Knoxville: Summer of 1915 is a work for voice and orchestra by what American composer of orchestral, opera, choral, and piano music, who is one of the most celebrated composers of the 20th century?
Samuel Barber Samuel Osborne Barber II (March 9, 1910 – January 23, 1981) was an American composer of orchestral, opera, choral, and piano music. He is one of the most celebrated composers of the 20th century: music critic Donal Henahan stated that "Probably no other American composer has ever enjoyed such early, such persistent and such long-lasting acclaim."
Leo Ornstein Leo Ornstein (born "Yuda-Leyb Gornshteyn"; c. December 11, 1895 – February 24, 2002) (also Лев Орнштейн, Lev Ornchteïn) was a Russian-American composer and pianist of the early twentieth century. His performances of works by avant-garde composers and his own innovative and even shocking pieces made him a cause célèbre on both sides of the Atlantic.