I was meant to be a composer and will be I'm sure. Don't ask me to try to forget this unpleasant thing and go play football - please.
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Nathan Broder commenting on the music of Samuel Barber He is a lyric poet ... aloof from the swirling currents in which many of his colleagues are immersed.Samuel Barber
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