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American guitarist, arranger, and composer
John La Barbera is an American musical
composer and
arranger . He currently teaches at the
Bergen Community College in
Paramus, New Jersey , and has written for
Acoustic Guitar magazine.
[1]
La Barbera holds a M.M. from
William Paterson University and a B.M. from the
University of Hartford Hartt School , and graduate courses at
Hunter College (NYC) in
ethnomusicology , Villa Schifanoia (Rosary College), in
Florence, Italy and at the
Accademia Chigiana in
Siena, Italy , the film music seminar with
Ennio Morricone .
La Barbera has won several awards and commissions for his musical compositions. he was commissioned in 1996 by
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, The Martin Gruss Foundation,
[2] and the
New York State Council on the Arts , to compose The Dance of the Ancient Spider ,
[3] which premiered at Alice Tully Hall. Barbera was also commissioned by the
Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York City to compose the Opera: Stabat Mater-Donna Di Paradiso .
[4]
Film composing credits include: documentary film Sacco and Vanzetti (2007)
[5] awarded best historical film from the
American Historical Association ;
[6] Pane Amaro (2007)
RAI-National Italian TV network ;
[7] What's Up Scarlet? (2006);
[8] Children of Fate (1992),
[9] nominated for a Best Documentary Feature Academy Award
[10] and winner of the 1993
Sundance Film Festival ; La Festa, (1998);
Tarantella , (1997);
[11] and Neapolitan Heart (2002).
[12]
La Barbera has been credited for multiple off-Broadway theater productions as musical director.
Composer of original folk operas
Stabat Mater: Donna di Paradiso (1995)
[4]
The Voyage of the Black Madonna (1990)
[13]
The Dance of the Ancient Spider (1996)
[14]
La Lupa- the She-Wolf (1987)
[14]
The Adventures of Don Giovanni and His Servant Pulcinella (1987)
[14]
La Cantata dei Pastori (1985)
[15]
When In Rome ,
[16] (band leader/mandolinist) directed by Mark Steven Johnson
[17] with Danny DeVito and Anjelica Huston.
Neapolitan Heart (2002),
[12] directed by Paulo Santoni, Ready Made productions, Italy, with Jimmy Roselli.
The Moon in The Gutter (1983),
[18] Jean-Jacques Bieneix, Gaumont-Cinecitta, Italy, with Gérard Depardieu.
^ "Letter From Sao Paolo", Acoustic Guitar , October 1998
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"Alessandra Belloni" . 10 November 2010. Archived from
the original on 2010-11-10. Retrieved 21 December 2020 .
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b "Audience Joins Procession But Not the Flagellation"
The New York Times , April 10, 1995
^ "From Immigration to Anarchy", The New York Times , March 29, 2007.
^ John E. O'Connor Film Award, 2007 bestowed by
American Historical Association
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"La Grande Storia" . Raiplay.it . Retrieved 21 December 2020 .
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"What's Up, Scarlet? (2005) - IMDb" . IMDb.com . Retrieved 21 December 2020 .
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"Children of Fate (2006) - IMDb" . IMDb.com . Retrieved 21 December 2020 .
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"1994 Academy Award Nomination, Best Documentary: Feature" . IMDb.com . Retrieved 21 December 2020 .
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"Tarantella" . IMDb.com . 15 March 1996. Retrieved 21 December 2020 .
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"Cuore napoletano" . IMDb.com . 6 September 2002. Retrieved 21 December 2020 .
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"Alessandra Belloni" . Archived from
the original on 2008-09-29. Retrieved 2008-09-28 .
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b
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"Alessandra Belloni" . 29 September 2008. Archived from
the original on 2008-09-29. Retrieved 21 December 2020 .
^ "Christmas Play", The New York Times , December 19, 1985
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"When in Rome" . IMDb.com . 29 January 2010. Retrieved 21 December 2020 .
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"Mark Steven Johnson" . IMDb.com . Retrieved 21 December 2020 .
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"La lune dans le caniveau" . IMDb.com . 18 May 1983. Retrieved 21 December 2020 .
International National Artists