Samuel Barber
The Composer and His Music
- Author: Heyman, Barbara B.
Heyman's meticulous accounting of that sad chapter will likely spur a new wave of scholarship on a composer with whom she has spent so many rewarding decades —
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$71.75Contents
- 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 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
- POSTLUDE,
- Works List,
- Bibliography,
- Notes,
- Index,