[PAR] [TLE] Knoxville: Summer of 1915 [SEP] Knoxville: Summer of 1915, Op.  24, is a 1947 work for voice and orchestra by Samuel Barber, with text from a 1938 short prose piece by James Agee.  The work was commissioned by soprano Eleanor Steber, who premiered it in 1948 with the Boston Symphony Orchestra under Serge Koussevitzky.  Although the piece is traditionally sung by a soprano, it may also be sung by tenor.  The text is in the persona of a male child. [PAR] [TLE] Samuel Barber [SEP] Samuel Osborne Barber II (March 9, 1910 – January 23, 1981) was an American composer of orchestral, opera, choral, and piano music.  He is one of the most celebrated composers of the 20th century: music critic Donal Henahan stated that "Probably no other American composer has ever enjoyed such early, such persistent and such long-lasting acclaim."
[PAR] [TLE] Knoxville : Summer of 1915 [ SEP ] Knoxville : Summer of 1915 , Op . 24 , is a 1947 work for voice and orchestra by Samuel Barber , with text from a 1938 short prose piece by James Agee . The work was commissioned by soprano Eleanor Steber , who premiered it in 1948 with the Boston Symphony Orchestra under Serge Koussevitzky . Although the piece is traditionally sung by a soprano , it may also be sung by tenor . The text is in the persona of a male child . [PAR] [TLE] Samuel Barber [ SEP ] Samuel Osborne Barber II ( March 9 , 1910 – January 23 , 1981 ) was an American composer of orchestral , opera , choral , and piano music . He is one of the most celebrated composers of the 20th century : music critic Donal Henahan stated that " Probably no other American composer has ever enjoyed such early , such persistent and such long - lasting acclaim . "
Knoxville: Summer of 1915 is a work for voice and orchestra by what American composer of orchestral, opera, choral, and piano music, who is one of the most celebrated composers of the 20th century?
Knoxville : Summer of 1915 is a work for voice and orchestra by what American composer of orchestral , opera , choral , and piano music , who is one of the most celebrated composers of the 20th century ?
Samuel Osborne Barber II
Samuel Osborne Barber II