SAMUEL BARBER

Samuel Osborn Barber was born March 9, 1910, and died January 23, 1981 at the age of 70.

CHILDHOOD

• His parents were Samuel Le Roy, (his father) and Marguerite McLeod(his mother). Plus he had a little sister named Sara.
• His family also had quite a bit of wealth.
• As a young child, he stayed at home with his family.

SCHOOLING

• In his school, Samuel was considered a child prodigy.
• Samuel was always a musician.
• The school that he went to was nearby.

BIRTHPLACE

• Samuel was born in the U.S.
• He always lived in America
• Samuel died in New York City.

SAMUEL COMPOSED HIS MUSIC IN THE 19TH CENTURY

BACKGROUND

• Samuel's family was full of musicians.
• He was educated in music at the Curtis Institute of Philadelphia.
• Two of his musical influences were Rosario Scalero and Fritz Reiner.

SAMUEL WAS MOST WELL KNOWN FOR PLAYING THE PIANO

TYPES OF COMPOSED MUSIC

• Opera
• Orchestra
• Choral
• Piano

SAMUEL ALSO...

• Started on music from a young age
• Samuel was born into a family of music
• He mainly used a somewhat of a romantic style of composing
• Samuel greatly love poetry
• Samuel had the ability to be able to put his emotions into his music

MUSIC LINKS

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KylMqxLzNGo
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=poi4ycSzfsk
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6mFePpMDKM

Adagio for Strings is probably one of the most well known and popular out of all of Samuel's compositions. Adagio was arranged for string orchestra and finished in 1936.

While Samuel loved all of his family, he admired his aunt Louis Louise Homer very much.

In 1947, Samuel's father and aunt Louis both got terribly ill and passed away.

In 1961, Samuel's beloved sister Sara got ill and passed away.

In the end, Samuel Osborn Barber died from lymphatic cancer in 1981.

The websites I used were biography.com, brittanica.com, and thefamouspeople.com