Some interesting links: The Life And Music Of Samuel Barber on NPR, An Adagio for Strings, and for the Ages on NYT, Out of the Classical Closet: Great Music by Gay Composers on Leonard Link, and the Barber story told by Gay For Today.
The Spotify Playlist: Samuel Barber: Complete Works (198 tracks, 14.4 hours, sorted by opus numbers) For the list of compositions and introductions to his important works, go to this wiki page.
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From the All Music Blog:
ReplyDeleteSamuel Barber, American Composer
http://blog.allmusic.com/2010/03/12/samuel-barber-american-composer/