Samuel Barber (1910–1981)

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1. What do we need to know about this composer?
Possible answers . . .

Along with Aaron Copland, Samuel Barber is the most frequently performed American composer of his generation.
Music has an “American” directness and simplicity making it appealing and easy to understand.
Barber’s songs have a lyric grace and are romantic and sophisticated in concept.

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2. Name a song composition by this composer.
Possible answers . . .

I Hear an Army
Rain Has Fallen
Sure on this Shining Night
The Daisies
The Secrets of the Old
With Rue My Heart Is Laden

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Hermit Songs

At Saint Patrick’s Purgatory
Church bell at night
Saint Ita’s vision
The heavenly banquet
The crucifixion
Sea-snatch
Promiscuity
The monk and his cat
The praises of God
The desire for hermitage

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O Boundless, Boundless Evening
A Green Lowland of Pianos

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Sure on this Shining Night [HIGH VOICE]
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The Daisies

[HIGH VOICE]
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FULL PERFORMANCE:

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Rain Has Fallen

[HIGH VOICE]
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FULL PERFORMANCE:

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I Hear an Army

[LOW VOICE]
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ACCOMPANIMENT ONLY:

FULL PERFORMANCE:

[Click here for TRANSLATION ]

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Hermit Songs

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At Saint Patrick’s Purgatory
Church bell at night
Saint Ita’s vision
The heavenly banquet
The crucifixion
Sea-snatch
Promiscuity
The monk and his cat
The praises of God
The desire for hermitage

[Click here for TRANSLATION ]

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The Secrets of the Old

[HIGH VOICE]
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ACCOMPANIMENT ONLY:

FULL PERFORMANCE:

[Click here for TRANSLATION ]

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With Rue My Heart Is Laden

[LOW VOICE]
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ACCOMPANIMENT ONLY: [LOW VOICE]

FULL PERFORMANCE: [HIGH VOICE]

[LOW VOICE]

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O Boundless, Boundless Evening

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ACCOMPANIMENT ONLY:
[HIGH VOICE] (partial . . .)

[LOW VOICE]

FULL PERFORMANCE: [HIGH VOICE]

[LOW VOICE]

[Click here for TRANSLATION ]

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