Uploaded by merrihew on Jan 24, 2008
A poem by Matthew Arnold set to music and sung by Samuel Barber (1910-1981) along with the Curtis String Quartet. Composed in 1931; recorded in 1937. Barber was the nephew of the famous contralto Louise Homer which accounts for his interest in vocal music. He had a beautiful baritone voice. He was probably the most melodic/Romantic of the American 20th century composers.
He began a complex but life long relationship with Gian Carlo Mentotti (1911-2007) at the age of 18. They were complete opposites. For an extensive discussion of Barber and his works go to Google, type in "Samuel Barber Dover Beach" and click on the 4th entry (at Schirmer dot com). Someone thought enough of this record to type out the entire poem and place in the record sleeve of my copy.
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...so wonderful to hear this again...Max, my father, was the violist here
10 months ago 3
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Highly interesting to hear not only Barber's skill as a composer, but also as a performer. He appears to be a wonderful baritone.
4 years ago 2
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que preciosa voz! muy expresiva!
gracias por subir esto! (thanks for upload this!)
saludos desde Argentina
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Dowwnload the audio from this song at thetunify doht cohm.
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AMAZING. I didn't even know he was a singer but I love his music. It makes sense to me now that his style is modern and 20th century but has humanism and musicality at its core. Thank you for posting this historic and wonderful piece of music.
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@KozenaFan I don't know of a Nonesuch reissue; could you be thinking of the LP on the New World label? Pearl has issued it on CD.
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Thanks much for the info:). Didn't know about Horne and Allen recording it as well --
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This was reissued on LP on the Nonesuch label over 30 years ago. I wonder if it has made it to CD?
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@stevevandien Fischer-Dieskau and the Julliard Quartet; Hampson and the Emerson Quartet. Thomas Allen, Marilyn Horne, et al have also recorded it.
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It is amazing that he is such an amazing composer and baritone? I read about his singing in a book and thought one or the other must be lacking but NO! Both skills are awesome! Now I don't feel so alone. I do both to, although my composition skills have a ways to go before entering barber-dom! Thanks for letting us hear this.
I like your listening room also, is that your job office or at home? Neat.
All the best,
~Marcus:)
marcusunlimited 2 years ago
Yes, his voice was a pleasant surprize. Its my listening room at home which has great acoustics. The 10,000+ 78s are in their own room. Usually I use a 1927 phono for posting but this record is too rare to be exposed to that.
merrihew 2 years ago