Biography of Samuel Barber (1910-1981)
09.03.1910
Born in West Chester (Pennsylvania)
1924
Student of Curtis Institute in Philadelphia and acquaintance with Menotti
Study trips to Europe
20.03.1956
World premiere of the woodwind quintet Summer Music, commissioned by the Chamber Music Society of Detroit, with James Pellerite playing the flute
1959
Canzone, op. 38a for flute and piano, dedicated to Manfred Ibel
1966
Bad feedback regarding the opera Antony and Cleopatra leeds to frustration and less compositional activity
23.01.1981
Dies in New York
Further information/Sources:
- → Samuel Barber bei Wikipedia
- → Biographie bei der Edition Schirmer
- → CDs by/of Samuel Barber bei JPC (mit Hörproben)
- → Music by/with Samuel Barber at amazon.de
Sheet music for flute:
Adagio for Strings (c-moll) (Bearbeitung)
(2 flutes, alto flute, bass flute)
G. Schirmer, HL50481502
Rating: easy
- Adagio
Canzone op. 38 (E-Dur)
(flute, piano)
G. Schirmer, 45311
Rating: difficult
- Moderato
Transcribed from the 2nd movement of the piano concerto op. 38
Summer Music op. 31 (H-Dur) (Bearbeitung)
(flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn)
G. Schirmer, 43968
Rating: difficult
- Slow and indolent - Faster - Lively, still faster
Parts and Score
CDs with/from Samuel Barber
The Michael Thompson Wind Quintet
20th Century Wind Quintets (2000)
- Lustig. Mäßig schnelle Viertel (02:59:00)
- Walzer. Durchweg sehr leise (01:47:00)
- Ruhig und einfach. Achtel (04:37:00)
- Schnelle Viertel (00:46:00)
- Sehr lebhaft (11:44:00)
- Samuel Barber: Summer Music Op. 31 (11:44:00)
- Tranquillo (05:51:00)
- Agitato (01:48:00)
- Sostenuto (03:46:00)
- (attacca) Giocoso (02:46:00)
- Allegro (03:32:00)
- Andante sostenuto (04:56:00)
- Vivace (03:56:00)
- Allegro animato (04:52:00)
Paul Hindemith: Kleine Kammermusik op. 24, No. 2:
Lars-Erik Larsson: Quattro tempi - Divertimento for Wind Quintet:
Leos Janácek: Mladi:
Les Vents Français
- Allegro con spirito (01:12:00)
- Rubato lamentoso (03:22:00)
- Allegro grazioso (00:00:01)
- Presto ruvido (01:00:00)
- Adagio mesto (Béla Bartók in memoriam) (02:29:00)
- Molto vivace (Capriccioso) (01:34:00)
- Alexander Zemlinsky: Humoreske (04:18:00)
- Samuel Barber: Summer Music Op. 31 (11:38:00)
- Allegro giocoso (02:16:00)
- Andante - Allegretto - Tempo I (03:19:00)
- Grave - Allegrissimo (03:16:00)
- Lustig. Mäßig schnelle Viertel (03:00:00)
- Walzer. Durchweg sehr leise (01:52:00)
- Ruhig und einfach. Achtel (04:27:00)
- Schnelle Viertel (00:48:00)
- Sehr lebhaft (03:03:00)
György Ligeti: 6 Bagatelles:
Sándor Veress: Sonatina for oboe, clarinet and bassoon:
Paul Hindemith: Kleine Kammermusik Op. 24 No.2:
Jeanne Baxtresser, Stanley Drucker, Judith LeClair, Israela Margalit, Pedja Muzijevic, Philip Myers, Cynthia Phelbs, Joseph Robinson, Alan Stepansky
- Allegro molto con espressione (04:49:00)
- Rondeau (03:34:00)
- Allegro con brio (02:56:00)
- Andante semplice (04:33:00)
- Allegro giocoso (02:49:00)
- On a Clear Morning (06:50:00)
- Autumn Evening (04:23:00)
- Serenade (04:55:00)
- Samuel Barber: Canzone für Flöte und Klavier, op. 38a (04:24:00)
- Slow and indolent (02:07:00)
- Faster (00:34:00)
- Lively, still faster (01:16:00)
- with motion, as before (04:50:00)
- Joyous and flowing (01:22:00)
- Tempo 1 (01:29:00)
- Flowing (06:04:00)
- Poetic, somewhat mournful (04:55:00)
- Lively, with bounce (03:33:00)
François Devienne: Duo für Flöte und Viola in c-moll, op. 5, Nr. 3:
Madeleine Dring: Trio für Flöte, Oboe und Klavier:
Philippe Gaubert: Three Watercolors für Flöte, Cello und Klavier:
Samuel Barber: Summer Music for Wind Quintet, op. 31:
Aaron Copland: Duo für Flöte und Klavier:
Last edit 22.07.2020