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"Adagio for Strings" was written by American composer Samuel Barber. It is Barber's best-known composition although it was not one of his Pulitzer Prize winners. The Adagio is a re-arrangement of the slow second movement of Barber's "String Quarter, Op. 11." Barber was only 26 when the Adagio was performed, in 1938, by Arturo Toscanini's famed NBC Symphony Orchestra. At the end of the first rehearsal, Toscanini remarked, "Simple & beautiful!" This was especially amazing because he rarely conducted pieces by American composers. At fir… read more
"Adagio for Strings" was written by American composer Samuel Barber. It is Barber's best-known composition although it was not one of … read more
"Adagio for Strings" was written by American composer Samuel Barber. It is Barber's best-known composition although it was not one of his Pulitzer Prize winners. The Adagi… read more

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Samuel Osborne Barber (March 9, 1910–January 23, 1981) was an American composer of music, best known for his Adagio for Strings. He was born in West Chester, Pennsylvania and began to compose at the age of seven. He studied at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia before becoming a fellow of the American Academy in Rome in 1935. The following year he wrote his String Quartet in B minor, the second movement of which he would arrange, at Arturo Toscanini's suggestion, for string orchestra as Adagio for Strings, and again for mixed chorus as Agnus Dei. He tended … read more
Samuel Osborne Barber (March 9, 1910–January 23, 1981) was an American composer of music, best known for his Adagio for Strings. He was born in West Chester, Pennsylvania and bega… read more
Samuel Osborne Barber (March 9, 1910–January 23, 1981) was an American composer of music, best known for his Adagio for Strings. He was born in West Chester, Pennsylvania and began to compose at the age of seven. He studied a… read more

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