20th Century · Open Opus catalog

Samuel Barber

1910 – 1981

Chord Barn does not yet hold an IMSLP-sourced piano score collection for Samuel Barber. This page presents the composer and work catalog data published by Open Opus, a public-domain (CC0) classical-music metadata project, so the work list below is bibliographic — titles, subtitles, and genre classifications — not a set of downloadable PDF editions.

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Works by Samuel Barber in the Open Opus catalog

64 works · Data from Open Opus (openopus.org), released into the public domain (CC0) — fetched 2026-09-11. Catalog entries only: title, subtitle, and genre classification as published by Open Opus. These are not downloadable score editions.

By genre, from Open Opus’s own classification on this composer’s work records: 8 Keyboard · 17 Orchestral · 6 Chamber · 30 Vocal · 3 Stage.

  • 2 Songs for Chorus, op. 42Vocal
  • 2 Songs for Chorus, op. 8Vocal
  • 2 Songs, op. 18Vocal
  • 3 Songs, op. 10Vocal
  • 3 Songs, op. 2Vocal
  • 3 Songs, op. 45Vocal
  • 4 Excursions, op. 20Keyboard
  • 4 Songs, op. 13Vocal
  • A Hand of Bridge, op. 35Stage
  • A Slumber Song of the Madonna, for voice and organVocal
  • A Stopwatch and an Ordinance Map, for male chorus and 3 timpani, op. 15Vocal
  • Andromache's Farewell, for soprano and orchestra, op. 39Vocal
  • Antony and Cleopatra, op. 40 — OperaStage
  • Ballade, op. 46Keyboard
  • Canzonetta for Oboe and Piano, op. posth.48Chamber
  • Capricorn Concerto, for flute, oboe, trumpet and strings, op. 21Orchestral
  • Cello Concerto, in A minor, op. 22Orchestral
  • Cello Sonata, op. 6Chamber
  • Chorale for Ascension Day, for chorus, brass, timpani, and organVocal
  • Chorale PreludesKeyboard
  • Commando March, for concert bandOrchestral
  • Despite and Stil, op. 41 — Song cycleVocal
  • Die Natali: Chorale Preludes for Christmas, op. 37Orchestral
  • Dover Beach, for baritone and string quartet, op. 3Vocal
  • Essay no. 1 for Orchestra, op. 12Orchestral
  • Essay no. 2 for Orchestra, op. 17Orchestral
  • Essay no. 3 for Orchestra, op. 47Orchestral
  • God's Grandeur, for a cappella chorusVocal
  • Hermit Songs, op. 29Vocal
  • In the Dark PinewoodVocal
  • Knoxville: Summer of 1915, for high voice and orchestra, op. 24Vocal
  • Love at the DoorVocal
  • Love's CautionVocal
  • Medea: Cave of the Heart, op. 23Orchestral
  • Medea's Meditation and Dance of Vengeance, op. 23aOrchestral
  • Mélodies passagères, op. 27Vocal
  • Music for a Scene from Shelley, op. 7Orchestral
  • Mutations from Bach, for brass ensemble and timpaniChamber
  • Night WanderersVocal
  • Nocturne, op. 33, "Hommage to John Field"Keyboard
  • Nuvoletta, op. 25Vocal
  • Of That So Sweet ImprisonmentVocal
  • Piano Concerto, op. 38Orchestral
  • Piano Sonata in E flat minor, op. 26Keyboard
  • Prelude and Fugue in B minor, for organKeyboard
  • Reincarnations, for a cappella chorus, op. 16Vocal
  • Serenade for String Quartet, op. 1Chamber
  • SerenadesVocal
  • Souvenirs: Suite for Piano 4-hands, op. 28Keyboard
  • Souvenirs: Suite from the Ballet, op. 28Orchestral
  • Stopping by Woods on a Snowy EveningVocal
  • String Quartet in B major, op. 11Chamber
  • Strings in the Earth and AirVocal
  • Summer Music, for wind quintet, op. 31Chamber
  • Symphony no. 1, op. 9Orchestral
  • Symphony no. 2, op. 19Orchestral
  • The Beggar's SongVocal
  • The Lovers, for baritone, chorus and orchestra, op. 43Vocal
  • The School for Scandal: Overture Op.5Orchestral
  • There's Nae LarkVocal
  • Toccata Festiva, for organ and orchestra, op. 36Orchestral
  • Vanessa, op. 32 — OperaStage
  • Variations on the Shape-note Hymn 'Wondrous Love', for organKeyboard
  • Violin Concerto, op. 14Orchestral