• Biography
• Samuel Barber at the Library of Congress Samuel Barber, seated, making notes on his music. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress. The Library of Congress is the preeminent repository for manuscripts by American composer Samuel Barber (1910-1981). He was born in West Chester, Pennsylvania and educated at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia. Barber began his studies at the Curtis Institute in piano, voice and composition at the age…
• The Daisies [Field of daisies and orange flowers, possibly hawkweed, Vermont], by John Collier, June 1943. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress. from Three Songs, op. 2, 1927 by Samuel Barber, 1910-1981
• In the Wilderness and Solitary Hotel Detail from [Design drawing for stained glass window for Grace Episcopal Church in Newport News, Virginia. A temptation window, "Man Does Not Live By Bread Alone" showing informal Christ with Satan on mid grid], 1960. Prints and Photographs, Library of Congress. from Despite and Still, op. 41, 1968 By Samuel Barber, 1910-1981
• Rain Has Fallen and I Hear an Army [Embankment, showing bay in rainstorm], by Bertha Boynton Lum, 1914 or 1915. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress. from Three Songs, op. 10, 1935-36 By Samuel Barber, 1910-1981
• Sure on This Shining Night Detail from Drifter, by Rockwell Kent, [1933]. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress. from Four Songs, op. 13, 1937-40 by Samuel Barber, 1910-1981
• With Rue My Heart is Laden Alfred Edward Housman, 1859-1936, bust portrait. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress. by Samuel Barber (1910-1981)