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Barber's Adagio for Strings Barber's Adagio for Strings is a 20th century Classical Composition written by Samuel Barber (1910 - 1981). It was arranged for strings, performed by Philadelphia Orchestra and conducted by Engene Ormandy in 1932. The melody is mainly played by the violin and is quite sad, as it's in a minor key. The sad atmosphere is also created by the tempo being quite slow (lento) and played legato. It is quite repetitive and always returning to the same melodic ideas its repetitive pattern is like a person's grief, which won't go away and keeps plaguing them. The dynamics are reasonably quiet (mezzo piano) and at the beginning there is a slight crescendo. 2/3rds of the way through the dynamics gradually become louder as it reaches its climax the music then breaks off and returns back to the melodic figure, like the picture. The texture...

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