Samuel Barber
1910 – 1981
Barber wrote music of immediate emotional impact. His Adagio for Strings has become America's requiem — played after tragedies, at funerals, and whenever grief needs expression.
Essential Listening
Adagio for Strings
Pure sorrow in slow motion. This adagio builds to a devastating climax, then falls to silence. Heartbreaking and cathartic.
Violin Concerto - Second Movement
Tender nostalgia for a lost America. The violin sings a melody of aching beauty over quiet accompaniment.
Knoxville: Summer of 1915
Childhood remembered through a golden haze. Barber captures the innocence of an American evening on the porch.
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