Knoxville, Summer of 1915, Samuel Barber

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Samuel Barber : Knoxville, Summer of 1915

Publisher	G Schirmer Inc
Category	Soloist(s) and Orchestra
Sub-Category	Chamber Orchestra
Year Composed	1947
Duration	16 Minutes
Solo Voice(s)	Soprano
Orchestration	1(pic)1(ca)11/2100/triangle/hp/str
Languages	English
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Study Score(s):	50339220	Study Score(s):	GS33922
Folio(s):	50331490	Folio(s):	GS33149
Vocal Score(s):	50285320	Vocal Score(s):	GS28532

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Reviews

...James Agee's achingly tender prose poem in which he recalls a languorous summer evening spent as a young boy lying out with his family beneath the darkening sky....The bittersweet, warm yet lean harmonies of Barber's opening phrases perfectly disclose the curdled innocence of Agee's prose...
Jeremy Eichler, Boston Globe, 30/09/2006

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