BARBER'S KNOXVILLE

Samuel Barber is

• an American composer

• a Russian composer

• an Australian composer

Samuel Barber is

• a 19th century composer

• a 20th century composer

• a 21st century composer

Samuel Barber's style has been strongly influenced by

• Renaissance, Baroque and Nationalism

• Baroque, Viennese Classical style and Romanticism

• Romanticism, Expressionism and Neoclassicism

Samuel Barber's Knoxville Summer of 1915 is inspired by

• Eleanor Steber

• a poem by James Agee

• the first world war

Samuel Barber was commissioned to compose a piece of music by

• Eleanor Steber

• a poem by James Agee

• the first world war

By means of his Knoxville Summer of 1915, Samuel Barber wanted to depict

• the features of a natural landscape

• the battle of Borodino

• his life when he was a child

Knoxville Summer of 1915 by Samuel Barber was created for

• an extended woodwind section: Flute (2) and

  Piccolo; Oboe (2) and Cor Anglais; Clarinet in B-flat (2) and Bassoon (2).

  Four Horns in F are joined in an extended brass section, referencing military

  timbres in the use of cornets: Cornet (piston) in B-flat (2); Trumpet in E-flat (2);

  Tenor trombone (2) and Bass trombone; Tuba. The percussion section is

  suitably expansive and unusual: Timpani: G – B-flat – E-flat;

  Triangle/Tambourine; Military Drum; Bass drum and cymbal; Canon and

  bells. Strings: Violin I, II, Viola, ‘Cello and Double Bass. An additional ‘band’

  [military band] features in the final sections, ‘Ad libitum’.

• flute (doubling piccolo), oboe (doubling English horn), Clarinet, Bassoon, two horns, Trumpet, Triangle, Harp, Strings, solo soprano.

• a strings' orchestra

Knoxville Summer of 1915 is

• a single movement piece of music

• a two-movement piece of music

• a three-movement piece of music