for Strings. He was born in West Chester, Pennsylvania and began to compose at the age of seven. He studied at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia before becoming a fellow of the American Academy in Rome in 1935. The following year he wrote his String Quartet in B minor, the second movement of which he would arrange

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  1. Adagio For Strings
  2. Adagio for Strings, Op. 11
  3. Barber: Adagio for Strings
  4. Barber: Adagio For Strings, Op. 11
  5. Agnus Dei
  6. Adagio For Strings op.11
  7. Adagio For Strings {6}
  8. String Quartet, Op. 11: II. Molto adagio
  9. Adagio for Strings, Op.11
  10. Barber: Adagio for Strings, Op. 11a
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  1. Violin Concerto, Op. 14: II. Andante
  2. Four Excursions, Op. 20: No. 3. Allegretto
  3. Cello Concerto
  4. Adagio for Strings (Platoon)
  5. Adagio for Strings, Op. 11a
  6. Adagio
  7. Sure on This Shining Night, Op. 13 No. 3 (Arr. Parkin for Cello and Piano)
  8. Agnus Dei, Op.11
  9. Second Essay for Orchestra, Op. 17
  10. Nocturne, 'Homage to John Field' Op. 33
  11. Adagio for Strings, Op.11 - Extract
  12. Adagio For Strings Op. 11
  13. Agnus Dei, Op. 11
  14. Violin Concerto, Op. 14: I. Allegro
  15. Agnus Dei, Op. 11 (vocal Arr. of Adagio for Strings, Op. 11)
  16. Sure On THis Shining Night, Op. 13, No. 3
  17. String Quartet, Op. 11: II. Adagio
  18. Adagio for Strings Opus 11
  19. Summer Music, Op. 31: I. Slow and indolent
  20. Adagio for Strings, Op.11: 2. Molto adagio
  21. Barber: Agnus Dei
  22. Love Song: Tempo di valse, Allegretto
  23. Nocturne, Op. 33
  24. Platoon (Adagio for Strings)
  25. Adagio for Strings, Op. 11 - Live
  26. To be Sung on the Water, Op. 42, No. 2
  27. Adagio For Strings: Agnus Dei
  28. Canzonetta for Oboe and Strings
  29. First Essay for Orchestra, Op. 12
  30. Piano Concerto, Op. 38: II. Canzone: Moderato
  31. Concerto for Violin & Orchestra, Op.14 : 2. Andante
  32. Barber's Adagio for Strings
  33. Vanessa, Op. 32, Act II: Under the willow tree
  34. Commando March
  35. I. Un poco adagio - Allegro con sprito
  36. 4 Songs, Op. 13: No. 3. Sure on this Shining Night
  37. II. Andante
  38. Prelude No.2
  39. Violin Concerto, op. 14: III. Presto in moto
  40. There's Nae Lark (Arr. Parkin for Cello and Piano)
  41. Concerto For Violin & Orchestra, Op. 14: I. Allegro
  42. Barber: Adagio for Strings, Pt. 1
  43. Adagio for strings (Platoon / The Elephant Man)
  44. Cello Concerto, Op. 22: II. Andante sostenuto
  45. Barber: Agnus Dei, Op. 11 (Barber Adagio) [Excerpt]
  46. Platoon
  47. Barber: Adagio for Strings, Pt. 2
  48. No. 1. The Virgin Martyrs
  49. Summer Music, Op. 31
  50. A Slumber Song of the Madonna (Arr. Parkin for Cello and Piano)
  51. Barber: Adagio for Strings, Pt. 5
  52. Agnus Dei, Adagio Op. 11
  53. Music for a Scene from Shelley, Op. 7
  54. III. Dance - Allegro giocoso
  55. Allegro Vivace E Leggiero
  56. Adagio for Strings, Op. 11 (Platoon - The Elephant Man)
  57. No. 1. Mary Hynes
  58. Andante sostenuto
  59. Adagio for Strings, Op. 11 - Extract
  60. The School for Scandal Overture, Op. 5
  61. Mutations from Bach
  62. I. Allegro
  63. Knoxville: Summer of 1915, Op. 24
  64. Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 14: II. Andante
  65. Agnus Dei Op. 11
  66. Barber: Agnus Dei, Op. 11 (Choral Version of the Adagio) [Excerpt]
  67. Barber: Agnus Dei (After "Adagio for Strings, Op. 11a")
  68. No. 2. Let down the bars, O Death
  69. Barber: Adagio for Strings, Pt. 3
  70. Barber: Adagio for Strings, Pt. 4
  71. No. 1. Heaven-haven
  72. Un poco allegro
  73. Adagio For Strings (The Elephant Man)
  74. Adagio For Strings, Op.11/2
  75. Allegro appassionato
  76. Adagio For Strings, Op. 11 No. 2
  77. No. 3. Sure on this shining night
  78. Violin Concerto: Presto in moto perpetuoso
  79. Barber: Adagio for Strings, Pt. 7
  80. Barber: Adagio for Strings, Pt. 6
  81. Barber: Agnus Dei (After Adagio for Strings, Op. 11)
  82. Concerto for Violin & Orchestra, Op.14: 2. Andante
  83. Reincarnations, Op. 16: III. The Coolin
  84. Piano Sonata, Op. 26: IV. Fuga: Allegro con spirito
  85. Barber: Summer Music, Op. 31: I. Slow and indolent
  86. No. 1. Twelfth Night
  87. Adagio for strings (from Platoon)
  88. Cello Sonata, Op. 6: I. Allegro ma non troppo
  89. Four Songs Op.13: No.3 Sure On This Shining Night - Andante
  90. Barber: Adagio for Strings, Pt. 8

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