What did Samuel Barber compose?

Answer 1

Samuel Barber composed many pieces, from piano concertos to operas. The works he is most known for are The Adagio for Strings, Vanessa, and Concerto for Piano and Orchestra. Here is a complete list:

Opera:

Vanessa, A Hand of Bridge, Anthony and Cleopatra

Ballet:

The Serpent Heart, Cave of the Heart, Medea, Souvenirs

Orchestral:

Serenade, Overture to The School for Scandal, Music for a Scene from Shelley, First Symphony in One Movement, Adagio for Strings, First Essay for Orchestra, Second Essay for Orchestra, Symphony No. 2, Night Flight, Horizon, Medea's Meditation and Dance of Vengeance, Intermezzo, Die Natali (Chorale Preludes for Christmas), A Fadograph of a Yestern Scene, Third Essay for Orchestra

Concert band:

Commando March

Concertante:

Violin Concerto, Capricorn Concerto, Cello Concerto, Toccata Festiva, Piano Concerto, Canzonetta

Chamber music:

Gypsy Dance from The Rose Tree, Serenade, Sonata, Violin Sonata in F minor, Cello Sonata, Suite, String Quartet, Commemorative March, Adventure, Summer Music for Wind Quintet, Chorale for Washington Cathedral, Canzone, Mutations from Bach, Skorvatch Est Mort

Organ:

To Longwood Gardens, Wondrous Love, Chorale Prelude on Silent Night (from Die Natali)

Piano:

Melody in F, Sadness, Largo, War Song, At Twilight, Lullaby, Three Sketches, Fantasie, Prelude to a Tragic Drama, Fresh from West Chester (Some Jazzing), Essay III, Interlude No. 1, Interlude No. 2, Excursions, Piano Sonata, Souvenirs, Ballet Suite, Nocturne, After the Concert, Ballade

Choral:

Motetto on Words from the Book of Job, Two Choruses, Heaven-Haven, Agnus Dei, God's Grandeur, Sure on this Shining Night, A Stopwatch and an Ordnance Map, The Lovers, Reincarnations, The Monk and His Cat, Prayers of Kierkegaard, Under the Willow Tree, Easter Chorale, Two Choruses from Anthony and Cleopatra, Two Pieces

Vocal:

Sometime, In the Firelight, Isabel, October-Weather, My Fairlyland, Two Poems of the Wind, A Slumber Song of the Madonna, Fantasy in Purple, Two Songs of Youth, Ask me to Rest, Man, Watchers, Music When Soft Voices Die, Mother I can Not Mind My Wheel, Thy Love, There's Nae Lark, Three Songs, Dover Beach, Love at the Door, Serenades, Love's Caution, Night Wanderers, Of That So Sweet Imprisonment, Strings in the Earth and Air, Beggar's Song, Three Songs, Four Songs, Two SOngs, Knoxville: Summer of 1915, Nuvoletta, Melodies passageres, Hermit Songs, Andromache's Farewell, Despite and Still, Three Songs

Answer 2

Samuel Barber composed a wide range of music, including orchestral works, vocal music, and chamber music. Some of his most well-known pieces include the Adagio for Strings, Knoxville: Summer of 1915, and his Violin Concerto.