Samuel Barber: Absolute Beauty
Directed by H. Paul Moon
A documentary feature film about the composer of the "Adagio for Strings"
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Overview
- Genre
- Music, Biography, Arts, Culture, and Cultural History
- Synopsis
Known for his mournful "Adagio for Strings," Samuel Barber was never quite fashionable. "Samuel Barber: Absolute Beauty" is a probing exploration of his music and melancholia. Performance, oral history, musicology, and biography combine to explore the life and music of one of America’s greatest composers. Featuring Thomas Hampson, Leonard Slatkin, Marin Alsop and many more of the world's leading experts on Barber's music.
- Stage
- finished
- Running time
- 130 and 118 minutes
Credits
- H. Paul Moon ... Director
- Barbara B. Heyman ... Consulting Producer
- Pierre Brévignon ... Consulting Producer
- Thomas Hampson ... Himself
- Leonard Slatkin ... Himself
- Marin Alsop ... Herself
- John Corigliano ... Himself
Production Details
- Prod. Co.
- Zen Violence Films
- Country
- United States
- Years of Production
- 2010-2017
- Locations
- Washington, D.C.; Paris, France; New York, NY
Distribution Details
- Release year
- 2017
- Festivals
- See the Sound Film Festival (Cologne, Germany), Muvi Festival International de Musico No Cinema (Lisbon, Portugal), Classical Arts Film Festival (Napa, California), The Phillips Collection (Washington, D.C.), Frederick Film Festival (Maryland)
- Broadcast (Acq.)
- WHYY-TV (World Broadcast Premiere on July 15, 2017)
- Language
- English
- Subtitles
- English, French, German, Spanish and Russian
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