Samuel Barber: His Life and Legacy (Music in American Life) by Howard Pollack - April 2023

University of Illinois Press, 4/4/2023 12:00:01 AM. hardcover. Very Good. 2.0079 in x 9.5276 in x 6.4567 in. Light shelf wear. Else clean and tight.

New. A pivotal twentieth-century composer, Samuel Barber earned a long list of honors and accolades that included two Pulitzer Prizes for Music and the public support of conductors like Arturo Toscanini, Serge Koussevitzky, and Leonard Bernstein. Barber's works have since become standard concert repertoire and continue to flourish across high art and popular culture. Acclaimed biographer Howard Pollack (Aaron Copland, George Gershwin) offers a multifaceted account of Barber's life and music while placing the artist in his social and cultural milieu. Born into a musical family, Barber pursued his artistic ambitions from childhood. Pollack follows Barber's path from his precocious youth through a career where, from the start, the composer consistently received prizes, fellowships, and other recognition. Stylistic analyses of works like the Adagio for Strings, the Violin Concerto, Knoxville: Summer of 1915 for voice and orchestra, the Piano Concerto, and the operas Vanessa and Antony and… Read More

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Univ of Illinois Pr, 2023. Hardcover. New. 744 pages. 9.25x6.12x2.00 inches.

Univ of Illinois Pr, 2023. Hardcover. New. 744 pages. 9.25x6.12x2.00 inches.