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Today it is the 2002 release Lost For Words, from Asa-Chang & Junray. The track embedded below is th
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SAMUEL BARBER: _ADAGIO FOR STRINGS, OP.11_
Orquestra da BBC, regente Leonard Slatkin
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, 1944]]Samuel Osborne Barber II (March 9, 1910 ? January 23, 1981) was an
American composer of classical music ranging from orchestral, to opera,
choral, and piano music. His Adagio for Strings became his most famous
composition and can be heard in films such as Platoon, The Elephant Man, El
Norte, Amélie, Lorenzo's Oil and [LINK:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0366943/] Reconstruction.
Biography
Early years Barber was born in West Chester, Pennsylvania. At a very early
age, Barber became profoundly interested in music, and it was apparent that
he had great musical talent and ability. At the age of nine he wrote to his
mother:
He wrote his first musical composition at the early age of 7 and attempted
to write his first opera at the age of 10. He was an organist at the age of
12. When he was 14, he entered the Curtis Institute, a conserv
Barber: Complete Solo Piano Music
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