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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. What you would expect: a talented musician making his own path. in fashion. out of fashionBy Roger PetrichOf course this bids to be the "standard biography" - life and works. Some parts more interesting; some parts more musically technical. Not a "tell all page turner" but covers the subject. sympathetic. compassionate and objective. For general reference.1 of 7 people found the following review helpful. Servicable biography of this great American composerBy Peter HBeing a fan of (some of) Barbers music. I was interested in finding out more about him. I suspect an academic will find this book satisfying - it goes through his works in scholarly detail - but I found it uncompelling. I think the main problem is that Barber was not a particularly interesting guy - you will find no juicy tidbits here. Where this could have been interesting is delving into his personal life - but it doesnt venture there. I was disappointed. By the way my favourite Barber works are adagio for strings (of course). violin concerto. and the school for scandal overture.9 of 10 people found the following review helpful. Well DoneBy Scott D. ScheuleWell. I thought the book was a respectable mix of biographical information and analysis. not too much of one or the other. It is organized (roughly) by opus number. meaning one can find virtually all the information about a specific work condensed in a particular section--with the overall outline being chronological. This structuring is easy and accessible.Theory hogs. like me. may want a few more examples--but if so. were just being greedy. The authors analyses of the works are well-done. cursory without being useless. She neither fawns over her subject. nor butchers him. Perhaps a bit more biographical information would be nice--Barbers love life is always touched upon at tangents. never explained. But maybe such information is simply not to be found.The esoteric nature of the subject precludes me from recommending it generally--but for anyone with the slightest interest in Mr. Barber. this is certainly one of the best resources out there.And what do we say of Samuel? Reactionary. fuddy-duddy? Snobbish European turning his back on his American home. or a man who simply recognizes good music when he hears it? Or. like Brahms. a fusion of past and present who only appears conservative when compared with the silly extremists? I lean towards the latter.Barber enjoyed Brahms. and theres a similarity stapling the two together here. Both took a rich harmonic and modern language. Brahms with his soup of pivot chords and chromatic thirds. Barber with his polychords. changing meters. and quartal implications. reinvigorating ideas and forms that some describe as depleted. And both were. in some sense. fearless. Now of course neither was immune to public opinion--the failure of Anthony and Cleopatra cracked off a bit of Barbers heart--but nevertheless. we find two men who by and large did not care to defend their artistic choices. Barber wrote music of lyrical melodic line when the flavor de jure was prickly textures or avant-garde nonsense.I have no opinion on whether or not that was the right decision; but I bestow the highest respect on Barbers intense drive for perfection. 71 years he lived. and left behind a paucity--but a paucity of perfection. The concertos are jewels! The songs are staples (or should be)! Barber forced and tempered his creations: many works were revised after the first performance--and. which is to be respected all the more--usually made shorter by it. Excess notes deleted. and tight statements left behind.This book honors that aspect of him well. and Im glad to have gotten to know him through it.
