the music
Dover Beach
Music by Samuel Barber (1910-1981)
Poetry by Matthew Arnold
Written and first performed in 1931 at Bryn Mawr College by Samuel Barber himself.
Concert Date: February 25, 2008
Poetry by Matthew Arnold
Written and first performed in 1931 at Bryn Mawr College by Samuel Barber himself.
Concert Date: February 25, 2008
"...a gorgeous creation.”
– The New York Times
About this work
When Samuel Barber wrote Dover Beach, he was by then a trained singer and had a beautiful baritone voice. Vaughan Williams heard him perform it at Bryn Mawr College, admired the work, and encouraged Barber to continue to compose. Dover Beach represents Barber’s first work in an extended form for voice and ensemble — a form of which he was to become a master.
-Paul Wittke of G. Schirmer
-Paul Wittke of G. Schirmer
Performed in English.
