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Barber, Samuel. (1910–1981). Autograph Musical Quotation - "Piano Concerto". Autograph Musical Quotation Signed and Inscribed, "Best greetings to Mr. Hans Roest," below two bars from his "Piano Concerto," on a postcard. 1 page, oblong 12mo; some faint scattered smudging. St. Christina in Gröden, 26 July 1965 [from postmark].


The Piano Concerto, Op. 38, was commissioned by the music publishing company G. Schirmer Inc. in honor of the centenary of their founding. The work's premiere was on September 24, 1962, in the opening festivities of Philharmonic Hall, now Avery Fisher Hall, the first hall built at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, with John Browning as soloist with the Boston Symphony Orchestra conducted by Erich Leinsdorf. The work was met with great critical acclaim with Barber winning his second Pulitzer Prize in 1963 and the Music Critics Circle Award in 1964.

Barber, Samuel. (1910–1981) Autograph Musical Quotation - "Piano Concerto"

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Barber, Samuel. (1910–1981). Autograph Musical Quotation - "Piano Concerto". Autograph Musical Quotation Signed and Inscribed, "Best greetings to Mr. Hans Roest," below two bars from his "Piano Concerto," on a postcard. 1 page, oblong 12mo; some faint scattered smudging. St. Christina in Gröden, 26 July 1965 [from postmark].


The Piano Concerto, Op. 38, was commissioned by the music publishing company G. Schirmer Inc. in honor of the centenary of their founding. The work's premiere was on September 24, 1962, in the opening festivities of Philharmonic Hall, now Avery Fisher Hall, the first hall built at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, with John Browning as soloist with the Boston Symphony Orchestra conducted by Erich Leinsdorf. The work was met with great critical acclaim with Barber winning his second Pulitzer Prize in 1963 and the Music Critics Circle Award in 1964.