{"product_id":"samuel-barber-the-composer-and-his-music-9780195090581","title":"Samuel Barber: The Composer and His Music","description":"\u003cp\u003eSamuel Barber (1910-1981) was one of the most important and honored American composers of the twentieth century. Writing in a great variety of musical forms--symphonies  concertos  operas  vocal music  and chamber music--he infused his works with poetic lyricism and gave tonal language and forms new vitality. His rich legacy includes such famous compositions as the Adagio for Strings  the orchestral song Knoxville: Summer of 1915  three concertos  and his two operas  the Pulitzer Prize-winning Vanessa and Antony and Cleopatra  a commissioned work that opened the new Metropolitan Opera House at Lincoln Center. Generously documented by letters  sketchbooks  original musical manuscripts  and interviews with friends  colleagues and performers with whom he worked  this is the first book to cover Barbers entire career and all of his compositions. The biographical material on Barber is closely interspersed with a discussion of his music  displaying Barbers creative processes at work from his early student compositions to his mature masterpieces. Heyman also provides the social context in which this major composer grew: his education  how he built his career  the evolving musical tastes of American audiences  his relationship to musical giants like Serge Koussevitzky  and the role of radio in the promotion of his music. A testament to the significance of the new Romanticism  Samuel Barber stands as a model biography of an important American musical figure.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45953180958773,"sku":"ByrdShop_0195090586","price":34.48,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780195090581.jpg?v=1788180951","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/samuel-barber-the-composer-and-his-music-9780195090581","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}