Samuel Barber

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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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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
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

Referenced by (6)

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Samuel Barber fullName Samuel Barber
this entity surface form: "Samuel Osborne Barber II"
Agnus Dei musicalSettingBy Samuel Barber
Serge Koussevitzky notableStudent Samuel Barber

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