Adagio for Strings, Op. 11
Adagio for Strings, Op. 11 a song by Samuel Barber on Foxsoundi
About Adagio for Strings, Op. 11
"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 to 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. .
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About this song
- Credited to
- Samuel Barber, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Marin Alsop
- Album
- Solemn Classical · Track 3 of 40
- Released
- September 11, 2025
- Duration
- 7:38
- Ranking
- #1 most played Samuel Barber track on Foxsoundi
- On Last.fm
- 186,111 listeners on Last.fm
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