Samuel Barber

Composer

1910-03-09

Books by Samuel Barber

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As for my own music, I've never written a book about it. I'm not pedagogical... When I write an abstract piano sonata or a concerto, I write what I feel. I'm not a self-conscious composer.
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I was meant to be a composer and will be I'm sure. Don't ask me to try to forget this unpleasant thing and go play football - please.
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I guess, for better or for worse, I am an American composer, and I've had a wonderful life being exactly that.
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