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The String Quartet in B minor, Op. 11 was written in 1935–36 by Samuel Barber. Barber arranged the middle movement for string orchestra as his well-known Adagio for Strings in 1936. Barber continued to revise the piece, particularly the finale , until 1943.
Adagio for Strings is a work by Samuel Barber arranged for string orchestra from the second movement of his String Quartet, Op. 11.. Barber finished the arrangement in 1936, the same year that he wrote the quartet.
The Adagio had been arranged from the slow movement of Barber's String Quartet, Op. 11. Toscanini had rarely performed music by American composers before (an exception was Howard Hanson's Symphony No. 2, which he conducted in 1933). [16] At the end of the first rehearsal of the piece, Toscanini remarked, "Semplice e bella" (simple and beautiful).
String Quartet in B minor: for 2 violins, viola and cello: slow movement arranged for string orchestra as Adagio for Strings (1936) Chamber music: 1941: Commemorative March: for violin, cello and piano Chamber music: 1947: String Quartet in E major, second mvt. only: for 2 violins, viola and cello
Agnus Dei (Lamb of God) is a choral composition in one movement by Samuel Barber, his own arrangement of his Adagio for Strings (1936). In 1967, he set the Latin words of the liturgical Agnus Dei, a part of the Mass, for mixed chorus with optional organ or piano accompaniment. The music, in B-flat minor, has a duration of about eight minutes.
Sometimes works originally written for string quartet, quintet, sextet etc. are arranged for string orchestra. Samuel Barber's Adagio for Strings, Alban Berg's 3 Pieces from his Lyric Suite, Arnold Schoenberg's string sextet Verklärte Nacht and String Quartet No. 2, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's sextet Souvenir de Florence, John Corigliano's Second String Quartet and Jean Sibelius's Andante ...
Pages in category "Chamber music by Samuel Barber" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. ... String Quartet (Barber) Summer Music
String Quartet No. 1 may refer to: String Quartet No. 1 (Barber) by Samuel Barber; String Quartet No. 1 (Bartók) by Béla Bartók; String Quartet No. 1 (Beethoven) by Ludwig van Beethoven; String Quartet No. 1 (Bois) by Rob du Bois; String Quartet No. 1 (Borodin) by Alexander Borodin; String Quartet No. 1 (Brahms) by Johannes Brahms