Samuel Barber's "Adagio for Strings" is considered one of the most popular of all 20th-century classical works. Its 1938 premiere by the NBC... The Impact of Barber's 'Adagio for Strings' The Impact ...

Samuel Barber’s Adagio for Strings has become one of the most sampled and reimagined classical pieces in modern music, particularly within dance music, hip-hop and trance. And now it’s been used by ...

This story is part of American Anthem, a yearlong series on songs that rouse, unite, celebrate and call to action. Find more at NPR.org/Anthem. Samuel Barber's Adagio ...

If sadness could be conveyed with sound, could be expressed in musical notes and experienced through melody, the resulting piece would be Samuel Barber's Adagio for Strings, an American icon of grief ...

I have officially passed through the optimism of my youth and have entered my world-weary phase. Often, when I wake up in the morning, I am disappointed to see the same two feet swing out of bed and ...

Marcelo Lehninger leads Copland's Fanfare for the Common Man and Appalachian Spring on a program with Joan Tower's Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman No. 1 and Barber's Adagio for Strings; BSO musicians ...

American composer Samuel Barber (1910-1981) won the Pulitzer Prize twice — once for his opera Vanessa in 1957 and again for his 1962 piano concerto. One of the most celebrated conductors of the last ...

Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin. This story is part of American Anthem, a yearlong series on songs that rouse, unite, celebrate and call ...

Dutch superstar DJ Tiesto (seen here performing in Miami in February 2019) released a massively popular electronic reworking of Samuel Barber's Adagio for Strings in 2005. This story is part of ...