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Samuel Osmond Barber II (March 9, 1910 – January 23, 1981) was an American composer, pianist, conductor, baritone, and music educator, and one of the most celebrated composers of the mid-20th century. Principally influenced by nine years' composition studies with Rosario Scalero at the Curtis Institute and more than 25 years' study with his uncle, the composer Sidney Homer, Barber's music usually eschewed the experimental trends of musical modernism in favor of traditional 19th-century harmonic language and formal structure embracing... [more on Wikipedia]

As a songwriter, Samuel Barber first charted in 1999 with Barber's Adagio for Strings.The artist scored 3 UK Top‑75 entries, including a single Top‑10 placement.