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Composer of the Week

Samuel Barber (1910-1981)

Episode 4: America

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3Latest broadcast: on BBC Radio 3

He may have been one of America's greatest cultural exports, but Barber was never quite the model patriot. Donald Macleod charts the composer's ambivalent relationship with his country, including a spell in the army which was always very much on the musician's terms. Show less

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