Samuel Barlow (composer)
Samuel Latham Mitchell Barlow (born June 1, 1892 in New York City , New York , † September 19, 1982 in Wyndmoor , Pennsylvania ) was an American composer.
The Harvard University graduate was a student of Percy Goetschius and Franklin Robinson in New York, Isidore Philipp in Paris and in 1923 Ottorino Respighi in Rome . During the Second World War he was a lieutenant in the US Army. After the war he lived in New York and in Èze in the south of France.
His one-act opera Mon ami Pierrot about the life of Jean-Baptiste Lully, based on a libretto by Sacha Guitry , was the first opera by an American composer to be performed at the Paris Opéra-Comique in 1935 . In 1938 his Concerto for Magic Lantern and Symphony Orchestra , an adaptation of the story of Babar the little elephant, was premiered by the Philadelphia Orchestra under Leopold Stokowski . He composed other operas and orchestral works as well as chamber music .
Works
- Vocalise , orchestra, 1926
- Alba , Symphonic Poem for Orchestra, 1927
- Ballo sardo , ballet, 1928
- Circus Overture , orchestra, 1930
- Piano Concerto , 1931
- Ballad and Scherzo , string quartet, 1933
- Biedermeier Waltzes , Orchestra, 1935
- Mon ami Pierrot , Opera, 1935
- Amanda , Opera, 1936
- Concerto for Magic Lantern and Symphony Orchestra , 1938
- Conversations with Tchekhov , piano trio, 1940
- Eugenie , opera (undated)
literature
- Neil Butterworth: Dictionary of American classical composers . 2nd Edition. Routledge, New York, London 2005, ISBN 0-415-93848-1 , pp. 28 .
Individual evidence
- ^ A b H. Wiley Hitchcock: Barlow, Samuel. In: Grove Music Online (English; subscription required).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Barlow, Samuel |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Barlow, Samuel Latham Mitchell (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 1, 1892 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New York City , New York |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 19, 1982 |
| Place of death | Wyndmoor , Pennsylvania |