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Old 12-03-2011, 04:21 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Another important composer: Samuel Barber. These are the famous Adagio for Strings (1936) and Violin Concerto op.14 (1939):



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Old 12-09-2011, 12:44 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Gyorgi Ligeti is probably by far my favorite post 50s composer. An original, genius, madman with a sense of humor:

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