books.google.com - Samuel Barber (1910-1981) was one of the most important and honored American composers of the twentieth century. Writing in a great variety of musical forms--symphonies, concertos, operas, vocal music, and chamber music--he infused his works with poetic lyricism and gave tonal language and forms new...http://books.google.com/books/about/Samuel_Barber.html?id=u6QGtHHtr6MC&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareSamuel Barber