The Saddest Music Ever Written: The Story of Samuel Barber's Adagio for Strings: The Story of Samuel Barber's <em>Adagio for Strings</em> by Thomas Larson
The Saddest Music Ever Written: The Story of Samuel Barber's Adagio for Strings: The Story of Samuel Barber's <em>Adagio for Strings</em>

Thomas Larson

The Saddest Music Ever Written: The Story of Samuel Barber's Adagio for Strings: The Story of Samuel Barber's <em>Adagio for Strings</em>

Thomas Larson

272 pages first pub 2010 (editions)

nonfiction biography music challenging informative reflective medium-paced

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An exploration of the cultural impact of Samuel Barber’s Adagio for Strings, the Pieta of music, and its enigmatic composer. In the first book ever to explore Samuel Barber’s Adagio for Strings, music and literary critic Thomas Larson tells the st...

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