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Samuel Barber

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Profession
Composer
Died
Jan 23, 1981
Zodiac
Pisces
Born in
West Chester PA
About
One of the greatest composers of the 20th century whose intensely lyrical "Adagio for Strings" from 1936 became popular with successive generations. He won the Pulitzer Prize for Music twice, first for the opera "Vanessa" from 1956-1957 and second in 1962 for the Concerto for Piano and Orchestra.
Family
He was born into a socially and economically comfortable Irish-American family. His father was a physician and his mother was a pianist.

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