Barber: Adagio for Strings, Op. 11

Barber: Adagio for Strings, Op. 11
with Sheet music

[PirahnaheadDetroit]

It feels so good, and so bad all at once. It's the most beautiful and the most painful. I cry every time I hear it.

[mikejendry]

Years after I first heard this piece, it still amazes me. Such a simple rhythmic structure, such a slow piece, and yet it conveys so many emotions. How Barber pulled it off is a mystery to me, but it brought this work to us

[TheDustyk]

The more I read it, the more I play it; I find something in it I missed before.

Such an emotional, evocative piece.

[FeonaLeeJones]

Samuel Barber's style/music is so varied...I have a hard time pinning him down as a composer. Everyone mostly knows him by this piece, but he has such a wide collection of works that are so contrasting in character and style. I highly recommend checking out his other works if you enjoyed this piece.

[joyceoxfeld]

I like how clean and clear the scoring is. The one time I tried to perform this, I was going nuts with the meter changes and solfege.

[danielgracely]

For me it will always be the most beautiful piece ever written.

[laurencelance]

I know of nothing else in music like this piece. It is grief, and love and hope, and loss, and reflection and memory, and

[leemitchellmusic]

So moving. If this doesn't touch your soul. Nothing

[Chron]

I was fortunate enough to sing this piece.. or rather the vocal equivalent of this composition, in college. The melody, counterpoint and overall beauty of this masterpiece never gets boring, although I have heard it perhaps hundreds of times, in rehearsal, and then by freewill choice of wanting to hear it again, and again..
Thank you Young Kim for posting such a clear and ledgible version of this masterpiece !!

[sylvi--]

For some reason this song kind of reminds me of one of the songs from the Lolita movie, I think it was called Love in the Morning? Especially around the 5 minute mark. These airy sad songs always get to me

[leemitchellmusic]

I never fail to get moved by the beauty of this...

[thatsalittlebassist]

so sad how basses don’t get to play at the big part ): i’m sad

[piano]

Magnifique
Svp où je peux avoir la partition

[nicholasmcintyre]

why would they put an a flat and a g sharp next to each other instead of 2 a flats

[randlyons]

I didn't know this piece was that complicated.

[roberteckert]

HallMonitor...if you have the mind of a 9 year old, it won’t be moving for you. Wait until you’re a little older.

[BRUISER]

I bet this will sound really beautiful done on electric guitar

[fryingwiththeantidote]

I still don't understand this piece, why is it so moving to everyone? Could it be the overuse of the style in modern film? Honestly I find it rather humorous, like it's supposed to be ironically sad.