List of compositions by Samuel Barber

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This is a list of compositions by Samuel Barber.

[edit] Works by Opus number

Op. 1, Serenade for string quartet (1928) (also arr. String orchestra, 1944)
Op. 2, Three Songs (1927-1934)
Op. 3, Dover Beach (Baritone and String Quartet) (1931)
Op. 4, Two Interludes for piano (Violin Sonata now destroyed/lost) (1931-1932)
Op. 5, The School for Scandal(Overture) (1931)
Op. 6, Cello Sonata (1932)
Op. 7, Music for a Scene from Shelley (Tone poem) (1933)
Op. 8, Two pieces (The Virgin Martyrs, Let Down the Bars, O Death) (Choral) (1936)
Op. 9, (First) Symphony in One Movement (1936)
Op.10, Three Songs (1935-1936)
Op.11, String Quartet (1936) (Adagio for Strings (arrangement of 2nd movement, 1938), Agnus Dei (choral arrangement, 1967))
Op.12, (First) Essay for Orchestra (1937)
Op.13, Four Songs (1937-1940)
Op.14, Concerto for Violin and Orchestra (1939)
Op.15, A Stopwatch and Ordnance Map (Choral) (1940)
Op.16, Reincarnations (Choral) (Mary Hynes, 1937; Anthony O'Daly, The Coolin, 1940)
Op.17, Second Essay for Orchestra (1942)
Op.18, Two Songs (1942-1943)
Op.19, Second Symphony (1944)
Op.19a, Night Flight (arrangement of 2nd movement of Second Symphony) (1964)
Op.20, Four Excursions for piano (1942-1944)
Op.21, Capricorn Concerto (1944)
Op.22, Cello Concerto (1945)
Op.23, Medea (Ballet) (1946) (orchestral suite, 1946)
Op.23a, Medea’s Meditation and Dance of Vengeance (1953)
Op.24, Knoxville: Summer of 1915 (Soprano & Orchestra) (1948)
Op.25, Nuvoletta (song) (1947)
Op.26, Sonata for Piano (1949)
Op.27, Melodies Passageres (song) (1950-1951)
Op.28, Souvenirs (Ballet) (1952)
Op.29, Hermit Songs (1953)
Op.30, Prayers of Kierkegaard (Soprano, Choir & Orchestra) (1954)
Op.31, Summer Music for woodwind quintet (1955)
Op.32, Vanessa (Opera) (1957)
Op.33, Nocturne for Piano (Hommage to John Field) (Piano) (1959)
Op.34, Wondrous Love: Variations on a Shape-note Hymn (organ) (1958)
Op.35, A Hand of Bridge (Chamber opera) (1959)
Op.36, Toccata Festiva for Organ and Orchestra (1960)
Op.37, Dei Natali (chorale preludes for Christmas) (1960)
Op.38, Piano Concerto (1962)
Op.38a, Canzone for flute (or violin) and piano (1958)
Op.39, Andromache’s Farewell (Soprano & Orchestra) (1962)
Op.40, Antony and Cleopatra (Opera) (1966)
Op.41, Despite and Still (song) (1968)
Op.42, Two Pieces (Twelfth Night, To be Sung on the Water) (1968)
Op.43, The Lovers (Baritone & Orchestra) (1971)
Op.44, Fadograph of a Yestern Scene (1971)
Op.45, Three Songs (1972)
Op.46, Ballade for Piano (1977)
Op.47, Third Essay for orchestra (1978)
Op.48 (posth.), Canzonetta for Oboe and String Orchestra (1977-78)