He spent a few years in Europe, and it was in the old continent where he came into contact with the music of the post-romantics. In 1928, he befriended Gian Carlo Menotti, who would later influence his compositional career. In this same center he was professor of orchestration between 19. Between 19 he studied at the Curtis Institute in Philadelphia with Isabelle Vengerova (piano), Emilio de Gogorza (singing), and Rosario Scalero (composition). His uncles, the singer Louise Homer and the composer Sidney Homer, encouraged him to pursue music in depth. At eleven years old, he showed his precocious musical talent by writing the operetta The Rose Tree. ![]() ![]() Samuel Barber (West Chester, 1910 – New York, 1981) American composer.
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