Samuel Barber (1910-1981)

Nationality: American

Born: March 9, 1910, West Chester, PA Died: January 23, 1981, New York (age 70)

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Dover Beach, Op. 3

(for 2 violins, viola, cello and baritone)

Duration: 9 minutes (approximately)

Composed: 1931 (age 20-21)

5 recordings, 5 videos

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8:26

Sir Thomas Allen, Endellion String Quartet

7:48

Étienne Dupuis, Quatuor Claudel-Canimex

7:49

Curtis Quartet

8:23

Juilliard Quartet, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

9:03

Andrew Garland

Teacher

Nationality: Austrian

Born: June 11, 1874, Vienna Died: December 11, 1967, Montpelier, VT (age 93)

Teacher

Nationality: Italian | American

Born: December 24, 1870, Moncalieri, Italy Died: December 25, 1954, Settimo Vittone, Italy (age 84)

partner

Nationality: American | Italian

Born: July 7, 1911, Cadegliano-Viconago Died: February 1, 2007, Monte Carlo (age 95)

Teacher

Nationality: Australian | American

Born: June 29, 1886, Sydney Died: June 20, 1948, Philadelphia (age 62)

Student

Nationality: American

Born: June 24, 1916, Cincinnati, OH Died: January 20, 1989, Estes Park, CO (age 72)

chamber music, Kammermusik [G], musique de chambre [F], musica da camera [I], musica cameralis [L]—"Classical Music" for a small ensemble, generally 8 or fewer players with a canonical emphasis on 3-6 players. explore
opus [L], opera[pl], Op., Opp, WoO, Op. posth—work, as in a work of art. For unique identification, publishers/composers often assign an "opus number", abbreviated as "Op." (e.g. Op. 1). A range of works by opus number, uses the plural "opp." (e.g. "Opp. 1-3"). A single opus number may refer to a collection of works (e.g. a set of quartets) giving rise to designations like "Op. 1, No. 4". For misc. works without opus numbers, "WoO" is often used (e.g."Without Opus"). Posthumously assigned numbers may use "Op. posth". Opus numbers may not precisely reflect chronology (publication vs. composition), can be erroneous, sparse or duplicative. Thus, the works of some historically important composers may use separate catalog numbers (e.g. Bach, Haydn, Schubert). See wiki
string quartet, Streichquartett [G], quatuor à cordes [F], quartetto d'archi [I], quartetto di cordi [I], cuarteto de cuerda [S], vonósnégyes [H]—an ensemble as well as music written for that ensemble comprising 2 violins, viola and cello. This is one of the essential genres / forms / ensembles of chamber music and arguably a critical "core" of "classical" music.
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