In the art of song composition, American composer Samuel Barber was the perfect storm. Barber spent years studying under superb instruction and became adept as a pianist, singer, composer, and in literature and languages. The songs that Barber composed during those years of instruction, many of which have been posthumously published, are waypoints on his journey to compositional maturity. These early songs display his natural inclinations, his self-determination, his growth through trial and error, and the slow flowering of a musical vision, meticulously cultivated by the educational opportunities provided to him by his family and his many devoted mentors. Using existing well-known and recently uncovered biographical data, as well as both published and unpublished song juvenilia and mature songs, this dissertation examines the importance of Barber's earliest musical and academic training in relationship to his development as a song composer.

Catalog of undergraduate and graduate courses offered by Texas Tech University for the year 2013-2014, as well as general information about the university, programs, and policies.

Proceedings of the Senate of Texas for the 62nd day of the regular session of the 83rd Legislature documenting legislation, reports, discussions, votes, and points-of-order.

The Journal contains the proceedings of the Senate of Texas including legislation, reports, discussions, votes, and points-of-order. This volume documents the sixty-first through sixty-third days of the legislature, in May 2013.