, 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

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