Samuel Barber (young) Samuel Barber (composing) Samuel Barber (with score) Samuel Barber (drinking tea, smiling) Samuel Barber at piano Samuel Barber
Solitudes of Being
ACS 99 Strength In What Remains
Samuel Barber
(1910-1981)
  • Biography
  • Artwork
Artwork
 Serenade for String Quartet, Op. 1
(1930)
Music by Samuel Barber
 Dover Beach, Op. 3
(1931)
Text: Matthew Arnold
Music: Samuel Barber
 Bessie Bobtail, Op. 2 no. 3
(1934)
Text: James Stephens
Music: Samuel Barber
text from The Hill Of Vision
 Of That So Sweet Imprisonment
(1935)
Text: James Joyce
Music: Samuel Barber
text from Chamber Music
 String Quartet, Op. 11
(1936)
Music: Samuel Barber
 Three Songs, Op. 2
(1936)
Music: Samuel Barber
 A Nun Takes the Veil
(1937)
Text: Gerard Manley Hopkins
Music: Samuel Barber
 Four Songs, Op. 13
(1940)
Music: Samuel Barber
 Sure On This Shining Night, Op. 13, no. 3
(1940)
Text: James Agee
Music: Samuel Barber
text from Permit Me Voyage
 Nocturne, Op. 13, no. 4
(1940)
Text: Frederic Prokosch
Music: Samuel Barber
 Knoxville: Summer of 1915, Op. 24
(1947)
Text: James Agee
Music: Samuel Barber
 Hermit Songs
(1953)
Music: Samuel Barber
 The Heavenly Banquet
(1953)
Music: Samuel Barber
Samuel Barber works are featured in these Solitudes of Being events:
Wednesday Jan 13
12:00 aStrength In What Remains
Bank of America
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Spaces looped
– at The Shedd –
Jaqua Concert Hall
Sheffer Recital Hall
Cole Gallery
Warren Court
Room B09
Shedd Ticket Office
Will Call desk
Concessions