Adagio for Strings Adagio for Strings Adagio for Strings is a work by Samuel Barber, arguably his best known, arranged for string orchestra from the second movement of his String Quartet, Op. 11. Barber finished the arrangement in 1936, the same year that he wrote the quartet. It was performed for the first time on November 5, 1938, by Arturo Toscanini conducting the NBC Symphony Orchestra in a radio broadcast from NBC Studio 8H. Toscanini also played the piece on his South American tour with the NBC Symphony in 1940. Its reception was generally positive, with Alexander J. Morin writing that "Adagio for
The Big Broadcast of 1938 as a companion piece to "Two Sleepy People," written in September 1938 by Hoagy Carmichael with lyrics by Frank Loesser, which was also performed by Bob Hope and Shirley Ross in the later film, "Thanks for the Memory" (1939). The film is recognized by American Film Institute in these lists: On 13 May 2008, "The New York Times" reviewed a new DVD box set of Leisen titles, released by Universal, including "Big Broadcast of 1938", which is the only one of the "Big Broadcast" films to be released on VHS or DVD to date. The Big Broadcast of 1938 The