Samuel Barber

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20th-century composer American composer composer human

Samuel Barber was a prominent 20th-century American composer best known for his lyrical, neo-Romantic works such as "Adagio for Strings."

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Label Occurrences
Samuel Barber canonical 26
Samuel Osborne Barber II 3

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf 20th-century composer ⓘ
American composer ⓘ
composer ⓘ
human ⓘ
awardReceived Pulitzer Prize ⓘ
surface form: Pulitzer Prize for Music

Prix de Rome ⓘ
surface form: Rome Prize
burialPlace Oaklands Cemetery, West Chester, Pennsylvania, United States ⓘ
causeOfDeath cancer ⓘ
collaboratedWith Gian Carlo Menotti ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1910-03-09 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1981-01-23 ⓘ
educatedAt Curtis Institute of Music ⓘ
education Curtis Institute of Music ⓘ
familyName Barber ⓘ
fullName Samuel Barber self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Samuel Osborne Barber II
gender male ⓘ
genre classical music ⓘ
givenName Samuel ⓘ
influencedBy Gabriel Fauré ⓘ
Johannes Brahms ⓘ
languageOfLyrics English ⓘ
movement neo-Romanticism ⓘ
notableWork Adagio for Strings ⓘ
Agnus Dei ⓘ
Antony and Cleopatra ⓘ
Cello Concerto, Op. 22 ⓘ
Dover Beach, Op. 3 ⓘ
Essay for Orchestra No. 1, Op. 12 ⓘ
Essay for Orchestra No. 1, Op. 12 ⓘ
surface form: Essay for Orchestra No. 2, Op. 17

Essay for Orchestra No. 3, Op. 47 ⓘ
Hermit Songs, Op. 29 ⓘ
Knoxville: Summer of 1915 ⓘ
Piano Concerto, Op. 38 ⓘ
Vanessa ⓘ
Violin Concerto, Op. 14 ⓘ
occupation baritone ⓘ
composer ⓘ
pianist ⓘ
partner Gian Carlo Menotti ⓘ
placeOfBirth West Chester, Pennsylvania, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath New York City ⓘ
surface form: New York City, New York, United States
religion Episcopalianism ⓘ
residence New York City ⓘ
surface form: New York City, New York, United States

West Chester, Pennsylvania, United States ⓘ
studentOf Isabella Vengerova ⓘ
surface form: Isabelle Vengerova

Rosario Scalero ⓘ
Rufus Wainwright ⓘ
surface form: Rufus Wainwright Porter
style lyrical ⓘ
tonal ⓘ

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Serge Koussevitzky → notableStudent → Samuel Barber ⓘ
Agnus Dei → musicalSettingBy → Samuel Barber ⓘ
Curtis Institute of Music → hasNotableAlumni → Samuel Barber ⓘ
Curtis Institute of Music → hasNotableFaculty → Samuel Barber ⓘ
Koussevitzky Music Foundation → notableCommissionedComposer → Samuel Barber ⓘ
Samuel Barber → fullName → Samuel Barber self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Samuel Osborne Barber II
Jennifer Higdon → influencedBy → Samuel Barber ⓘ
Isabella Vengerova → notableStudent → Samuel Barber ⓘ
Dimitri Mitropoulos → supportedComposer → Samuel Barber ⓘ
Gian Carlo Menotti → partner → Samuel Barber ⓘ
Gian Carlo Menotti → collaboratedWith → Samuel Barber ⓘ
Barber → hasNotableBearer → Samuel Barber ⓘ
Adagio for Strings → composer → Samuel Barber ⓘ
Knoxville: Summer of 1915 → composer → Samuel Barber ⓘ
Violin Concerto, Op. 14 → composer → Samuel Barber ⓘ
Piano Concerto, Op. 38 → composer → Samuel Barber ⓘ
Piano Concerto, Op. 38 → composerFullName → Samuel Barber ⓘ
this entity surface form: Samuel Osborne Barber II
Cello Concerto, Op. 22 → composer → Samuel Barber ⓘ
Essay for Orchestra No. 1, Op. 12 → composer → Samuel Barber ⓘ
Hermit Songs, Op. 29 → composer → Samuel Barber ⓘ
Hermit Songs, Op. 29 → premiereAccompanist → Samuel Barber ⓘ
Hermit Songs, Op. 29 → firstRecordingAccompanist → Samuel Barber ⓘ
Dover Beach, Op. 3 → composer → Samuel Barber ⓘ
Dover Beach, Op. 3 → associatedWithComposer → Samuel Barber ⓘ
Dover Beach, Op. 3 → isEarlyWorkOf → Samuel Barber ⓘ
Oaklands Cemetery, West Chester, Pennsylvania, United States → notableBurial → Samuel Barber ⓘ
Essay for Orchestra No. 3, Op. 47 → composer → Samuel Barber ⓘ
Essay for Orchestra No. 3, Op. 47 → composerFullName → Samuel Barber ⓘ
this entity surface form: Samuel Osborne Barber II
Rosario Scalero → notableStudent → Samuel Barber ⓘ