Box 1
Container
Contains 15 Results:
Congratulatory letter from the PA Senate to the Samuel Barber Foundation on the 100th anniversary of his birth, 9 February 2011
File — Box: 1, Folder: 13
Dates:
9 February 2011
Letters from Samuel Barber to Sheppard Lehnhoff, 1941-1942
File — Box: 1, Folder: 14
Scope and Contents
(2) letters from Barber to his old friend, violist Sheppard Lehnhoff. The first, dated December 1941, regards Barber trying to get a copy of his 'Serenade' for Lehnhoff. The second, dated March 1942, critiques the latter's performance of one of his works (unnamed).
Dates:
1941-1942
Letters from Samuel Barber to Orlando Cole, 1936 - 1937; 1969 - 1974; undated
File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Description
Barber discusses works that he is composing or revising, including his first Symphony, his String Quartet, and his opera Antony and Cleopatra, and recordings of his works, including one of Dover Beach. In addition, he writes about concerts, in some of which he is a performer, and plans for concerts, rehearsal arrangements, and reactions to different concerts. The correspondence contains references to Gian Carlo Menotti and...
Dates:
1936 - 1937; 1969 - 1974; undated