Samuel Barber

Cyfansoddwr Americanaidd oedd Samuel Osmond Barber II (9 Mawrth 1910 – 23 Ionawr 1981). Enillydd dwywaith y Gwobr Pulitzer Cerddoriaeth oedd ef.

Samuel Barber
Ganwyd	Samuel Osmond Barber II  9 Mawrth 1910  West Chester, Pennsylvania
Bu farw	23 Ionawr 1981  Dinas Efrog Newydd, Manhattan
Dinasyddiaeth	Unol Daleithiau America
Alma mater	Curtis Institute of Music West Chester Henderson High School
Galwedigaeth	cyfansoddwr, cerddolegydd, pianydd
Adnabyddus am	Cello Concerto, Adagio for Strings, Agnus Dei, Violin Concerto, Antony and Cleopatra, Capricorn Concerto, Hermit Songs, Knoxville: Summer of 1915, Medea's Dance of Vengeance, Piano Concerto, Piano Sonata, Prayers of Kierkegaard, Second Essay, String Quartet, The School for Scandal, Third Essay, Vanessa, The Lovers
Arddull	opera, symffoni
Mam	Marguerite McLeod Barber
Gwobr/au	Cymrodoriaeth Guggenheim, Gwobr Rhufain, Pulitzer Prize for Music, Cymrawd Academi Celf a Gwyddoniaeth America, Joseph H. Bearns Prize, Pulitzer Prize for Music
llofnod

Fe'i ganwyd yn West Chester, Pennsylvania, UDA, yn fab i Marguerite McLeod (née Beatty) a Samuel Le Roy Barber.

Gweithiau cerddorol

Ballet

• The Serpent Heart (1946)
• Medea (1947)
• Souvenirs (1953)

Concerti

• Concerto feiolin (1939–1940)
• Concerto sielo (1945)
• Concerto piano (1961–1962)

Operâu

• Vanessa (1957)
• A Hand of Bridge (1959)
• Anthony and Cleopatra (1966)

Symffoniau

• Symffoni rhif 1 (1935–1936)
• Symffoni rhif 2 (1944, 1947)

Eraill

• Motetto on Words from the Book of Job (1930)
• Adagio for Strings (1936)
• Excursions (1944)
• The Lovers (1971)