{"title":"Barber: Excursions, Op. 20","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"barber-excursions-op-20-schirmer","title":"Barber: Excursions, Op. 20","description":"\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eComposer\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003ca href=\"\/fr\/collections\/samuel-barber\"\u003eSamuel Barber (1910-1981)\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e \u003cstrong class=\"original-instrumentation-title\"\u003eInstrumentation\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cspan class=\"original-instrumentation\"\u003ePiano\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWork\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003ca href=\"\/fr\/collections\/barber-excursions-op-20\"\u003eExcursions, Op. 20\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli class=\"binding hidden\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBinding\u003c\/strong\u003e: Paperback\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cspan class=\"book-barcode\"\u003e9780634069970\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSize\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cspan class=\"book-width\"\u003e9.0\u003c\/span\u003e x \u003cspan class=\"book-length\"\u003e12.0\u003c\/span\u003e inches\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli class=\"book-pages\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePages\u003c\/strong\u003e: 22\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"row\"\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003c!-- split --\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"row\"\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"one-half columns\"\u003e \u003ch4\u003eDescription\u003c\/h4\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"feature_divider\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cp\u003eExcursions, Op. 20, is the first published solo piano piece by Samuel Barber. Barber himself explains: \"These are ‘Excursions' in small classical forms into regional American idioms. Their rhythmic characteristics, as well as their source in folk material and their scoring, reminiscent of local instruments are easily recognized.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is typical of neo-Romantic composers such as Barber. As Susan Carter explains in her dissertation, \"The Piano Music of Samuel Barber\", that \"neo-Romantic composers returned to a style characterized by broad lyricism and dramatic expression.\" She also states that the traditional structures of form from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries were conserved while drawing upon a \"contemporary technical vocabulary.\" From a boogie-woogie style of a five-part rondo to a theme and variations of a well known cowboy ballad, and even to a barn-yard dance with a fiddler, Barber uses each style effectively and accurately, according to the neo-Romantic ideas.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"G. Schirmer","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":14306734278,"sku":"ED2138","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0900\/1828\/files\/2679b86f6c3e1340d8d9c3eeef681313.jpg?v=1750520803"},{"product_id":"barber-complete-piano-music-schirmer","title":"Barber: Complete Piano Music","description":"\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eComposer\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003ca href=\"\/fr\/collections\/samuel-barber\"\u003eSamuel Barber (1910-1981)\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eInstrumentation (this edition)\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cspan class=\"edition-instrumentation\"\u003ePiano\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong class=\"original-instrumentation-title\"\u003eOriginally for\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cspan class=\"original-instrumentation\"\u003ePiano, Piano 4-Hands\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli class=\"binding hidden\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBinding\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cspan class=\"book-barcode\"\u003e9780793524624\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSize\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cspan class=\"book-width\"\u003e9.0\u003c\/span\u003e x \u003cspan class=\"book-length\"\u003e12.0\u003c\/span\u003e inches\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli class=\"book-pages\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePages\u003c\/strong\u003e: 240\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"row\"\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003c!-- split --\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"row\"\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"one-half columns\"\u003e \u003ch4\u003eDescription\u003c\/h4\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"feature_divider\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cp\u003eNow twice the size of the previous edition, adding all of the content of \u003cem\u003eEarly Piano Works\u003c\/em\u003e , plus never before published student counterpoint exercises and manuscript facsimiles of childhood compositions. Includes historical notes on each piece as well as biographical information on the life and music of Samuel Barber.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003cp\u003eWorks:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/fr\/collections\/barber-excursions-op-20\"\u003eExcursions, Op. 20\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/fr\/collections\/barber-piano-sonata-op-26\"\u003ePiano Sonata, Op. 26\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/fr\/collections\/barber-souvenirs-op-28\"\u003eSouvenirs, Op. 28\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/fr\/collections\/barber-nocturne-homage-to-john-field-op-33\"\u003eNocturne (Homage to John Field), Op. 33\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/fr\/collections\/barber-ballade-op-46\"\u003eBallade, Op. 46\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/fr\/collections\/barber-interlude-no-1-adagio-for-jeanne-1931\"\u003eInterlude No. 1 (Adagio for Jeanne) (1931)\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"G. 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