Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

---

🥳Celebrating 250 years of the United States, discover 25 composers who shaped American classical music.🎵

Samuel Barber was a prominent figure in 20th-century classical music, renowned for maintaining deep lyrical emotionalism, rich orchestration, and romanticism during a period largely characterised by jarring avant-garde experiments.

Barber's work 'Knoxville: Summer of 1915,' a lyric rhapsody for soprano and orchestra, demonstrates his remarkable ability to capture a dual perspective of time, blending a child's innocence with an adult's profound awareness of mortality.

🎥WATCH the full video featuring 25 Iconic American Composers on YouTube: youtu.be/xpB4jVflcso

🌟DISCOVER NOW🌟
🎼Naxos American Classics catalogue: naxos.com/EditionSeries/Detail/?title=American_Classics
🎶Playlist – American Classical Masterpieces: naxos.lnk.to/AmericanMasterpiecesID

#Naxos #AmericanClassics #USA250 #ClassicalMusic #Naxos #AmericanComposers #SamuelBarber #KnoxvilleSummerof1915

***

Listen to Naxos playlists:
Spotify: open.spotify.com/user/naxosofficial
Apple Music: apple.co/2LPfG8G

Follow us:
Facebook: facebook.com/Naxos
Instagram: instagram.com/naxosmusic
Twitter: twitter.com/Naxosrecords
Naxos Blog: blog.naxos.com
Website: naxos.com