Samuel Barber - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Samuel Osborne Barber II (March 9, 1. January 2. 3, 1. 98. American composer of orchestral, opera, choral, and piano music. He is one of the most celebrated composers of the 2. Donal Henahan stated that "Probably no other American composer has ever enjoyed such early, such persistent and such long- lasting acclaim."[1]His Adagio for Strings (1. He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Music twice: for his opera Vanessa (1. Concerto for Piano and Orchestra (1. Also widely performed is his Knoxville: Summer of 1. James Agee. At the time of his death, nearly all of his compositions had been recorded.[1]Biography[edit]Early years[edit]. Childhood home of Samuel Barber in West Chester, Pennsylvania. Barber was born in West Chester, Pennsylvania, the son of Marguerite Mc. Leod (n. Г©e Beatty) and Samuel Le Roy Barber.[2] He was born into a comfortable, educated, social, and distinguished American family. His father was a physician; his mother, called Daisy, was a pianist of English- Scottish- Irish descent whose family had lived in the United States since the time of the Revolutionary War.[3] His aunt, Louise Homer, was a leading contralto at the Metropolitan Opera; his uncle, Sidney Homer, was a composer of American art songs. Samuel Barber Samuel Barber, gefotografeerd door Carl van Vechten in 1944 Algemene informatie Volledige naam Samuel Osborne Barber II Geboren 9 maart 1910 Overleden 23 januari 1981 Land USA Werk Genre(s) Klassiek. Samuel Osborne Barber (West Chester, 9 marzo 1910 – New York, 23 gennaio 1981) è stato un compositore statunitense, noto al grande pubblico soprattutto per il suo Adagio per archi. Biografia Nacque in West Chester. Louise Homer is known to have influenced Barber's interest in voice. Through his aunt, Barber had access to many great singers and songs. At a very early age, Barber became profoundly interested in music, and it was apparent that he had great musical talent and ability.
He began studying the piano at the age of 6 and at age 7 composed his first work, Sadness, a 2. C minor.[1] At the age of nine he wrote to his mother: Dear Mother: I have written this to tell you my worrying secret. Now don't cry when you read it because it is neither yours nor my fault. I suppose I will have to tell it now without any nonsense. To begin with I was not meant to be an athlet [sic]. I was meant to be a composer, and will be I'm sure. I'll ask you one more thing. Don't ask me to try to forget this unpleasant thing and go play football. Please—Sometimes I've been worrying about this so much that it makes me mad (not very).[4]Barber attempted to write his first opera, entitled The Rose Tree, at the age of 1. At the age of 1. 2, he became an organist at a local church. When he was 1. 4, he entered the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, where he studied piano with Isabelle Vengerova, composition with Rosario Scalero, and voice with Emilio de Gogorza.[1] He began composing seriously in his late teenage years. Around the same time, he met fellow Curtis schoolmate Gian Carlo Menotti, who became his partner in life as well as in their shared profession. At the Curtis Institute, Barber was a triple prodigy in composition, voice, and piano. He soon became a favorite of the conservatory's founder, Mary Louise Curtis Bok. Obras de Samuel Barber Año Opus Obra Tipo de obra Duración 1920 sin opus The rose tree Música vocal (opereta)-1923/24 Tree sketches, para piano Música solista (piano)-1925/37 sin opus Ten early songs, para voz y piano. It was through Mrs. Bok that Barber was introduced to his lifelong publisher, the Schirmer family. At the age of 1. 8, Barber won the Joseph H. Bearns Prize from Columbia University for his violin sonata (now lost or destroyed by the composer).[1]Middle years[edit]From his early to late twenties, Barber wrote a flurry of successful compositions, launching him into the spotlight of the classical music world. His first orchestral work, an overture to The School for Scandal, was composed in 1. It premiered successfully two years later in a performance given by the Philadelphia Orchestra under conductor Alexander Smallens.[1] Many of his compositions were commissioned or first performed by such famous artists as Vladimir Horowitz, Eleanor Steber, Raya Garbousova, John Browning, Leontyne Price, Pierre Bernac, Francis Poulenc, and Dietrich Fischer- Dieskau. In 1. 93. 5, at the age of 2. American Prix de Rome and was the recipient of a Pulitzer traveling scholarship which allowed him to study abroad in 1. He was later awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1. When Barber was 2. Adagio for Strings was performed by the NBC Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Arturo Toscanini in 1. Essay for Orchestra. The Adagio had been arranged from the slow movement of Barber's String Quartet, Op. Toscanini had only rarely performed music by American composers before (an exception was Howard Hanson's Second Symphony, which he conducted in 1. At the end of the first rehearsal of the piece, Toscanini remarked, "Semplice e bella" (simple and beautiful). In 1. 94. 2, Barber joined the Army Air Corps; there, he was commissioned to write his Second Symphony, a work he later suppressed. It was released in a Vox recording by the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra conducted by Andrew Schenck.) Composed in 1. Symphony Dedicated to the Air Forces and was premiered in early 1. Serge Koussevitsky and the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Barber revised the symphony in 1. G. Schirmer,[6] and recorded the following year by the New Symphony Orchestra of London conducted by the composer,[7] but in 1. Barber destroyed the score. It was reconstructed from the instrumental parts.[8] According to another source, however, it was precisely the parts to the symphony that Barber had torn up.[9]Hans Heinsheimer was an eyewitness, and reported that he accompanied Barber to the publisher's office where they collected all the music from the library and Barber "tore up all these beautifully and expensively copied materials with his own hands"[1. Doubt has been cast on this story, however, on grounds that Heinsheimer, as an executive at G. Schirmer, would have been unlikely to have allowed Barber into the Schirmer offices to watch him "rip apart the music that his company had invested money in publishing".[1. In 1. 94. 3, Barber and Menotti purchased a house in Mount Kisco, New York.[1. Barber won the Pulitzer Prize twice: in 1. Vanessa, and in 1. Concerto for Piano and Orchestra. Later years[edit]Barber spent many years in isolation after the harsh rejection of his third opera Antony and Cleopatra. He suffered from depression, and was also beset by alcoholism.[1. The opera was written for and premiered at the opening of the new Metropolitan Opera House on September 1. After this setback, Barber continued to write music until he was almost 7. The Third Essay for orchestra (1. Barber died of cancer in 1. New York City at the age of 7. He was buried in Oaklands Cemetery in his hometown of West Chester, Pennsylvania.[1. Achievements and awards[edit]Barber was the recipient of numerous awards and prizes including the Rome Prize (the American version of the Prix de Rome), two Pulitzers, and election to the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1. Barber was awarded the Edward Mac. Dowell Medal for outstanding contribution to the arts by the Mac. Dowell Colony in 1. In addition to composing, Barber was active in organizations that sought to help musicians and promote music. He was president of the International Music Council of UNESCO, where he did much to bring into focus and ameliorate the conditions facing musicians and musical organizations worldwide. He was one of the first American composers to visit Russia (then part of the Soviet Union). Barber was also influential in the successful campaign by composers against ASCAP, the goal of which was to increase royalties paid to composers. Orchestral music[edit]Through the success of his Overture to The School for Scandal (1. Music for a Scene from Shelley (1. Adagio for Strings (1. First) Symphony in One Movement (1. First) Essay for Orchestra (1. Violin Concerto (1. Barber garnered performances by the world's leading conductors such as Artur Rodzi. Е„ski, Eugene Ormandy, Dimitri Mitropoulos, Bruno Walter, Charles MГјnch, George Szell, Leopold Stokowski, and Thomas Schippers. Among his works are four concertos, one each for violin (1. Capricorn Concerto for flute, oboe, trumpet and string orchestra (1. He also wrote a concertante work for organ and orchestra entitled Toccata Festiva (1. Barber's final opus was the Canzonetta for oboe and string orchestra (1. The Nocturne for Piano (Homage to John Field), Op. Barber's life partner Gian Carlo Menotti, whom he had met at Curtis, supplied the libretto for Barber's opera Vanessa. In 1. 95. 6, using his vocal training, Barber played and sang the score to the Metropolitan Opera's General Manager, Rudolf Bing, who accepted the work. It premiered in January 1. Vanessa won the 1. Pulitzer Prize and gained acclaim as the first American grand opera. Menotti also contributed the libretto for Barber's chamber opera A Hand of Bridge. Barber's Antony and Cleopatra was commissioned to open the new Metropolitan Opera House at Lincoln Center in 1. The elaborate production designed by Franco Zeffirelli was plagued with technical disasters; it also overwhelmed and obscured Barber's music, which most critics derided as uncharacteristically weak and unoriginal. The critical rejection of music that Barber considered to be among his best sent him into a deep depression. In recent years, a revised version of Antony and Cleopatra, for which Menotti provided collaborative assistance, has enjoyed some success.[1. In 1. 93. 9 Philadelphia industrialist Samuel Simeon Fels commissioned Barber to write a violin concerto for Fels's ward, Iso Briselli, a graduate from the Curtis Institute of Music the same year as Barber, 1. The Barber biographies written by Nathan Broder (1. Barbara B. Heyman (1. Heyman interviewed Briselli and others familiar with the history in her publication. In late 2. 01. 0, previously unpublished letters written by Fels, Barber, and Albert Meiff (Briselli's violin coach in that period) from the Samuel Simeon Fels Papers archived at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania became available to the public.[1. The film "The Deep Blue Sea", released in 2. Terence Davies and starring Rachel Weisz and Tom Hiddleston, featured in its soundtrack Barber's Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, Op. Hilary Hahn and the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra conducted by Hugh Wolff. Samuel Barber — Wikip. Г©dia. Un article de Wikip. Г©dia, l'encyclop. Г©die libre. Pour les articles homonymes, voir Barber. Samuel Barber. Samuel Barberphotographi. Г© par Carl van Vechten, 1. Donn. Г©es cl. Г©s. Nom de naissance. Samuel Osborne Barber. Naissance. 9mars. West Chester, Г‰tats- Unis. DГ©c. ГЁs. 23janvier. Г 7. 0 ans)New York, Г‰tats- Unis. Activit. Г© principalecompositeur. Style. Op. Г©ra, m. Г©lodie, piano, musique symphonique, musique concertante, musique chorale. Collaborations. Gian Carlo Menotti, Leonard Bernstein, Thomas Schippers, Eleanor Steber, Leontyne Price, Dietrich Fischer- Dieskau. Formation. Institut Curtis. RГ©compenses. Prix de Rome am. Г©ricain en composition musicale. Е’uvres principalesmodifier. Samuel Osborne Barber, n. Г© le 9mars. 19. 10 Г West Chester en Pennsylvanie et mort le 2. Г New York, est un compositeuram. Г©ricain. Samuel Barber commence Г composer d. ГЁs l'Гўge de sept ans. Il Г©tudie Г l'Institut Curtis Г Philadelphie avant de devenir Г©l. ГЁve de l'Acad. Г©mie am. Г©ricaine de Rome en 1. L'ann. Г©e suivante, il Г©crit son quatuor Г cordes en si mineur, dont il arrangera plus tard le second mouvement — Г la suggestion d'Arturo Toscanini — pour orchestre Г cordes sous le nom Adagio for Strings, puis pour ch. Е“ur sous le nom d'Agnus Dei ; ce mouvement deviendra tr. ГЁs populaire. La popularit. Г© de l'Adagio a quelque peu occult. Г© le reste de son Е“uvre. Aucune de ses autres pi. ГЁces n'a connu le m. ГЄme succ. ГЁs, mais certaines sont r. Г©guli. ГЁrement jou. Г©es et enregistr. Г©es. Toutefois, Barber est consid. Г©r. Г© comme l'un des plus talentueux compositeurs am. Г©ricains du XXe si. ГЁcle. Il a Г©vit. Г© les exp. Г©rimentations de ses contemporains, pr. Г©f. Г©rant des harmonies et des formes plus traditionnelles. Son Е“uvre est m. Г©lodique et souvent d. Г©crite comme n. Г©o- romantique, bien que certaines de ses Е“uvres ult. Г©rieures, notamment le Third Essay for Orchestra et la Medea's Dance of Vengeance, fassent montre d'une utilisation magistrale d'effets percussifs, de modernisme et d'effets n. Г©o- stravinskiens. Le compositeur meurt Г New York Г 7. Ses chansons, avec accompagnement de piano ou d'orchestre, comptent parmi les chansons les plus populaires du XXe si. ГЁcle du r. Г©pertoire classique am. Г©ricain. Elles comprennent une version de Dover Beach de Matthew Arnold, initialement Г©crite pour quatuor Г cordes et baryton, les Hermit Songs d'apr. ГЁs des textes irlandais anonymes des VIIIe au XIIIe si. ГЁcles et Knoxville: Summer of 1. Г©crite pour la soprano. Eleanor Steber et bas. Г©e sur un texte autobiographique de James Agee, introduction de son roman A Death in the Family. Barber avait une bonne voix de baryton et, pendant quelque temps, a envisag. Г© la carri. ГЁre de chanteur professionnel. Il a r. Г©alis. Г© quelques enregistrements, dont celui de sa propre chanson Dover Beach. Sa Sonate pour piano en mi b. Г©mol mineur, Op. Г©e par Richard Rodgers et Irving Berlin, a Г©t. Г© interpr. Г©t. Г©e pour la premi. ГЁre fois par Vladimir Horowitz, premi. ГЁre Е“uvre am. Г©ricaine d'envergure pour piano Г ГЄtre ainsi cr. éée par un tel pianiste de r. Г©putation internationale. Outre sa sonate, ses Е“uvres pour piano comprennent Excursions Op. Three Sketches, Souvenirs et diverses autres pi. ГЁces isol. Г©es. Barber a Г©galement compos. Г© plusieurs op. Г©ras. Vanessa, sur un livret de Gian Carlo Menotti (son partenaire professionnel et personnel), a Г©t. Г© cr. éé au Metropolitan Opera Г New York. Acclam. Г© par la critique et jouissant d'un grand succ. ГЁs populaire, l'op. Г©ra vaudra un Prix Pulitzer Г son compositeur. ГЂ sa cr. Г©ation europ. Г©enne, il est accueilli plus froidement, cependant, et reste peu jou. Г© sur ce continent, bien que sa popularit. Г© se maintienne aux Г‰tats- Unis. N'ayant jamais Г©t. Г© un compositeur prolifique, Barber Г©crit encore moins apr. ГЁs l'Г©chec de son op. Г©ra Anthony and Cleopatra. Sur un livret du cin. Г©aste et metteur en sc. ГЁne d'op. Г©ra Franco Zeffirelli, l'op. Г©ra avait Г©t. Г© command. Г© pour l'ouverture de la nouvelle Metropolitan Opera House du Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts en 1. L'op. Г©ra a re. Г§u un accueil plus favorable en 1. Г©t. Г© pr. Г©sent. Г© dans le cadre plus intime de la Juilliard School avec le partenariat et la mise en sc. ГЁne de Gian Carlo Menotti, et a Г©t. Г© enregistr. Г© par la suite. Barber composera trois concertos pour instruments solos et orchestre, un Concerto pour violon (termin. Г© en 1. 93. 9), un Concerto pour violoncelle et un Concerto pour piano auxquels il faut ajouter le Capricorn Concerto pour fl. Г»te, hautbois, trompette et orchestre Г cordes. Le Concerto pour piano a Г©t. Г© compos. Г© Г l'intention du pianiste John Browning, qui l'a cr. éé le 2. 4septembre. Erich Leinsdorf et l'Orchestre symphonique de Boston au Lincoln Center, Г New York. Barber a Г©galement compos. Г© une Е“uvre virtuose pour orgue et orchestre, Toccata Festiva, pour le c. Г©l. ГЁbre organiste Edward Power Biggs au d. Г©but des ann. Г©es 1. L'Orchestre philharmonique de New York lui avait command. Г© un concerto pour hautbois, mais Barber n'en a termin. Г© que la lente Canzonetta centrale avant son d. Г©c. ГЁs. Parmi ses pi. ГЁces purement orchestrales, on compte deux symphonies (1. The School for Scandal (1. Fadograph on a Yestern Scene (1. Knoxville: Summer of 1. Е“uvre pour voix et orchestre. Il a Г©galement compos. Г© des Е“uvres chorales de grande envergure, dont The Lovers (1. Prayers of Kierkegaard (1. Г©es sur les Г©crits du philosophe danois SГёren Kierkegaard. Ses Е“uvres de musique de chambre comprennent notamment le quatuor Г cordes en si mineur Op. Г№ est tir. Г© le c. Г©l. ГЁbre Adagio, une Sonate pour violoncelle et piano en ut mineur Op. Г vent В« Summer Music В» Op. Г©ussites du r. Г©pertoire moderne et une Canzone pour fl. Г»te et piano Op. Г©e du mouvement lent du Concerto pour piano. En 2. 01. 0 para. Г®t aux Г©ditions G. Schirmer l'int. Г©grale de l'Е“uvre pour violon et piano, regroupant diverses transcriptions, la Gypsy Dance tir. Г©e d'un op. Г©ra de jeunesse inachev. Г© (Г l'Гўge de 9 ans !) et un fragment de Sonate pour violon et piano datant de 1. L' Agnus Dei de l'Adagio for Strings est devenu tr. ГЁs populaire : il est utilis. Г© pour les fun. Г©railles d'Г‰tat et les services comm. Г©moratifs publics des Г‰tats- Unis depuis la mort de Franklin Delano Roosevelt. On peut aussi l'entendre, par exemple, dans la sc. ГЁne finale du film Elephant Man de David Lynch. Il fut repris et arrang. Г© par Georges Delerue, comme th. ГЁme principal du film Platoon d'Oliver Stone. On le retrouve dans le jeu vid. Г©o Homeworld d. Г©velopp. Г© par Relic Entertainment et Г©dit. Г© par Sierra. Il a Г©t. Г© remix. Г© en 2. DJ n. Г©erlandais Ti. Г«sto dans l'album Just Be, remix devenu l'un de ses morceaux phares. Sur les autres projets Wikimedia .
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