"Adagio for Strings" was written by American composer Samuel Barber. It is … 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. 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.
Adagio For Strings
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@everyfiend835
@@romanlaw5409 how does this apply to this video. I’m a Christian, but I think you shouldn’t force your beliefs on others who are just talking about war and music. Here is some scripture that shows that you should be kind to others
1 John 4:7-11
English Standard Version
7 Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God. 8 Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love. 9 In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him. 10 In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. 11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.
1 John 4:19
English Standard Version
19 We love because he first loved us.
1 Corinthians 13:4-8
English Standard Version
4 Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant 5 or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful;[a] 6 it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. 7 Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
8 Love never ends. As for prophecies, they will pass away; as for tongues, they will cease; as for knowledge, it will pass away.
Romans 13:8: "Owe no one anything, except to love each other, for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law."
Proverbs 3:3-4
Let love and faithfulness never leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart. Then you will win favor and a good name in the sight of God and man.
Doesn’t the Bible say that god’s love is unconditional?
Doesn’t the Bible say to love one another?
Doesn’t the Bible say that love endures all?
You should be ashamed of yourself for violating the word of god to feel righteous without considering that he commands to love thy neighbor as yourself.
If you can disprove me with actual scripture I’d be happy to hear, but I will need quotations rather than idiotic ranting about burning in eternal hell.
@sergirojo5670
If this masterpiece is not played in my funeral I'm not going
@jasonfellows5257
i am currrently picking my partners music of 28 years this will be mine also my dear
@kamion53
In spite of being such beautiful music for a funeral it is probably twice as long as the average funeral visitor not familiar with classical music can endure.
@elapeppers55
Since this is the Agni’s Dei (Lamb of God hymn before communion), it is also in my plans for my funeral Mass. Done with the choral words of the Lamb of God, it can be done before communion time! I happen to be in a parish that has a choir that can do this piece in a liturgical setting!
@awakeningEmpath
@@kamion53 its the only violin song I can endure
@morgandebruler9281
🤣🤣🤣
@daveprice8179
This is one of the most beautiful things my ears have ever heard in 43 years on earth
@christinep2085
I couldn't agree more
@meloneyparker
This IS the most beautiful piece of music I have ever heard. It's moving beyond words.
@DannyintheSpirit
It's celestial!