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This second edition of the award-winning biography of one of the most important American composers benefits from a quarter century of new discoveries, including manuscripts, diaries, correspondence, scholarly publications, and serendipitous finds.

Samuel Barber (1910-1981) was one of the most important and honored American composers of the twentieth century. Writing in a great variety of musical forms--symphonies, concertos, operas, vocal music, and chamber music--he infused his works with poetic lyricism and gave tonal language andforms new vitality. His rich legacy includes such famous compositions as the Adagio for Strings, the orchestral song Knoxville: Summer of 1915, three concert...