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Barber, Samuel
(Note: Variety obit is for mother of Samuel Barber)
baritone, composer, Komponist, musicisti, vocals
The Curtis Institute (faculty) : composition
| born: 09 Mar 1910 |
West Chester, Pennsylvania / state, USA |
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| born: 09 Mar 1910 |
West Chester, Pennsylvania / state, USA |
Source: 3 |
| died: 23 Jan 1981 |
New York / city, USA |
Source: 2 |
| died: 24 Jan 1981 |
New York / city, USA |
Source: 3 |
| date of Variety obit: 08 Mar 1967 (see note above) |
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| date of Variety obit: 28 Jan 1981 (see note above) |
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Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic |
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| The Curtis Institute (faculty): 1931-1933 |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania / state, USA |
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| The Curtis Institute (graduated): 1934 |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania / state, USA |
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| The Curtis Institute (faculty): 1939-1942 |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania / state, USA |
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| perf: 1948-1949 |
Venezia, Italy (La Fenici) |
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| perf: 1954 |
Bologna, Italy |
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| perf: 1955-1956 |
Venezia, Italy (La Fenici) |
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| perf: 1955-1956 |
Venezia, Italy (La Fenici) |
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| perf: 1957-1958 |
Venezia, Italy (La Fenici) |
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| perf: 1958-1959 |
Venezia, Italy (La Fenici) |
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| The Curtis Institute (faculty): 1965-1971 |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania / state, USA |
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| perf: 1966-1967 |
Venezia, Italy (La Fenici) |
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| perf: 1989 |
Venezia, Italy (La Fenici) |
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| perf: 1990 |
Venezia, Italy (La Fenici) |
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Indice Onomastico
p. 510-520 In:
Inchausteguie, Aristides
Vida musical en Santo Domingo (1940-1965)
Santo Domingo, D.N.: 1998, 529 p.
Number of People : 1,493
Kuhn, Georg-Friedrich
Klassik-CDs Samuel Barber : Horizon, Summer Music, Knoxville, Serenade for String Orchestra, Copricorn [sic] Concerto, Adagio for Strings (D. Barra, R. Golden, Arioso Wind; San Diego Chamber Orchestra) (Koch)
Stereoplay N4:149 Apr 1996
illustr.
Conway, J.
Review / CDs Barber : Violin Concerto; Cello Concerto; Capricorn Concerto (Kyoko Takezawa (violin), Steven Isserlis (cello), St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin (conductor)) (RCA Victor)
Wendel, Wolfgang
Klassik CDs Samuel Barber : Violinkonzert, Violoncello-Konzert, Capricorn Concerto (Kyoko Takezawa, Violine; Steven Iserlis, Violoncello; Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin) (BMG RCA)
Stereoplay N5:154 May 1996
illustr.
Markow, R.
Listening post Barber : Souvenirs, Op. 28
Persichetti : Serenade No. 8, Op. 62; Sonata for Two Pianos, Op. 13; Concerto for Piano, Four Hands, Op. 56 (Margarita and Olga Malinova, pianos) (Koch International Classics CD)
Classical Music Magazine 19:26 N4 1996
Bullard, A.
Choral CDs Mass for the Earth : Works by Stephen Paulus, Samuel Barber, and Libby Larsen (Oregon Repertory Singers and instrumentalists, G. Seeley) (Koch International)
Choir & Organ 4:61-2 N1 1996
The United States and Canada in the Twentieth Century
p. 500 In:
Gordon, Stewart
A History of Keyboard Literature.
Music for the Piano and its Forerunners
New York: Schirmer Books, 1996, 566 p.
Tobias, P.
Much-maligned masterpiece
Strad: 107:388-9+ Apr 1996
il port
Karolyi, Otto
Modern American music from Charles Ives to the minimalists
London: Cygnus Arts, 1996, 143 p.
Diehl, G.K.
A tale of three movements
Strad: 106:1116+ Nov 1995
notes ports
McCray, James
Samuel Barber : music for men's chorus
Voice of Chorus America: 18:acr4-6 N3 1995
mus notes
Overview American composers
American Record Guide 58:60-64 N4 1995
cover il discog
Struble, John Warthen
The history of American classical music : MacDowell through Minimalism
By John Warthen Struble
Facts on File, 1995, 444 p.
Stowell, Robin
Review / CDs Frank Martin : Violin Concerto
Milhaud : Violin Concerto No. 2 Op. 263
Barber : Violin Concerto Op. 14 (Dene Olding (violin), Hiroyuki Iwaki (conductor), Melbourne Symphony Orchestra) (ABC Classics)
Dankner, L.
Recording reviews
American Music 13:120-24 N1 1995
McCardell, C.
Washington, D.C Washington Opera: Barber, Vanessa
American Record Guide 58:46 N4 1995
illustr.
James, J.
Best of the month reviews Barber : Adagio for Strings; Nocturne; Sure on This Shining Night; Knoxville : Summer of 1915
Copland : Quiet City; Eight Poems of Emily Dickinson (Hendricks; London Symphony, Thomas, conductor) (EMI)
Stereo Review 60:83-4 Oct 1995
Thomas, G.
Review / CDs Barber : Cello Sonata; Summer Music; Excursions; Nocturne; Pas de Deux & Two-Step (Alan Stepansky (cello), Israela Margalit (piano)) (EMI)
Review / CDs Lukas Foss : Capriccio
David Diamond : Kaddish
Leonard Bernstein : Three Meditations from "Mass"
Gunther Schuller : Fantasy for Solo Cello
Samuel Barber : Sonata for Cello and Piano, Op. 6 (Steven Honigberg (cello), Kathryn Brake (pia
Potter, Tully
Review / CDs Barber : Cello Sonata Op. 6
Foss : Capriccio
Ornstein : Cello Sonata Op. 52 (Yehuda Hanani (cello), Michelle Levin (piano)) (Koch). D. Denton.no)) (Albany Troy)
Classical music reviews Barber : Violin Concerto
Korngold : Violin Concerto; Much Ado About Nothing, Suite (Shaham; London Symphony, Previn) (Deutsche Grammophon)
Stereo Review 59:145 Dec 1994
Rubenacker, T.
Klassik Samuel Barber : Lieder und Werke fur Streichquartett (Thomas Allen, Bariton; Roger Vignoles, Klavier; Endellion String Quartet) (Virgin)
Stereoplay N10:167 Oct 1994
illustr.
Denton, D.
Review / CDs Barber : Violin Concerto Op. 14
Korngold : Violin Concerto Op. 35; Suite from Much Ado about Nothing Op. 11 (Gil Shaham (violin), London Symphony Orchestra, Andre Previn (conductor, piano)) (DG)
Smith, K.
Review / CDs Takemitsu : a Way a Lone
Barber : String Quartet, Op. 11
Britten : String Quartet No. 2 Op. 36 (Tokyo Quartet) (RCA Red Seal)
Reviews of recordings Frederic Goossen : Garland : Five Poems of Ben Jonson; Three Excerpts from Casterbridge Fair
Samuel Barber : Three Songs, Op. 45 (Sharon Mabry, mezzo-soprano; Patsy Wade, piano)
Elizabeth Vercoe : Herstory III (Sharon Mabry, mezzo-soprano; Rosemary Platt, piano)
Sonneck Society For American Music Bulletin: 20:27-8 N1 1994
Classical music reviews Barber : Songs (Studer; Hampson; Browning; Emerson String Quartet) (Deutsche Grammophon, 2 CDs)
Stereo Review 59:106 Oct 1994
Schreiber, Ulrich
Klassik Samuel Barber : the Songs (Cheryl Studer, Thomas Hampson, Emerson String Quartet, John Browning, Klavier) (DG, 2 CDs)
Stereoplay N7:136 Jul 1994
illustr.
Wendel, Wolfgang
Klassik Barber/Korngold : Violinkonzert op. 14; Violinkonzert D-dur op. 35, Much Ado About Nothing, Suite op. 14 [sic] (Gil Shaham, Violine; London Symphony Orchestra, Andre Previn, Leitung / Klavier) (DDG)
Stereoplay N12:191 Dec 1994
The 1994 Gramophone Awards winners; solo vocal : Barber : Songs (Cheryl Studer (sop); Thomas Hampson (bar); Emerson String Quartet, John Browning (pf)) (DG)
Gramophone 72:45 Nov 1994
illustr.
The Ten Early Songs.
Nats Journal: 51:49 N2 1994
Note: G. Schirmer, 1994. $8.95
Briggs, J.
Dallas
Opera News 58:34-5 Mar 19 1994
Sunier, J.
Classical recordings Dello Joio : the Triumph of Saint Joan Symphony; Variations, Chaconne, Finale
Barber : Adagio for Strings (New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, James Sedares) (Koch International Classics CD)
illustr.
Boas, Robert
Kaiserslautern
Opera (England) 44:333-4 Mar 1993
illustr.
Roth, M.
Irgendwo in Norden Europas : Samuel Barbers Vanessa als deutsche Erstauffuhrung in Kaiserslautern
Orchester, Das 41:260-61 N3 1993
illustr.
Villamil, Victoria Etnier
Hampson, Thomas
A singer's guide to the American art song 1870-1980
Foreword by Thomas Hampson
Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1993, 452 p.
Record reviews Samuel Barber : Overture to "The School for Scandal", Op. 5; First Symphony, Op. 9
Amy Marcy Cheney Beach : Symphony in E minor (Gaelic), Op. 32 (Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Jaervi, conductor) (Chandos)
American Music 11:124-6 N1 1993
Review / CDs Barber : Violin Concerto, Op. 14
Bruch : Violin Concerto No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 26 (Anne Akiko Meyers (violin), Rohan De Silva (piano), Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Christopher Seaman (conductor), Jesus Lopez-Cobos (conductor)) (RPO)
Ainsley, R.
Rubbish!
Classic Cd N43:38-40 Dec 1993
port
Klassik Charles Ives : Streichquartette Nr. 1 und 2; Scherzo
Samuel Barber : Streichquartett op. 11 (Emerson String Quartet) (DG)
Stereoplay N5:141 May 1993
Record reviews Samuel Barber : Overture to "The School for Scandal", Op. 5; First Symphony, Op. 9
Amy Marcy Cheney Beach : Symphony in E minor (Gaelic), Op. 32 (Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Jaervi, conductor) (Chandos)
American Music 11:124-6 N1 1993
Premiere Darmstadt
Oper und Konzert 31:7 Mar 1993
illustr.
Klassik Samuel Barber : Violinkonzert op. 19 [sic]
Dmitri Schostakowitsch : Viol.konz. Nr. 1 a-moll op. 99 (op. 77) (Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, Violine; London Symphony Orchestra, Maxim Schostakowitsch) (EMI CD)
Stereoplay N1:165 Jan 1993
CDs Samuel Barber : the Lovers Op. 43; Prayers of Kierkegaard Op. 30 (Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Ltg.: Andrew Schenck) (Koch)
Orchester, Das 41:1118 N10 1993
illustr.
Reviews / classical music Takemitsu : a Way A Lone : Barber : String Quartet, Op. 11
Britten : String Quartet No. 2 (Tokyo Quartet) (RCA Victor)
Stereo Review 58:128 Dec 1993
illustr.
Halasz, Gabor
Stilistischer Pragmatismus
Opernwelt 34:56-7 Feb 1993
illustr.
Reviews / CDs Ives : String Quartets Nos. 1 & 2; Scherzo "Holding Your Own"
Samuel Barber : String Quartet (Emerson String Quartet) (DG)
Musical Times, 134:409 Jul 1993
Castleberry, D.H.
The lyric voice in Samuel Barber's Reincarnations
Choral Journal 33:17-23 N7 1993
mus port
Wright, D.
Reviews / CDs Barber : Summer Music
Carter : Quintet; Eight Etudes and a Fantasy
Cage : Music for Wind Instruments
Schuller : Suite (Aulos Wind Quintet) (Koch)
Musical Times, 134:720 Dec 1993
CDs Barber : Violin Concerto, Op. 14
Shostakovich : Violin Concerto No. 1 in A Minor, Op. 99 (Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg (violin), London Symphony Orchestra, Maxim Shostakovich (conductor)) (EMI Classics)
Tobias, P.
Samuel Barber's cello concerto : performer's view
mus
Classical music reviews Ives : Symphony No. 1
Barber : Three Essays for Orchestra (Detroit Symphony, Jaervi) (Chandos)
Stereo Review 57:78 Aug 1992
illustr.
Johnson, B.
Record review Barber : Prayers of Kierkegaard, Op. 30; the Lovers Op. 43
(Sarah Reese (sop), Dale Duesing (bar), Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, c. Andrew Schenck) (Koch International Classics)
Sparrer, Walter-Wolfgang
Heister, Hanns-Werner
Komponisten der Gegenwart
Edition Text+Kritik
Herausgegeben von Hanns-Werner Heister und Walter-Wolfgang Sparrer
Sutcliffe, Tom
Reviving Antony
Musical Times, 133:41 Jan 1992
Indice Dei Nomi
p. 487-570 In:
Rossi, Franco
Girardi, Michele
Il teatro la Fenici : chronologia degli spettacoli 1938-1991
Venezia: Albrizzi Editore, 1992, 650 p.
Number of People : 11,539
Opera
Musical Opinion 115:79-80 Feb 1992
Note: Juilliard
Smith, Kyle
Catalog of the music of Pennsylvania composers
Vol. I: Orchestral Music
Wynnewood, Penn: Pennsylvania Composers Forum, 1992, 60 p.
Classical music reviews Barber : the Lovers, Op. 43; Prayers of Kierkegaard, Op. 30 (Sarah Reese (soprano); Dale Duesing (baritone); Chicago Symphony Chorus and Orchestra, Andrew Schenck conductor) (Koch International Classics)
Stereo Review 57:97 Jun 1992
Schallplatten Samuel Barber : Symphony Nr. 1 op. 9; Piano Concerto op. 38; Souvenir fur Klavier zu vier Handen op. 28 (John Browning, Klavier; Leonard Slatkin, Klavier; Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra; Dirigent : Leonard Slatkin) (BMG)
Neue Zeitschrift fur Musik 153:40 Feb 1992
Johnson, B.
Record review Barber : Prayers of Kierkegaard, Op. 30; the Lovers Op. 43
(Sarah Reese (sop), Dale Duesing (bar), Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, c. Andrew Schenck) (Koch International Classics)
Fousnaquer, Jacques-Emmanuel
Leble, Christian
Glayman, Claude
Musiciens de notre temps depuis 1945
Jacques-Emmanuel Fousnaquer, Claude Glayman, Christian Leble
Paris: Editions Plume, 1992, 542 p.
Oppens, Kurt
Opernbrief aus New York Urauffuhrung an der Met : Coriglianos The Ghosts of Versailles; Barbers Vanessa an der Juillard School of Music
Opernwelt 33:47-8 N2 1992
illustr.
CDs Barber : Violin Concerto Op. 14
Bernstein : Serenade (Hu Kun (violin), Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, English String Orchestra, Sir Yehudi Menuhin, conductor, William Boughton, conductor) (Nimbus)
Duerer, C.
Mit Schmiss und Jazzgefuhl; George Gershwin : Piano Concerto in F, Drei Preludes; Aaron Copland : El salon Mexico; Piano Blues No. 3; Samuel Barber : Ballade (Peter Jablonski, Klavier; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Vladimir Ashkenazy) (Decca)
Neue Musikzeitung 40:39 Dec 1991-Jan 1992
Borroff, Edith
Clark, J. Bunker
American opera : a checklist
By Edith Borroff
Edited by J. Bunker Clark
Detroit: Harmonie Park Press, 1992, 334 p.
Number of People : 2,319
Recordings in review Barber : Medea Suite; Fadograph of a Yestern Scene, Op. 44; Third Essay (New Zealand Symphony, Andrew Schenck, conductor) (Koch International Classics)
Musical America 111:67-8 N3 1991
Johnson, B.
Record review American Piano Sonatas Volume I : Copland : Sonata
Ives : (ed. Cowell) Three Page Sonata
Carter : Sonata
Barber : Sonata (P. Lawson (piano)) (Virgin Classics)
Recordings in review Barber : Medea Suite; Fadograph of a Yestern Scene, Op. 44; Third Essay (New Zealand Symphony, Andrew Schenck, conductor) (Koch International Classics)
Musical America 111:67-8 N3 1991
Covello, Richard
World Report Chicago unveils major production of revised Antony and Cleopatra
Opera Canada 32:31 N4 1991
illustr.
Record reviews Barber : Symphony No. 1, Op. 9; Piano Concerto, Op. 38; Souvenirs, Op. 28 (John Browning, piano; Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin, conductor) (RCA Victor Red Seal CD)
Classical Music Magazine 14:36 N5 1991
Classical music Barber's ballet music
Stereo Review 56:98 Jan 1991
illustr.
Note: four recordings
Second Symphony, Op. 19. (New York, G. Schirmer (Hal Leonard), 1950 (reissued 1990) $20.00)
Klassik Samuel Barber : Symphony No. 1; Piano Concerto; Souvenirs (John Browning, Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, L. Slatkin) (RCA/BMG Ariola)
Stereoplay N12:208 Dec 1991
illustr.
Classical music reviews Barber : Symphony No. 1, Op. 9; Piano Concerto, Op. 38 (John Browning (piano); Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin, conductor) Souvenirs, Op. 28 (John Browning, Leonard Slatkin (piano)) (RCA Victor)
Stereo Review 56:91 Sep 1991
Moor, Paul
Opera everywhere San Jose
Musical America 111:47-8 N3 1991
Note: Opera San Jose
Recordings Barber : Piano Concerto, Op. 38; Souvenirs, Op. 28; Symphony No. 1, Op. 9 (John Browning and Leonard Slatkin, piano; St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin, conductor) (RCA)
Musical America 111:38 N6 1991
Bierley, Paul E.
Rehrig, William H.
The heritage encyclopedia of band music : composers and their music
Edited by Paul E. Bierley
William H. Rehrig
Westerville, Ohio: Integrity Press, 1991
Number of People : 8,916
Heyman, Barbara B.
The second time around : Barber's Antony and Cleopatra gets another chance, at Lyric Opera of Chicago
Opera News 56:56-7 Dec 7 1991
il port
Classical recordings Barber : Vanessa (D. Mitropoulos conducting; E. Steber, soprano (Vanessa); R. Elias, mezzo-soprano (Erika); N. Gedda, tenor (Anatol); R. Resnik, mezzo-soprano (Old Baroness); G. Tozzi, bass (Old Doctor); Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra) (RCA Victor Gold Seal)
Recordings in review Barber : Medea
Copland : Appalachian Spring (Atlantic Sinfonietta, Andrew Schenck, conductor) (Koch International Classics)
Musical America 111:67-8 N3 1991
Recordings in review Barber : Souvenirs, Op. 28
Menotti : Sebastian; Amahl and the Night Visitors (New Zealand Symphony, Andrew Schenck, conductor) (Koch International Classics)
Musical America 111:67-8 N3 1991
Recordings Barber : Overture to the School for Scandal, Op. 5; Symphony No. 1, Op. 9
Beach : Symphony in E Minor, Op. 32 (Gaelic) (Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Jaervi, conductor) (Chandos)
Musical America 111:37-8 N6 1991
Wians, W.
Success in musical America
A talk with Andrew Schenck
Heist, D.R.
Harmonic organization and sonata form
The first movement of Barber's Sonata, Op. 26
Journal of the American Liszt Society 27:25-31 1990
mus table
Recordings in review Barber : Adagio for Strings; Medea's Dance of Vengeance; Overture to The School for Scandal, Op. 5; Three Essays for Orchestra. Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin, conductor
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Note: Angel/EMI CD
Recordings in review Barber : Vanessa. E. Steber, R. Elias, R. Resnik, N. Gedda, G. Tozzi, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus, D. Mitropoulos, conductor
Classical 2:33-4 Aug 1990
illustr.
Note: RCA Victor Gold Seal
White, J. Perry
Twentieth-century choral music
An annotated bibliography of music suitable for use by high school choirs
Second edition
By J. Perry White
Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1990, 214 p.
Dressler, J.K.
The word music of James Agee : Samuel Barber's melodic response
Nats Journal: 47:4-8 N1 1990
biog mus
Dyson, P.
World Report Opera in Concert
Opera Canada 31:29 N2 1990
Guide to records Barber : Vanessa (E. Steber (Vanessa), R. Elias (Erika), R. Resnik (Baroness), N. Gedda (Anatol), G. Tozzi (Doctor), G. Cehanovsky (Major Domo); Metropolitan Opera/D. Mitropoulos) (RCA 7899; 2 CD)
American Record Guide 53:23-4 N6 1990
Simmons, W.
Samuel Barber.
A once-suppressed symphony, three essays, and other orchestral works
Note: recordings
Libbey, T.
Barber down under
High Fidelity 39:56 Feb 1989
Classical reviews
High Fidelity 39:62+ Jun 1989
Classical reviews
High Fidelity 39:62+ Jun 1989
Opus record reviews Barber : Concerto for Cello and Orchestra
Britten : Cello Symphony
Musical America 109:52 N5 1989
The Proms.
Musical Opinion 112:24-5 Jan 1989
Sonti, Piero
Repertorio di musica Sinfonica : gli autori, le composizioni dal seicento a oggi
Norquet, M.
Koblenz Kurzopern
Hunt, J.P.
Opus record reviews
Musical America 109:50 N1 1989
Note: Owl CD
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