Vocal works of Samuel Barber

Main purpose of this work is to present vocal works of Samuel Barber who is considered to be one of the most important and honoured American composers of the twentieth century. Despite this fact Czech musicological literature has mentioned Barber very rarely so far. Therefore this work relies on foreign information sources, especially on Barbara B.Heyman´s monograph Samuel Barber - The Composer and His Music. Besides, the author had in disposal number of Barber´s recordings and scores which enabled her to explore Barber´s music more thoroughly. The first chapter describes Barber´ s biography in context with his artistic development. The rest of work focuses on his vocal works for solo voice and last topic is his operas