Samuel L. M. Barlow II

Samuel Latham Mitchell Barlow II (June 1, 1892 – September 19, 1982)[1][2] was an American composer, pianist and art critic.

But, his music frequently explored new performance techniques and practices; in addition, he used slide projections to accompany his 1936 symphonic concerto Babar.

[6][7] Early in his career, Samuel Barlow taught at Settlement schools, contributed to the literary journal North American Review, and served as the first chairman of the New York City Community Chorus.

[3] Barlow lived much of his life in New York City, where he promoted classical music in various civic and professional organizations for several decades.

[10] Evelyn, a noted diseuse who had performed on both sides of the Atlantic, had previously been married to Herbert Pomeroy Brown, a Wall Street broker.

[12] Ernesta was the daughter of Sturgis Drinker, one-time president of Lehigh University, and his wife, and descended from a family that traced its Philadelphia roots to the colonial period of William Penn.

As a child her beauty caught the eye of her aunt, painter Cecilia Beaux, and Ernesta became the subject of a number of her paintings.

[18] In the early 1920s Samuel Barlow fell in love with a charming French medieval village discovered while vacationing along the Mediterranean, midway between Nice and Monaco.

[19][20] After discussions with the village mayor, Barlow received permission to purchase a dozen or so houses that were clinging to the cliff's side.

[19][20] Samuel Latham Mitchell Barlow died on September 19, 1982, at the age of 90 at the Springfield Retirement Residence in Wyndmoor, Pennsylvania.