The saddest music ever written : the story of Samuel Barber's "Adagio for Strings"
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Larson, Thomas, 1949-
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Barber, Samuel, 1910-1981. Quartets, violins (2), viola, cello, no. 1, op. 11, B minor.
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New York, N.Y. : Pegasus Books, [2010].
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Book
Edition
1st Pegasus Books cloth ed.
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x, 262 pages : 1 portrait ; 24 cm
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Published
New York, N.Y. : Pegasus Books, [2010].
Edition
1st Pegasus Books cloth ed.
Language
English

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-247).
Description
When Barber was 28, his Adagio for Strings was performed by the NBC Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Arturo Toscanini in 1938.

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Barber, Samuel, -- 1910-1981.
Barber, Samuel, -- 1910-1981. -- Quartets, -- violins (2), viola, cello, -- no. 1, op. 11, -- B minor. -- Adagio; -- arranged.
Composers -- Criticism and interpretation.
Gay composers.