Musical Works of Samuel Barber (1910-1981)

Stage Works

• Medea (Serpent Heart), ballet, Op. 23 (1946)
  Rev. as The Cave of the Heart, 1947
  arr. as orchestral Suite, 1947
  Medea's Meditation and Dance of Vengeance, Op. 23a, 1953
• A Hand of Bridge, opera in 1 act, 1953
• Souvenirs, ballet, 1955
• Vanessa, opera in 4 acts, 1956-7
• Antony and Cleopatra, opera in 3 acts after Shakespeare, 1966

Orchestral

• The School for Scandal, Op. 5, 1931-3
• Music for a Scene from Shelly, Op. 7, 1933
• Symphony [No. 1] in One Movement, Op. 9, 1936
• Adagio for Strings, [arr. of 2nd movement of String Quartet], Op. 11, 1938
• [First] Essay for Orchestra, Op. 12, 1937
• Violin Concerto, Op. 14, 1939
• Second Essay, Op. 17, 1942
• Symphony No. 2, Op. 19, 1944
  2nd movement revised as Night Flight, Op. 19a, 1964
• Capricorn Concerto, Op. 21, 1944
• Cello Concerto, Op. 22, 1945
• Toccata festiva, Op. 36, 1960
• Die Natali, chorale preludes for Christmas, Op. 37, 1960
• Piano Concerto, Op. 38, 1962
• Fadograph of a Yestern Scene (after Joyce, Finnegans Wake), Op. 44, 1971
• Canzonetta, Op. 48 [posth.], 1981

Choral

• The Virgin Martyrs, Op. 8/1-2, 1936
• A Stopwatch and an Ordnance Map, Op. 15, 1940
• Reincarnations, Op. 16, 1937-40
• Prayers of Kirkegaard, Op. 30, 1954
• Agnus Dei, Op. 11, 1967
• Twelfth Night, Op. 42, 1968
• The Lovers, Op. 43, 1971

Chamber

• Serenade, string quartet/string orchestra, Op. 1, 1930
• Violin Sonata, Op. 4, 1928
• Cello Sonata, Op. 6, 1932
• String Quartet, Op. 11, 1936
• Summer Music, wind quintet, Op. 31, 1956
• Canzone (elegy), flute and piano, Op. 38a, 1961

Solo Instrumental

• Excursions, Op. 20, 1942-4
• Sonata, piano, Op. 26, 1949
• Nocturne (Homage to John Field), piano, Op. 33, 1959
• Stille Nacht [arrangement of Silent Night from Die natali], Op. 37, 1960
• Ballade, piano, Op. 46, 1977

Songs

• Dover Beach, Op. 3, 1933
• Three Songs (Joyce), Op. 10, 1935
• Four Songs, Op. 13, 1941
• Two Songs, Op. 18, 1942
• Knoxville: Summer of 1915, Op. 24, 1947
• Nuvoletta, Op. 25, 1947
• Melodies passagères, Op. 27, 1950-51
• Hermit Songs, Op. 29, 1952-3
• Andromache's Farewell, Op. 39, 1963
• Despite and Still: A Last Song, Op. 41, 1968-9
• Three Songs, Op. 45, 1972