{"product_id":"samuel-barber-the-composer-and-his-music-hardcover","title":"Samuel Barber: The Composer and His Music - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBarbara B. Heyman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSamuel Barber (1910-1981) is one of the most admired and honored American composers of the twentieth century. An unabashed Romantic, largely independent of worldwide trends and the avant-garde, he infused his works with poetic lyricism and gave tonal language and forms new vitality. His rich legacy includes every genre, including the famous \u003cem\u003eAdagio for Strings\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eKnoxville: Summer of 1915\u003c\/em\u003e, three concertos, a plethora of songs, and two operas, the Pulitzer prize-winning \u003cem\u003eVanessa\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eAntony and Cleopatra\u003c\/em\u003e, the commissioned work that opened the new Metropolitan Opera House at Lincoln Center in 1966. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGenerously documented by letter, sketches, autograph manuscripts, and interviews with friends, colleagues, and performers with whom he worked, this ASCAP-Award winning book is still unquestionably the most authoritative biography on Barber, covering his entire career and interweaving the events of his life with his compositional process. This second edition benefits from many new discoveries, including a Violin Sonata recovered from an artist's estate, a diary Barber kept his seventeenth year, a trove of letters and manuscripts that were recovered from a suitcase found in a dumpster, documentation that dispels earlier myths about the composition of Barber's Violin Concerto, and research of scholars that was stimulated by Heyman's work. Barber's intimate relations are discussed when they bear on his creativity. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA testament to the lasting significance of Romanticism, \u003cem\u003eSamuel Barber\u003c\/em\u003e stands as a model biography of an important musical figure.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBarbara B. Heyman\u003c\/strong\u003e is a musicologist who has written extensively about Samuel Barber. An accomplished pianist and violinist, she was educated at Barnard College, holds an MSSW degree from Columbia University, and a Ph.D. in Music History from the City University of New York. She has written numerous articles for scholarly journals and encyclopedias, as well as \u003cem\u003eSamuel Barber: A Thematic Catalogue of the Complete Works\u003c\/em\u003e (OUP, 2012), the first thematic catalogue of an American composer.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 664\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2 x 9.3 x 6.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 27, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53099886215475,"sku":"9780190863739","price":138.67,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/OVZzcWNQSjBKUGQzK1ZSS2duLzN0Zz09.webp?v=1772481320","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/samuel-barber-the-composer-and-his-music-hardcover","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}