Samuel Barber - Notable Compositions

Notable Compositions

• Dover Beach (Medium voice and string quartet) (Op. 3, 1931)
• The School for Scandal (Overture) (Op. 5, 1931)
• Cello Sonata (Op. 6, 1932)
• Music for a Scene from Shelley (Op. 7, 1933)
• (First) Symphony in One Movement (Op. 9, 1936)
• Adagio for Strings (arr. of String Quartet, movement 2) (Op. 11, 1938)
• Essay for Orchestra (Op. 12, 1937)
• Violin Concerto (Op. 14, 1939)
• Reincarnations for mixed chorus, (Op. 16, 1939–1940); words by Antoine Ó Raifteiri in translation by James Stephens
• Second Essay for Orchestra (Op. 17, 1942)
• Excursions (Op. 20, 1942–44)
• Capricorn Concerto (Op. 21, 1944)
• Cello Concerto (Op. 22, 1945)
• Medea (ballet) (Op. 23, 1946)
• Knoxville: Summer of 1915 (Soprano & Orchestra) (Op. 24, 1948)
• Sonata for Piano (Op. 26, 1949)
• Hermit Songs (Op. 29, 1953)
• Prayers of Kierkegaard (Soprano, Choir & Orchestra) (Op. 30, 1954)
• Summer Music for Wind Quintet (Op. 31, 1956)
• Vanessa (opera) (Op. 32, 1957)
• A Hand of Bridge (Chamber opera) (Op. 35, 1959)
• Toccata Festiva (Organ and Orchestra) (Op. 36, 1960)
• Piano Concerto (Op. 38, 1962)
• Antony and Cleopatra (Op. 40, opera, 1966, rev. 1974)