Samuel Barber: Absolute Beauty (2017)

ALL 03/23/2017 (en) Music, History, Documentary 130 Min
  • Release
    03/23/2017
  • Production
    Zen Violence Films
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  • Original title
    Samuel Barber: Absolute Beauty
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
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A documentary about the composer of the Adagio for Strings

Overview

Known for his mournful "Adagio for Strings," Samuel Barber was never quite fashionable. This acclaimed film is a probing exploration of his music and melancholia. Performance, oral history, musicology, and biography combine to explore the life and music of one of America’s greatest composers. Features Thomas Hampson, Leonard Slatkin, Marin Alsop and many more of the world's leading experts on Barber's music, with tributes from composers Leonard Bernstein, Aaron Copland, Virgil Thomson and William Schuman. The film was broadcast on PBS, and screened at nine film festivals internationally, with three best-of awards. It was named a Recording of the Year 2017 by MusicWeb International.

  1. H. Paul Moon

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Editor

  4. Producer



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Samuel Barber: Absolute Beauty (2017) 130 Min

ALL 03/23/2017 (en)
Music, History, Documentary
  • Release 03/23/2017
  • Production
    Zen Violence Films
  • Original title Samuel Barber: Absolute Beauty
  • en
  • Revenue0.00

A documentary about the composer of the Adagio for Strings

Overview

Known for his mournful "Adagio for Strings," Samuel Barber was never quite fashionable. This acclaimed film is a probing exploration of his music and melancholia. Performance, oral history, musicology, and biography combine to explore the life and music of one of America’s greatest composers. Features Thomas Hampson, Leonard Slatkin, Marin Alsop and many more of the world's leading experts on Barber's music, with tributes from composers Leonard Bernstein, Aaron Copland, Virgil Thomson and William Schuman. The film was broadcast on PBS, and screened at nine film festivals internationally, with three best-of awards. It was named a Recording of the Year 2017 by MusicWeb International.

  1. H. Paul Moon

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Editor

  4. Producer