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The AMS regrets to announce that former AMS member, Barbara Heyman, passed away on 9 May 2025 in St. Louis, Missouri at the age of 91.

Heyman held a PhD in Music History from The Graduate School of New York City. She wrote Samuel Barber: The Composer and His Music and published a thematic catalogue of Barber’s work. The Library of Congress houses the complete Barbara Heyman Research Materials on Samuel Barber.

For more information about the life and works of Barbara Heyman, we invite you to read her obituary.

Barbara Heyman
Barbara Heyman