This second edition of the award-winning biography of one of the most important American composers benefits from a quarter century of new discoveries, including manuscripts, diaries, correspondence, scholarly publications, and serendipitous finds.
This second edition of the award-winning biography of one of the most important American composers benefits from a quarter century of new discoveries, including manuscripts, diaries, correspondence, scholarly publications, and serendipitous finds.
Barbara B. Heyman is a musicologist who has written extensively about Samuel Barber. An accomplished pianist and violinist, she was educated at Barnard College, holds an MSSW degree from Columbia University, and a Ph.D. in Music History from the City University of New York. She has written numerous articles for scholarly journals and encyclopedias, as well as Samuel Barber: A Thematic Catalogue of the Complete Works (OUP, 2012), the first thematic catalogue of an American composer.
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* INTRODUCTION * 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 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 passagères 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 * POSTLUDE * Works List * Bibliography * Notes * Index
* INTRODUCTION * 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 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 passagères 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 * POSTLUDE * Works List * Bibliography * Notes * Index
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