Adagio for Strings eye." In 1938, Olin Downes noted that with the piece, Barber "achieved something as perfect in mass and detail as his craftsmanship permits." In an edition of "A Conductor's Analysis of Selected Works", John William Mueller devoted over 20 pages to "Adagio for Strings". Wayne Clifford Wentzel, author of "Samuel Barber: A Research and Information Guide (Composer Resource Manuals)", said that it was a piece usually selected for a closing act because it was moderately famous. Roy Brewer, writer for AllMusic, stated that it was one of the most recognizable pieces of American concert music. G. Schirmer has published several
Quintet for Piano, Strings and Horn (Draeseke) other recordings as of 2017, on Musikproduktion Dabringhaus und Grimm coupled with a work by Robert Schumann and another on Classic Produktion Osnabrück (also released in 2017). Quintet for Piano, Strings and Horn (Draeseke) Felix Draeseke's Quintet for Piano, Strings and Horn in B-flat major, Op. 48, was composed in 1888 and published a year later by of Leipzig. It was dedicated to Adolph Stern. The work is scored for piano, violin, viola, cello and horn in F. It is structured in four movements: It was performed 29 June 1889 in Wiesbaden if not necessarily premiered then. In 2017, Tyxart