Format:
XVII, 586 S.
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Ill., graph. Darst., Kt., Notenbeisp.
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24 cm
ISBN:
0195090586
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0195066502
Note:
Literaturverz. S. 522 - 530
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1. Beginnings -- 2. A Serious Student. The Curtis Institute of Music, Scalero, Menotti, First publications, Three Songs -- 3. Discoveries. Summers in Europe, the Menotti family, Serenade for String Quartet, Unpublished early works: Violin Sonata, Piano Concerto, Organ Prelude and Fugue, Interludes for Piano, Carillon pieces -- 4. Uncertainties. Overture to The School for Scandal, Dover Beach, Composer as singer -- 5. Independence. Cello Sonata, Music for a Scene from Shelley, Incidental Music for One Day of Spring -- 6. The American Academy. Symphony in One Movement, Chamber Music, String Quartet -- 7. Recognition. The Toscanini premieres: Essay for Orchestra, and the Adagio for Strings, Choral works -- 8. Prelude to War. Violin Concerto, Four Songs, Second Essay -- 9. World Cataclysm. Commando March, Funeral March, Second Symphony, Night Flight, Four Excursions, Capricorn Concerto -- 10. Middle Years. Cello Concerto, Medea, Knoxville: Summer of 1915, Piano Sonata -- 11. Composer as Conductor -- 12. Song Cycles. Melodies passageres, Souvenirs, Hermit Songs, "Adventure" -- 13. Searches. Prayers of Kierkegaard, Summer Music, "Horizon" -- 14. Vanessa -- 15. Interlude. Wondrous Love, Nocturne, A Hand of Bridge, Toccata Festiva, Die Natali -- 16. Lincoln Center Commissions. Piano Concerto, Andromache's Farewell -- 17. A New Opera House. Antony and Cleopatra -- 18. The Last Years. Despite and Still, Choral works, Mutations from Bach, The Lovers, Fadograph of a Yestern Scene, Three Songs, Ballade, Third Essay, Canzonetta for Oboe and String Orchestra
Language:
English
Subjects:
Musicology
Keywords:
Barber, Samuel 1910-1981
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Musik
;
Biografie
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Biografie
URL:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0638/91002454-d.html
