Adagio Book

 

 

 

Barber's Adagio

"To the Best of Our Knowledge"

Wisconsin Public Radio Program

Classical Net Rave

NPR "Saddest Music" Forum

Richard Gilbert Review

A World Full of Sad Music

"Adagio" Recordings

Books on Single Pieces of Music

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Toscanini 1938 Premiere

Choral Version: "Agnus Dei"

Platoon Elias Death Scene

DJ Tiesto Dance Mix

Seinfeld Parody "The Fatigues"

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Author's Cut

 

 

Adagio Book Print E-mail

Adagio for Strings: Leonard Slatkin, BBC orchestra, September 15, 2001, perhaps its longest and most emotional performance ever.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4PWdOoOQjI

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The Saddest Music Ever Written: The Story of Samuel Barber's "Adagio for Strings," Pegasus Books. Hardcover, September 2010, paperback, March 2012.

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"Adagio fro Strings" Presentation: Warwick's Bookstore, La Jolla, CA November 30, 2010

 

 

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Audible.com: The Saddest Music Ever Written, narrated by Gregory St. John.