One piece by this composer ends with a third movement Presto in moto perpetuo and was writtenfor Iso Briselli. A series of poems by Irish monks formed the basis for his Hermit Songs, and his firstpiece for solo piano is called Excursions. In another piece by him, the soloist proclaims "It hasbecome that time of evening when people sit on their porches." Another of his works, which was laterre-used for his setting of the (
One piece by this composer ends with a third movement Presto in moto perpetuo and was writtenfor Iso Briselli. A series of poems by Irish monks formed the basis for his Hermit Songs, and his firstpiece for solo piano is called Excursions. In another piece by him, the soloist proclaims "It hasbecome that time of evening when people sit on their porches." Another of his works, which was laterre-used for his setting of the (*) Agnus Dei, was premiered in 1938 on the radio by Toscanini and theNBC Symphony. He set a prose poem by James Agee in his Knoxville: Summer of 1915, but is mostfamous for a reworking of the second movement of his String Quartet. For 10 points, name this Americancomposer of Adagio for Strings.
One piece by this composer ends with a third movement Presto in moto perpetuo and was writtenfor Iso Briselli.
Samuel Barber