Samuel Barber
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Gosffo
N 39° 57.470 W 075° 36.270
18S E 448368 N 4423252
hum hum hum hum, I'm humming cause I don't know the words!
Waymark Code: WMM2J
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 08/14/2006
Views: 24
Marker Text:
Boyhood home of this composer of orchestral and vocal works, including the "Adagio for Strings" and "Knoxville: Summer of 1915." Won Pulitzer Prizes in music, 1958 & 1963. Graduate, Curtis Institute. He wrote West Chester High's Alma Mater song.
Marker Name: Samuel Barber
County: Chester
Date Dedicated: 03/09/1996
Marker Type: City
Location: 107 S. Church St., West Chester
Category: Music & Theater
Website: Not listed
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