And now it’s been used by New York’s Mobb Deep, one of the most successful rap duos of all time, in their latest single ‘Down ...

How did Samuel Barber's stirring, lush work for strings — music that has become America's semi-official music of mourning — morph into a... From Funerals To Festivals, The Curious Journey Of The ...

Samuel Barber's "Adagio for Strings" is considered one of the most popular of all 20th-century classical works. Its 1938 premiere by the NBC... The Impact of Barber's 'Adagio for Strings' The Impact ...

A tune played at JFK's funeral, in the film Platoon and remixed as a club anthem is Britain's favourite classical piece of music. Barber's Adagio For Strings has been broadcast or performed more than ...

Barber's masterpiece for string orchestra. This piece - from 1936, and at a time of personal and international turbulence - is a mixture of tears and sighing. Listen: an orchestra breathes, and ...

In 2004, a competition by BBC Radio 4’s Today programme set out to find “the saddest music in the world” and was won by Barber’s Adagio for Strings – receiving 52% of the public votes, ahead of ...

This story is part of American Anthem, a yearlong series on songs that rouse, unite, celebrate and call to action. Find more at NPR.org/Anthem. Samuel Barber's Adagio ...

American composer Samuel Barber (1910-1981) won the Pulitzer Prize twice — once for his opera Vanessa in 1957 and again for his 1962 piano concerto. One of the most celebrated conductors of the last ...