Barber's score incipits for unidentified fragments. Samuel Barber: A Thematic Catalogue of the Complete Works by Barbara B. Heyman, published by Oxford University Press; in the volume, all excerpts from the published and unpublished works of Samuel Barber are reprinted by permission of G. Schirmer, Inc., and the Samuel Barber Trust. Sibelius SCORCH files for Chapter 8: Unidentified Manuscripts (H-U1 to H-U8). This section includes holograph sketches and fragments from different time periods of the composer's career.

View and listen to the score incipits and relevant Sibelius SCORCH audio files of Samuel Barber’s Thematic Catalogue. The Table of Contents and the Index Numbers refer to Samuel Barber: A Thematic Catalogue of the Complete Works by Barbara B. Heyman (Oxford University Press, 2012). This online publication is an innovative ICAMus project carried out by special arrangement with Dr. Heyman and with the Publisher. Barbara Heyman is the author of Samuel Barber: The Composer and His Music (Oxford University Press, 1992). 

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SAMUEL BARBER (1910-1981)

REGISTER OF INCIPITS

PART 8 Unidentified Manuscripts.   H-U1 to H-U8

H-U1   Unidentified fragment. Untitled manuscript. Chester County Historical Society.

H-U2   Unidentified sketch for keyboard. Ca. 1927? Chester County Historical Society.

H-U3   Unidentified fragment of vocal work. Chester County Historical Society.

H-U4   Holograph sketches and fragments. From the Samuel Barber Estate, 1984. The Library of Congress Music Division, Washington, DC.

H-U5   Unidentified sketch. From the Samuel Barber Estate, 1984. The Library of Congress Music Division, Washington, DC.

H-U6a   Unidentified sketches and fragments. From the Estate of Valentin Herranz. The Library of Congress Music Division, Washington, DC.

H-U6b   Unidentified sketches and fragments. From the Estate of Valentin Herranz. The Library of Congress Music Division, Washington, DC.

H-U6c   Unidentified sketches and fragments. From the Estate of Valentin Herranz. The Library of Congress Music Division, Washington, DC.

H-U7   Unidentified fragments. The Library of Congress Music Division, Washington, DC.

H-U8   Unidentified fragments. The Library of Congress Music Division, Washington, DC.

SAMUEL BARBER - THEMATIC CATALOGUE INDEX:

PART 1

Samuel Barber Complete Thematic Catalogue - Sibelius SCORCH files for Chapter 1. Childhood.

Earliest Works, 1917-1923 (H-1 to H-19). This section includes the first compositions Samuel Barber wrote as a child.

PART 2

Samuel Barber Complete Thematic Catalogue - Sibelius SCORCH files for Chapter 2. Adolescence.

Works 1924-1929 (H-20 to H-58). This section includes the compositions Samuel Barber wrote as a teenager.

PART 3

Samuel Barber Complete Thematic Catalogue - Sibelius SCORCH files for Chapter 3. Young Composer in His Twenties.

Earliest Works, 1930-1939 (H-59 to H-94). This section includes the pieces Samuel Barber wrote in his youth.

PART 4

Samuel Barber Complete Catalogue - Sibelius SCORCH files for Chapter 4. Maturity, The War and Post-War Years.

Works 1940-1949 (H-95 to H-117). This section includes the pieces Samuel Barber wrote in his thirties, among which the Capricorn Concerto Op. 21, the Concerto for Violoncello and Orchestra Op. 22, and the Piano Sonata Op. 26.

PART 5

Samuel Barber Complete Catalogue - Sibelius SCORCH files for Chapter 5. The 1950s: Songs, Memories, and Opera.

Works 1950-1959 (H-118 to H-129). This section includes the pieces Samuel Barber wrote in his more mature years, among which Hermit Songs Op. 29, and the opera Vanessa, to a libretto by Gian Carlo Menotti.

PART 6

Samuel Barber Complete Catalogue - Sibelius SCORCH files for Chapter 6. Antony and Cleopatra, and the 1960s.

Works 1960-1969 (H-130 to H-139). This section includes the pieces Samuel Barber wrote over a decade, among which the Piano Concerto Op. 38, and the opera Antony and Cleopatra, to a libretto adapted from Shakespeare by Franco Zeffirelli.

PART 7

Samuel Barber Complete Catalogue - Sibelius SCORCH files for Chapter 7. 1970-1981: The Last Years.

Works 1970-1981 (H-140 to H-146). This section includes the last pieces that Barber completed, among which the Ballade for piano and the Third Essay for Orchestra.

PART 8

Samuel Barber Complete Catalogue - Sibelius SCORCH files for Chapter 8. Unidentified Fragments.

Unidentified Manuscripts (H-U1 to H-U8). This section includes holograph sketches and fragments from different time periods of the composer's career.

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