Benjamin Barber
Sign in to saveAlso known as Benjamin R. Barber
Walt Whitman Professor Emeritus at Rutgers University (1939–2017)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 2 Aug 1939
- Died
- 24 Apr 2017
- Works
- 29
Top works
- Civiliser la démocratie
- The Struggle for Democracy
- The struggle for democracy
- Democracia fuerte
- A Passion for democracy
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1910-03-09
- Active to
- 1981-01-23
20th centuryamericanamerican composerclassicalcomposercontemporary classical
Discography
- Knoxville: “Summer of 1915” for Soprano and Orchestra, op. 24 / Four Excursions, op. 201951
- The First Symphony / Dover Beach / Songs From Chamber Music1952
- A Lincoln Portrait /New England Triptych1959
- Barber: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra, op. 38 / Schuman: A Song of Orpheus: Fantasy for Cello and Orchestra1964
- Two Twentieth Century Masterpieces: Violin Concertos1965
- Four Melodic Masterpieces of Samuel Barber1966
- Barber: Adagio for Strings / Ives: Symphony no. 3 / Copland: Quiet City1976
- String Quartet, Op. 11 (Including "Adagio for Strings") / String Quartet No. 2 / Scherzo for String Quartet1976
- Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis / Barber: Adagio for Strings / Grainger: Irish Tune from County Derry1982
- Barber: Cello Concerto / Shostakovich: Cello Concerto no. 11983
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 21
- Total plays
- 47
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Benjamin
- Family name
- Barber
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- New York City
- Place of death
- Manhattan
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Educated at
- Grinnell College
- Employer
- University of Maryland
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Student of
- Michael Oakeshott
- Official website
- www.benjaminrbarber.org
- Image
- Benjamin R Barber in 2010 (cropped).jpg
Show 5 more facts
- date of birth
- 1939-08-02
- date of death
- 2017-04-24
- manner of death
- natural causes
- Commons category
- Benjamin Barber
- cause of death
- pancreatic cancer
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