Editing Samuel Barber (section)

==Achievements and awards==
At the time of Barber's death in 1981, [[Pulitzer Prize for Criticism|Pulitzer Prize winning music critic]] [[Donal Henahan]] wrote in ''[[The New York Times]]'' about Barber that "probably no other American composer has ever enjoyed such early, such persistent and such long-lasting acclaim".<ref name="obit" />

Barber received numerous awards and prizes, including the [[Rome Prize]], two [[Pulitzer Prize]]s, the Henry Hadley Medal (1958), and the Gold Medal for Music at the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters (1976).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://search.credoreference.com/content/entry/chambbd/barber_samuel/0?institutionId=1217|title=Barber, Samuel|last1=Rodger|first1=Liam|last2=Bakewell|first2=Joan|date=2011|website=Credo Reference|access-date=May 20, 2018}}</ref> He was elected to the [[American Academy of Arts and Letters]] and, as a Fellow, to the [[American Academy of Arts and Sciences]] in 1961.<ref name=AAAS>{{cite web|title=Book of Members, 1780–2010: Chapter B|url=http://www.amacad.org/publications/BookofMembers/ChapterB.pdf|publisher=[[American Academy of Arts and Sciences]]|access-date=May 17, 2011}}</ref>

Barber was awarded the [[Edward MacDowell Medal]] in 1980 by the [[MacDowell Colony]] for outstanding contribution to the arts.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://jazztimes.com/news/sonny-rollins-named-2010-edward-macdowell-medalist/|title=Sonny Rollins Named 2010 Edward MacDowell Medalist – JazzTimes|work=[[JazzTimes]]|access-date=November 23, 2017|language=en-US|archive-date=December 1, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201031126/https://jazztimes.com/news/sonny-rollins-named-2010-edward-macdowell-medalist/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/theatre-news/8447621/MacDowell-Medal-winners-1960-2011.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/theatre-news/8447621/MacDowell-Medal-winners-1960-2011.html |archive-date=January 12, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=MacDowell Medal winners 1960–2011|newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|location=London|date=April 13, 2011|access-date=November 23, 2017}}{{cbignore}}</ref> In 1998, the [[American Classical Music Hall of Fame]] inducted Barber posthumously.<ref name="hall of fame">{{cite web |title=Barber, Samuel |url=https://classicalwalkoffame.org/view-inductees/?id=7 |website=Classical Music Walk of Fame |access-date=April 30, 2024}}</ref>

In addition to composing, Barber was active in organizations that sought to help musicians and promote music. He was president of the International Music Council of [[UNESCO]]. He worked to bring attention to and ameliorate adverse conditions facing musicians and musical organizations worldwide.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.musicsalesclassical.com/composer/long-bio/Samuel-Barber|title=Samuel Barber – Long Biography – Music Sales Classical|website=www.musicsalesclassical.com|access-date=November 23, 2017|archive-date=December 1, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201031622/http://www.musicsalesclassical.com/composer/long-bio/Samuel-Barber|url-status=dead}}</ref> He was one of the first American composers to visit Russia (then part of the [[Soviet Union]]). Barber was also influential in the successful campaign by composers against [[ASCAP]], the goal of which was to increase [[royalties]] paid to composers.