{"product_id":"samuel-barber-the-composer-and-his-music-9780190863739","title":"Samuel Barber: The Composer and His Music","description":"Samuel Barber (1910-1981) is one of the most admired and honored American composers of the twentieth century. An unabashed Romantic, largely independent of worldwide trends and the avant-garde, he infused his works with poetic lyricism and gave tonal language and forms new vitality. His rich\u003cbr\u003elegacy includes every genre, including the famous \u003cem\u003eAdagio for Strings\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eKnoxville: Summer of 1915\u003c\/em\u003e, three concertos, a plethora of songs, and two operas, the Pulitzer prize-winning \u003cem\u003eVanessa\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eAntony and Cleopatra\u003c\/em\u003e, the commissioned work that opened the new Metropolitan Opera House at Lincoln Center in\u003cbr\u003e1966. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGenerously documented by letter, sketches, autograph manuscripts, and interviews with friends, colleagues, and performers with whom he worked, this ASCAP-Award winning book is still unquestionably the most authoritative biography on Barber, covering his entire career and interweaving the events of\u003cbr\u003ehis life with his compositional process. This second edition benefits from many new discoveries, including a Violin Sonata recovered from an artist's estate, a diary Barber kept his seventeenth year, a trove of letters and manuscripts that were recovered from a suitcase found in a dumpster, \u003cbr\u003edocumentation that dispels earlier myths about the composition of Barber's Violin Concerto, and research of scholars that was stimulated by Heyman's work. Barber's intimate relations are discussed when they bear on his creativity. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA testament to the lasting significance of Romanticism, \u003cem\u003eSamuel Barber\u003c\/em\u003e stands as a model biography of an important musical figure.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Barbara B. Heyman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/27\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 664\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.30w x 2.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780190863739\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBarbara B. Heyman\u003c\/strong\u003e is a musicologist who has written extensively about Samuel Barber. An accomplished pianist and violinist, she was educated at Barnard College, holds an MSSW degree from Columbia University, and a Ph.D. in Music History from the City University of New York. She has written numerous\u003cbr\u003earticles for scholarly journals and encyclopedias, as well as \u003cem\u003eSamuel Barber: A Thematic Catalogue of the Complete Works\u003c\/em\u003e (OUP, 2012), the first thematic catalogue of an American composer.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":40171861278835,"sku":"9.78019E+12","price":63.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_7463665b-6015-46d8-841c-3b70d0f91810.jpg?v=1655212001","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/samuel-barber-the-composer-and-his-music-9780190863739","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}