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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Heyman, Barbara B., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Barber, Samuel, 1910-1981--Criticism and interpretation.

Barber, Samuel.

Composers--United States--Biography.

Composers.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1256 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1994.

Language Note:

English

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, and 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

Contents:

""Cover Page""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Dedication""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""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""; ""10. Middle Years""; ""11. Composer as Conductor""; ""12. Song Cycles""; ""13. Searches""; ""14. Vanessa""; ""15. Interlude""; ""16. Lincoln Center Commissions""; ""17. A New Opera House""; ""18. The Last Years""; ""Postlude""; ""Works List""; ""Bibliography""

""Notes""""Index""; ""Footnotes""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-987989-3

1-60129-990-7

0-19-535810-4

0-19-509058-6

OCLC:

655211983