Back In Samuel Barber's Day, He Was No Critics' Favorite
"In particular, critic and composer Virgil Thomson dismissed Barber as a composer for 'high middlebrow taste.' And Barber's music does sound conservative next to the atonal, modernist style in vogue in the 1930s, '40s and '50s. If the scathing reviews bothered Barber, he tried not to show it." NPR 03/10/10

Posted March 10, 2010 06:40 AM