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Samuel Barber ‘Adagio for Strings’: Diving into an Emotional Abyss

Samuel Barber: Adagio for Strings Context Adagio for Strings (1936), was originally the second movement of Samuel Barber’s String Quartet in B minor (Op.11). However, at the end of the year Barber had rearranged the movement for a full string orchestra. The work was composed in a musical fruitful time for Barber, with his Read more…

By Alex Burns, 2 months2 months ago
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