Samuel Barber: Absolute Beauty

Name: Samuel Barber: Absolute Beauty
Released: 2017-03-23
Rating: 10

10.0/10 (1)

·2017· 130 min

Director: H. Paul Moon

"A documentary about the composer of the Adagio for Strings"

Known for his mournful "Adagio for Strings," Samuel Barber was never quite fashionable. This acclaimed film is a probing exploration of his music and melancholia. Performance, oral history, musicology, and biography combine to explore the life and music of one of America’s greatest composers. Features Thomas Hampson, Leonard Slatkin, Marin Alsop and many more of the world's leading experts on Barber's music, with tributes from composers Leonard Bernstein, Aaron Copland, Virgil Thomson and William Schuman. The film was broadcast on PBS, and screened at nine film festivals internationally, with three best-of awards. It was named a Recording of the Year 2017 by MusicWeb International.

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Cast

Thomas Hampson

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Leonard Slatkin

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Marin Alsop

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John Corigliano

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Jenny Oaks Baker

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In brief

Samuel Barber: Absolute Beauty (2017) is a music, history, documentary film. With an average rating of 10.0/10 from 1 votes, it's one of the higher-rated titles. The film runs 2h 10min. Check current streaming availability in the "Where to watch" section above.

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Samuel Barber: Absolute Beauty runs 130 minutes (2h 10min).

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Samuel Barber: Absolute Beauty has an average rating of 10.0/10 based on 1 viewer votes on TMDB.

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Samuel Barber: Absolute Beauty was released in 2017.