Spiteful comment about rising American composer (6)

Independent Cryptic #11732 | 22 Down | 2024-05-17
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I haven't cracked this one yet — but the brilliant team at Fifteensquared have:

BARB (a spiteful comment), then RE (about = on the subject of) reversed (rising = upwards in a down clue). Samuel Barber, 20th century US composer. It’s very likely that you’ve heard his Adagio for Strings at some point, whether or not you recognise his name.

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