Adadio for Jeanne

Samuel Barber
Mikayla Stettler
Jazz
 Jazz had mostly taken
over America
 Popular composers
include:
 Louis Armstrong
 Bing Cosby
 Artie Ellington
 It was a time of new
style
Samuel Barber

 Born March 9, 1910

 Died January 23, 1981

 Attended the Curtis Institute of

Music

 Wrote first song at age 10

Interlude No. 1

 Also titled “Adagio for Jeanne”

 Written in 1931

 Samuel Barber was just 21

 Same year the overture to

“School for Scandal”
Time Musical Elements Description
• polyphonic melodies
0:20 Theme 1 • Each hand playing
separately
• Bounce between bass
0:49 Theme 2
and soprano sounds
• Back to the distinctive
1:12 Theme 1
polyphonic sound
• Played with more
1:34 Theme 2A
harmonies
1:51 Theme 3 • Arpeggio runs
2:08 Theme 4 • The original to a series…
• First variation played in a
2:19 Theme 4A
different pitch
• Once again played in
2:29 Theme 4B
different pitch
Time Musical Elements Description
• You guessed it…
…it’s played in a
2:41 Theme 4C different pitch
• However, it does have
a transition
• Intense combination
2:56 Theme 5
of Themes 1 and 2
• Added high notes on
3:16 Theme 2B
top of original sound
• If you took every
theme and smooshed
3:39 Theme 6
them together, this
would be it
• Reminder of how this
4:00 Theme 1
all started
4:27 Outro • Very adagio release