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Samuel Barber was an American composer of classical music. He was born on March 9, 1910 in West Chester, Pennsylvania. He studied at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia and later at the American Academy in Rome. He is best known for his works such as Adagio for Strings, Knoxville: Summer of 1915, and the opera Vanessa. Barber was awarded two Pulitzer Prizes for Music, one in 1958 for his opera Vanessa and one in 1963 for his Concerto for Piano and Orchestra. He also received numerous other awards and honors, including the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1964. Barber died on January 23, 1981 in New York City. He was 70 years old.

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Occupation soundtrack,music_department,composer
Age 71 years old
Zodiac Sign Pisces
Born 9 March 1910
Birthday 9 March
Birthplace West Chester, PA
Date of death January 23, 1981
Died Place 907 Fifth Avenue
Nationality United States

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1997

Pictured on one of a set of eight 32¢ US commemorative postage stamps in the Legends of American Music series, issued 12 September 1997, celebrating "Classical Composers & Conductors". Others honored in this issue are Leopold Stokowski, Arthur Fiedler, George Szell, Eugene Ormandy, Ferde Grofé Sr., Charles Ives, and Louis Moreau Gottschalk.

1981

Biography in: "The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives." Volume One, 1981-1985, pages 39-41. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1998.

1966

Was commissioned by the Metropolitan Opera to write a new American opera, for the inaugural opening of the new Met at Lincoln Center, September 16, 1966. The result of this commission was "Antony and Cleopatra." The libretto was by Franco Zeffirelli.

1958

His 1958 opera "Vanessa," comissioned by the Metropolitan Opera, and his 1962 Piano Concerto, comissioned by the opening festivities of Lincoln Center, both individually won the Pulitzer Prize for Music, in their respective years.

1946

1"; "2 Essays for Orchestra"; "Three Reincarnations: A Stopwatch and an Ordnance Map"; "Violin Concerto"; "Commando March"; "Capricorn Concerto"; "4 Excursions for Piano"; "Cello Concerto" (NY Music Critics Award, 1946); "Medea (ballet)"; "Nuvoletta"; "Knoxville: Summer of 1915"; "Piano Sonata"; "Souveniers (ballet)"; "Prayers of Kierkegaard (cantata)"; "Hermit Songs" "Summer Music for Woodwind Quintet"; "Vanessa" (opera, Pulitzer Prize, 1958); "A Hand of Bridge"; "Toccata Festiva"; "Nocturne"; "Adromache's Farewell"; "Piano Concerto No.

1939

Composer ("Adagio for Strings", "Overture to 'The School for Scandal'"). He was educated at the Curtis Institute, and studied with Isabelle Vengerova, Emilio de Gogorza, Fritz Reiner, and Rosario Scalero. He was awarded an honorary music degree from Harvard University. He was a sergeant in the USAF during World War II. He conducted and recorded his own compositions with orchestras in the USA and in Europe. Joining ASCAP in 1939, his chief musical collaborator was Gian Carlo Menotti.

1935

He received the American Prix de Rome in 1935, a Guggenheim fellowship, and Pulitzer awards in 1935 and 1936, plus the Bearns Prize for the "Overture to 'The School for Scandal'". His works besides the above-mentioned include: "Serenade for Strings Quartet"; "Cello Sonata"; "Music for a Scene from Shelley"; "String Quartet No.

1926

Attended B. Reed West Chester Henderson High School, and is credited for composing alma mater. (Class of 1926)

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