Samuel Barlow

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Samuel Barlow (June 1, 1892 - September 19, 1982) was an American composer.

Barlow studied at Harvard University and then in New York under Percy Goetschius and Franklin Robinson; he also studied with Ottorino Respighi in Rome in 1923. He worked in civic agencies which classical music from the 1910s into the 1930s; among them was the New York Community Chorus, of which he was the first chairman. He was a regular contributor to the journal Modern Music.

His opera Mon ami Pierrot, based on the life of Jean-Baptiste Lully, was performed at the Opera-Comique in Paris on January 11, 1935; it was the first opera ever written by an American to be performed there. He wrote a symphonic concerto, Babar, which makes use of slide projectors. His works are musically conservative and show the influence of Johannes Brahms.

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  • 3 Songs from the Chinese (voice and ensemble, 1924)
  • Vocalise (1926)
  • Alba (symphonic poem, 1927)
  • Ballo Sardo (ballet, 1928)
  • Circus Overture (1930)
  • Piano Concerto (1931)
  • Scherzo (string quartet, 1933)
  • Spanish Quarter (piano, 1933)
  • Mon ami Pierrot (opera after Sacha Guitry, 1934)
  • Biedermeier Waltzes (1935)
  • Babar (symphonic concerto, 1936)
  • Amanda (opera, 1936)
  • Aphitryon 38 (incidental music, 1937)
  • Leda (1939)
  • Sousa ad Parnassum (1939)
  • Conversation with Tchekhov (piano trio, 1940)
  • Jardin de La Notre (piano)

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