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This story is part of American Anthem, a yearlong series on songs that rouse, unite, celebrate and call to action. Find more at NPR.org/Anthem. Samuel Barber's Adagio ...

If sadness could be conveyed with sound, could be expressed in musical notes and experienced through melody, the resulting piece would be Samuel Barber's Adagio for Strings, an American icon of grief ...

Marcelo Lehninger leads Copland's Fanfare for the Common Man and Appalachian Spring on a program with Joan Tower's Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman No. 1 and Barber's Adagio for Strings; BSO musicians ...

Written between two world wars, Samuel Barber’s “Adagio for Strings” is a lament that is both “reflective and forward-looking,” said Vladimir Kulenovic, music director for the Lake Forest Symphony.

Samuel Barber (1910-1981) found his musical voice early on. From youth, his works were expertly wrought, sumptuously opulent but clearly of their time, and full of passion restrained somewhat by a ...

If writer Thomas Larson had a Music of Your Life playlist, Samuel Barber's Adagio For Strings would hold the top spot. Though the symphonic movement may never have been featured on the iconic radio ...

Samuel Barber's "Adagio for Strings" is considered one of the most popular of all 20th-century classical works. Its 1938 premiere by the NBC... The Impact of Barber's 'Adagio for Strings' The Impact ...