Samuel Barber (1910–1981)

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Samuel Barber (1910–1981)

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.

TABLE OF CONTENTS:
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

  1. At Saint Patrick’s Purgatory
  2. Church bell at night
  3. Saint Ita’s vision
  4. The heavenly banquet
  5. The crucifixion
  6. Sea-snatch
  7. Promiscuity
  8. The monk and his cat
  9. The praises of God
  10. 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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ACCOMPANIMENT ONLY:

FULL PERFORMANCE:
[Click here for TRANSLATION ]

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The Daisies

[HIGH VOICE]
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ACCOMPANIMENT ONLY:

FULL PERFORMANCE:

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Rain Has Fallen

[HIGH VOICE]
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ACCOMPANIMENT ONLY:

FULL PERFORMANCE:

[Click here for TRANSLATION ]

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I Hear an Army

[LOW VOICE]
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ACCOMPANIMENT ONLY:

FULL PERFORMANCE:
https://youtu.be/ExoLwI6ctgw
[Click here for TRANSLATION ]


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Hermit Songs

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  1. At Saint Patrick’s Purgatory
  2. Church bell at night
  3. Saint Ita’s vision
  4. The heavenly banquet
  5. The crucifixion
  6. Sea-snatch
  7. Promiscuity
  8. The monk and his cat
  9. The praises of God
  10. The desire for hermitage

[Click here for TRANSLATION ]

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The Secrets of the Old

[HIGH VOICE]
(back to the top . . .)

ACCOMPANIMENT ONLY:

FULL PERFORMANCE:

[Click here for TRANSLATION ]

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With Rue My Heart Is Laden

[LOW VOICE]
(back to the top . . .)
ACCOMPANIMENT ONLY: [LOW VOICE]

FULL PERFORMANCE: [HIGH VOICE]

[LOW VOICE]

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O Boundless, Boundless Evening

(back to the top . . .)

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

[LOW VOICE]

FULL PERFORMANCE: [HIGH VOICE]

[LOW VOICE]

[Click here for TRANSLATION ]

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A Green Lowland of Pianos

(back to the top . . .)

ACCOMPANIMENT ONLY:

FULL PERFORMANCE:

[Click here for TRANSLATION ]
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