Samuel Barber (1910-1981) Complete Published Piano Music

Samuel Barber was born on 9th March, 1910, in West Chester, Pennsylvania His father was a physician and his mother a sister of the famous American contralto, Louise Homer. From the age of six his musical gifts were apparent, and when he was thirteen he was accepted as one of the first students to attend the newly established Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia. There he studied composition with Rosario Scalero, piano with Isabelle Vengerova and singing with Emilio de Gogorza. Although he had written his first compositions when he was seven. He only undertook serious composition at the age of eighteen. Recognition of his gifts as a composer came quickly. In 1933 the Philadelphia Orchestra played his Overture to The School for Scandai and in 1935 the New York Philharmonic presented his Music for a Scene from Shelley. Both early compositions won considerable acclaim. Between 1935 and 193