Samuel Barber Concert Analysis

Samuel Barber, who is an American composer, born in West Chester, Pennsylvania. In a very young age, Barber was very fond of music, and demonstrated a certain musical talent. Barber wrote his first song at the age of seven and tried to write his first musical at the age of ten. At the age of twelve became an organist, and at the age of fourteen entered the Curtis Institute of Music learning piano, music and composer. When Barber was eighteen or so, he became a composer. At the same time met the Curtis Conservatory classmate Gian Carlo Menotti, since then began a lifetime of friendship. In school music, Barber in the creation, piano and music have shown a great talent. And was the Curtis Institute of Music founder - Mary Louise Curtis Bok appreciation. Adagio for Strings was an adagio of a string quartet by American composer Samuel Osborne Barber in 1936, when he was 26 years old. A famous conductor Arturo Toscanini even after listening to the work, to encourage Barber to adapt this song for a single movement music, for string orchestra. In 1938, Arturo Toscanini personally directed the NBC Symphony Orchestra premiered by Barber after rewriting the music. Since then, …show more content…
In the process of repeating, in accordance with the "violin - viola - cello," the alternating order of development, so that timbre changing, the volume continues to strengthen, through energy accumulation, and then release the energy process, forming an arch structure of the melody. It is characterized by the beat speed, the beat length, the rhythm of stress distance far, but the composer use of harmony, polyphony and music on the way, not only did not make such a rhythm of the music is tedious, but enhanced music cohesion, Music in the concentration of energy at the same time, deeply touched the listener's