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  1. help. Adagio for Strings is a work by Samuel Barber, arguably his best known, arranged for string orchestra from the second movement of his String Quartet, Op. 11 . Barber finished the arrangement in 1936, the same year that he wrote the quartet. It was performed for the first time on November 5, 1938, by Arturo Toscanini conducting the NBC ...

  2. Aug 2, 2019 · Sony Classical is proud to release Samuel Barber’s Adagio for Strings, Op. 11 from the Summer Night Concert 2019. The Vienna Philharmonic is conducted by Gu...

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    • Sony Classical
  3. Feb 13, 2019 · Samuel Barber's Adagio for Strings is one of the most recognizable pieces of classical music in the world. It's become America's semi-official music for mourning, used at Franklin Delano Roosevelt ...

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    • Anastasia Tsioulcas
  4. Apr 7, 2008 · Adagio for Strings by Samuel Barber.

    • Apr 7, 2008
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    • Marshall J. Hendrickson
  5. Nov 28, 2016 · This beloved work has been used famously in films and public moments of mourning, and Leonard Slatkin led it earlier in 2016 with the DSO.

    • Nov 28, 2016
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    • Detroit Symphony Orchestra
  6. Nov 4, 2006 · 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 Orchestra with conductor Arturo Toscanini is a recent ...

  7. Samuel Barber: Adagio for Strings. For many, it was its use in the film Platoon. For others, it was William Orbit’s Pieces in a Modern Style project. But very few of us can claim to have first experienced Barber’s Adagio for Strings in its original form: as part of a string quartet. The American composer wrote his string Quartet Opus 11, in ...

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