Martin Bookspan interviews American composer Samuel Barber during an undated broadcast. Speaking about his career as a composer, Barber talks about his orchestral, opera, choral, and piano music; and his work with such famous artists as Vladimir Horowitz and Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, and conductors such as Arturo Toscanini and Serge Koussevitsky. The composer discusses various performances of his Adagio for Strings (1937), his operas Vanessa (1958) and Antony and Cleopatra (1966), and his Concerto for Piano and Orchestra (1963). He also speaks about his hobbies, and his professional plans for the future.
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ASCAP sponsored radio interviews with musicians and composers.