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  • Samuel Barber – Hermit Songs, Performed by Sarah Shafer

    Samuel Barber – Hermit Songs, Performed by Sarah Shafer

    Barber’s Hermit Songs performed by soprano Sarah Shafer and pianist Mikael Eliasen. The songs are settings of medieval Irish monk texts found in illuminated manuscripts. Barber composed the songs in…

  • Samuel Barber

    Samuel Barber

    …its lyricism and emotional expressiveness, often inspired by literary allusions. Many of his compositions, including the Hermit Songs, were adaptations of poetry set to music. Major Works and Achievements Barber’s…

  • Henry Purcell

    Henry Purcell

    …celebrated today. His songs were primarily of two types: simple, strophic pieces that resembled folksongs, and more extended declamatory songs, often in multiple sections, where Purcell used distinctive musical figures…