"Adagio for Strings" was written by American composer Samuel Barber. It is Barber's best-known composition although it was not one of his Pulitzer Prize winners. The Adagio is a re-arrangement of the slow second movement of Barber's "String Quarter, Op. 11."
Barber was only 26 when the Adagio was performed, in 1938, by Arturo Toscanini's famed NBC Symphony Orchestra. At the end of the first rehearsal, Toscanini remarked, "Simple & beautiful!" This was especially amazing because he rarely conducted pieces by American composers. Read Full Bio"Adagio for Strings" was written by American composer Samuel Barber. It is Barber's best-known composition although it was not one of his Pulitzer Prize winners. The Adagio is a re-arrangement of the slow second movement of Barber's "String Quarter, Op. 11."
Barber was only 26 when the Adagio was performed, in 1938, by Arturo Toscanini's famed NBC Symphony Orchestra. At the end of the first rehearsal, Toscanini remarked, "Simple & beautiful!" This was especially amazing because he rarely conducted pieces by American composers. At first, Barber knew none of this and was angry with Toscanini who had returned the score to Barber without comment. Only later, did Barber realize this had occurred because Toscanini had already memorized the score!
In 1965, Barber rewrote the score for an 8-person choir as part of his religious work "Agnus Dei."
The work has been part of many famous performances besides Toscanini's:
1. It was played during the funerals of Princess Grace & Alfred Einstein.
2. It was played in Britain's Royal Albert Hall during a 2001 tribute to the 9-11 victims.
3. It was played on national radio as part of the announcement of President Franklin Roosevelt's death.
Barber was only 26 when the Adagio was performed, in 1938, by Arturo Toscanini's famed NBC Symphony Orchestra. At the end of the first rehearsal, Toscanini remarked, "Simple & beautiful!" This was especially amazing because he rarely conducted pieces by American composers. Read Full Bio"Adagio for Strings" was written by American composer Samuel Barber. It is Barber's best-known composition although it was not one of his Pulitzer Prize winners. The Adagio is a re-arrangement of the slow second movement of Barber's "String Quarter, Op. 11."
Barber was only 26 when the Adagio was performed, in 1938, by Arturo Toscanini's famed NBC Symphony Orchestra. At the end of the first rehearsal, Toscanini remarked, "Simple & beautiful!" This was especially amazing because he rarely conducted pieces by American composers. At first, Barber knew none of this and was angry with Toscanini who had returned the score to Barber without comment. Only later, did Barber realize this had occurred because Toscanini had already memorized the score!
In 1965, Barber rewrote the score for an 8-person choir as part of his religious work "Agnus Dei."
The work has been part of many famous performances besides Toscanini's:
1. It was played during the funerals of Princess Grace & Alfred Einstein.
2. It was played in Britain's Royal Albert Hall during a 2001 tribute to the 9-11 victims.
3. It was played on national radio as part of the announcement of President Franklin Roosevelt's death.
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Gameslord
@Edvard Bolaas
@Edvard Bolaas
Such absolutistically superior view of your genre preferance vs other musical genres and thus music listeners who prefer them.🙄
I can understand you may not like them,but damn,such a... fanatical viewpoint.
That aside,try Nobuo Uematsu(don't worry it is neither rock or pop) .
And yes it is Orchestra , though I am unsure how well can Youtube compresion deliver music to what I assume is an audiophile :
https://youtu.be/T5OsMJUVXYA
- 23minutes
https://youtu.be/8d7sfhG9Hpk
- 5 minutes
https://youtu.be/Ksh4KpuZLJk
- little over 1h
This 1 might be best to start with.
Vitakinesis - Biokinesis W
This music is so spiritual, I feel like my soul has left my body.
Stace Strace
This song does feel like - surrender - as in letting go of this life, just gentle surrender…
Raymar :D
@Homuya}
Dimitri Degraeve
@Dillon Fall Do you realy missunderstood ?
Dillon Fall
Wtf lmao
Dimitri Degraeve
Try to catch it before diying ! :o
Julten
A minute of silence for the people who tried to search for this song but had no idea what they should type so they never found it
RazaXML
@Wil Andren yeah but you're here. they are not
Wil Andren
Classical music that starts of slow, strings. First onr
starwarsfan117
I have faith they will find it, even if it takes years. I have had songs that I lost for years like that; but it never left my mind.