Samuel L. M. Barlow

Samuel Latham Mitchell Barlow ( born June 1, 1892 in New York City, New York, † September 19, 1982 in Wyndmoore, Pennsylvania) was an American composer.

A graduate of Harvard University, was a student of Percy Goetschius and Franklin Robinson in New York and in 1923 by Ottorino Respighi in Rome. During the Second World War he was a lieutenant in the U.S. Army. After the war he lived in New York and in Eze in the South of France.

His one-act opera Mon ami Pierrot with a libretto by Sacha Guitry was 1935, the first opera by an American composer, performed at the Paris Opera Comique. 1938 his Concerto for Magic Lantern and Symphony Orchestra, was an adaptation of the story of Babar, the little elephant, premiered by the Philadelphia Orchestra under Leopold Stokowski. He composed more operas and orchestral works and chamber music.

Works

  • Mon ami Pierrot, opera, 1935
  • Amanda, opera, 1936
  • Eugenie, opera
  • Concerto for Magic Lantern and Symphony Orchestra, 1938
  • Composer of classical music ( 20th century)
  • American composer
  • Person (New York City )
  • Born in 1892
  • Died in 1982
  • Man
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