Barber, Samuel

Rank (U1 / U2): 41 / 33
Work perf.: 457
Complete perf.: 435
Excerpt share: 5%
First season – last season: 1934–35 to 2026–27
Seasons played: 80
Peak season: 1959–60 (3.1%)
Born – died: 1910–1981

Work perf.Complete perf. (same denominator)

Completed seasons. Both lines use the season's total work performances as denominator: the upper line is this composer's work performances, the lower line the part of them that are complete (no movement named). The gap is this composer's excerpts as a share of the whole season.

Rank by decade

Decade	Rank	Share
1950s	23	1.1%
1990s	21	1.1%

Most performed works

Work	Work perf.	Complete perf.	First season	Last season	Rank (all)
ADAGIO FOR STRINGS	82	82	1938-39	2026-27	201
ESSAY NO. 2, OP.17	59	59	1941-42	2025-26	282
CONCERTO, VIOLIN, OP.14	52	50	1960-61	2025-26	313
SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL OVERTURE	40	40	1937-38	2014-15	416
MEDEA'S MEDITATION AND DANCE OF VENGEANCE, OP. 23A	36	36	1955-56	1990-91	445
SYMPHONY NO. 1 IN ONE MOVEMENT, OP.9	29	29	1936-37	2022-23	534
KNOXVILLE: SUMMER OF 1915, OP.24	21	21	1959-60	2025-26	710
CONCERTO, CELLO, OP. 22	19	19	1947-48	2011-12	780
CONCERTO, PIANO, OP.38	15	15	1963-64	1990-91	908
CAPRICORN CONCERTO	14	14	1946-47	1998-99	996
VANESSA	12	0	1957-58	1997-98	1121
ESSAY NO. 1, OP.12	11	11	1945-46	2011-12	1231
ESSAY NO. 3, OP.47	9	9	1978-79	1979-80	1425
ANDROMACHE'S FAREWELL, OP.39	8	8	1962-63	2011-12	1594
SUMMER MUSIC, OP. 31	8	8	2012-13	2024-25	1674

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