Composed by Samuel Adler. For piano solo. Contemporary. Score and Part. St...(+)
Composed by Samuel Adler.
For piano solo.
Contemporary. Score and
Part. Standard Notation.
8
pages. Duration 6
minutes.
Published by Theodore
Presser Company
For Viola and Orchestra. By Samuel Adler. For Viola Solo, Piano. This edition: S...(+)
For Viola and Orchestra.
By Samuel Adler. For
Viola Solo, Piano. This
edition: Solo Part and
Piano Reduction.
Classical. Solo Part with
Piano Reduction. Composed
1998. 33 pages. Duration
23:00. Published by
Theodore Presser Company.
(Solo Violin). By Samuel Adler. Solo instrument. For Violin. Premiere: Zvi Zeitl...(+)
(Solo Violin). By Samuel
Adler. Solo instrument.
For Violin. Premiere: Zvi
Zeitlin, New York, 1977.
Contemporary. Solo part.
Standard notation.
Composed DECEMBER 1975. 4
pages. Duration 8
minutes. Published by
Carl Fischer . solo
part. contemporary.
Composed by Samuel Adler. For violin and piano. Contemporary. Score and Part. St...(+)
Composed by Samuel Adler.
For violin and piano.
Contemporary. Score and
Part. Standard Notation.
10 pages. Duration 4
minutes. Published by
Theodore Presser Company
For
Orchestra. Composed
by Ludwig van Beethoven.
Arranged by Samuel Adler.
This edition:
Orchestration by Samuel
Adler. Sws. Classical.
Full score. With Standard
notation. Composed 2015.
44 pages. Duration 10
minutes. Theodore Presser
Company #416-41545.
Published by Theodore
Presser Company
(PR.416415450).
UPC:
680160632695. 8.5x11
inches. Key: C major.
Orchestration by Samuel
Adler.
Chamber Music String Quartet SKU: PR.114416260 Composed by Samuel Adler. ...(+)
Chamber Music String
Quartet
SKU:
PR.114416260
Composed
by Samuel Adler.
Contemporary. Set of
Score and Parts. With
Standard notation.
Composed August 19 2013.
36+16+12+12+12 pages.
Duration 15 minutes.
Theodore Presser Company
#114-41626. Published by
Theodore Presser Company
(PR.114416260).
ISBN
9781491101070. UPC:
680160620043. 9 x 12
inches.
Adler's
milestone String Quartet
No. 10 was composed for
the Cassatt String
Quartet for performance
at the Bowdoin
International Music
Festival's 50th
Anniversary season in
2014. Built in a single
movement of contrasting
sections, Adler's 10th
will continue to be
featured in upcoming
concerts by the Cassatt
Quartet, including a
performance in Beijing in
July. The String
Quartet No. 10 was
written in 2013 for the
50th anniversary of the
Bowdoin International
Summer Music Festival and
is dedicated to the
Cassatt Quartet who
premiered the work during
the 50th anniversary
celebration in July 2014.
 The work was written
with a generous grant
from the Fromm Music
Foundation.The 10th
String Quartet is in one
continuous movement but
divided into four
sections. Â The first
section is a slow
introduction which
presents the basic
harmonic material of the
entire work. Â This is
suddenly interrupted by a
very agitated movement
forming a great contrast
to the calm of the
beginning. Â This
rhythmic drive comes to a
stop and is relieved by
the third section which
is a variation of the
beginning, but is a bit
longer and more
developed. Â This is
followed by the final
section which again
captures the agitation of
the second section and
brings the work to a wild
and most aggressive
end.—Samuel
Adler.
(Father to Son: A Hugo Chaim Adler & Samuel Adler Solo Collection). By Samuel Ad...(+)
(Father to Son: A Hugo
Chaim Adler & Samuel
Adler Solo Collection).
By Samuel Adler.
Transcontinental Music
Folios. Softcover. 114
pages. Transcontinental
Music #993357. Published
by Transcontinental Music
Chamber Music violin, piano SKU: PR.114418650 A Klezmer Concerto. ...(+)
Chamber Music violin,
piano
SKU:
PR.114418650
A
Klezmer Concerto.
Composed by Noah
Bendix-Balgley. Arranged
by Samuel Adler. Set of
Score and Parts. With
Standard notation. 48+28
pages. Theodore Presser
Company #114-41865.
Published by Theodore
Presser Company
(PR.114418650).
UPC:
680160642977. 9.5 x 13
inches.
Bendix-Balg
ley is a major young
talent, currently serving
as first concertmaster in
the Berlin Philharmonic.
Klezmer music was a
background for his
childhood and has been an
influence in his life
ever since. Upon writing
his very own Klezmer
Concerto, Bendix-Balgley
was delighted to have the
master of orchestration,
Samuel Adler, produce
performance versions for
both full orchestra and a
fully-realized piano
reduction. Formerly
concertmaster with the
Pittsburgh Symphony
Orchestra, Bendix-Balgley
performed the premiere of
this PSO-commissioned
work in June, 2016 with
the PSO, Maestro Manfred
Honeck conducting.
Adler's piano reduction
of the work is now
available.
Organ SKU: PL.PPM02159M Composed by Samuel Adler. Score. Paraclete Press ...(+)
Organ
SKU:
PL.PPM02159M
Composed
by Samuel Adler. Score.
Paraclete Press
#PPM02159M. Published by
Paraclete Press
(PL.PPM02159M).
A heroic new
organ solo by Samuel
Adler, this substantial
work was written for the
dedication of the St.
Cecilia organ at the
Church of the
Transfiguration in
Orleans, MA. Adler has
used the vivid fresco
images of shofars in the
church as inspiration for
this work, which marks
the opening of Rosh
Hashana. The variety of
trumpets and tubas on
this organ also play a
substantial part in the
variety of sounds. An
exciting fanfare and
Allegro is followed by a
beautiful chant-like
section as contrast. A
brilliant toccata on the
opening material follows,
bringing the work to a
thunderous conclusion.
This is a thrilling
concert piece for a
festive occasion.
Chamber Music Violin 1, Violin 2, Viola, Cello, Piano SKU: PR.11441123S C...(+)
Chamber Music Violin 1,
Violin 2, Viola, Cello,
Piano
SKU:
PR.11441123S
Composed
by Samuel Adler. Score.
With Standard notation.
Theodore Presser Company
#114-41123S. Published by
Theodore Presser Company
(PR.11441123S).
UPC:
680160016303. 8.5 x 11
inches.
The Quintet
for Piano and String
Quartet was written for
the American String
Quartet in the summer of
2000. It is in one
movement but has two
distinct parts. The first
is a slow movement
characterized by dotted
rhythms. It is a fantasy
with some long flowing
lines interrupted by
short fragments usually
in the piano. After a
rather agitated section
in 6/8 time, this section
comes to a quiet close on
a G-sharp major chord.
The second section of
this thirteen-minute work
is marked Fast and
Energetic. It begins with
chords that recur
throughout the movement
and after two measures a
long main theme is
introduced which is
developed and altered
during the rest of the
fast portion of the work.
One could call this
second part a sort of
rondo form since this
long lyrical theme
returns always after
contrasts. When it does
return, it is treated
often by means of
imitation, but at the
climax returns played in
unison by the strings
while the piano renders
an energetic sixteenth
note background. The work
ends on an E-flat major
chord though the piece is
certainly not in any one
key, but rather features
quick modulations. One
might call this non-tonal
music which nevertheless
always feels like it has
a tonal center. --Samuel
Adler.
Chamber Music String Quartet SKU: PR.11441626S Composed by Samuel Adler. ...(+)
Chamber Music String
Quartet
SKU:
PR.11441626S
Composed
by Samuel Adler.
Contemporary. Full score.
With Standard notation.
Composed August 19 2013.
36 pages. Duration 15
minutes. Theodore Presser
Company #114-41626S.
Published by Theodore
Presser Company
(PR.11441626S).
UPC:
680160620067. 9 x 12
inches.
The String
Quartet No. 10 was
written in 2013 for the
50th anniversary of the
Bowdoin International
Summer Music Festival and
is dedicated to the
Cassatt Quartet who
premiered the work during
the 50th anniversary
celebration in July 2014.
 The work was written
with a generous grant
from the Fromm Music
Foundation.The 10th
String Quartet is in one
continuous movement but
divided into four
sections. Â The first
section is a slow
introduction which
presents the basic
harmonic material of the
entire work. Â This is
suddenly interrupted by a
very agitated movement
forming a great contrast
to the calm of the
beginning. Â This
rhythmic drive comes to a
stop and is relieved by
the third section which
is a variation of the
beginning, but is a bit
longer and more
developed. Â This is
followed by the final
section which again
captures the agitation of
the second section and
brings the work to a wild
and most aggressive
end.—Samuel
Adler.
Chamber Music Guitar, Violin 1, Violin 2 SKU: PR.114407260 A Mediterra...(+)
Chamber Music Guitar,
Violin 1, Violin 2
SKU: PR.114407260
A Mediterranean
Suite. Composed by
Samuel Adler. Set of
Score and Parts. With
Standard notation.
24+16+16+12 pages.
Duration 14 minutes.
Theodore Presser Company
#114-40726. Published by
Theodore Presser Company
(PR.114407260).
UPC:
680160011209.
Ports
of Call, a suite of five
movements for two violins
and guitar was written
for the Trio Triento for
their New York debut.
Composed in the Summer of
1992, it was premiered in
April 1993. 1992 was the
500th anniversary of the
1492 expulsion of the
Jews from Spain and, of
course, Columbus' trip to
America. To commemorate
these important events, I
was commissioned by
organizations in 20 major
cities to write an
oratorio. The result was
Ever Since Babylon. The
musical material was
greatly influenced by
tunes from around the
Mediterranean region.
These Sephardic melodies
took on treat meaning for
me, and I took five of
them and expanded them
into these five pieces
which are actually
dances. I felt that the
combination of two
violins and guitar lent
itself well as a vehicle
for this music. The names
of the cities are used
because the tunes
originated in these
particular locations.
Marseille, a typical
provencale dance with
naturally changing meters
and a light, airy, touch.
Alexandria, much more
mysterious and languid,
reflecting the heat and
inertia of that glorious
city in slow though
sometimes steady
movement. Salonika, a
wild dance in typical
Greek fashion celebrating
a holiday with abandon.
The whirling movement
goes relentlessly from
beginning to end. Haifa
is represented by two
beautiful chant-like
pastoral tunes which
introduce the beauty and
luminous quality of this,
one of the most beautiful
parts in the Eastern
Mediterranean. Valencia,
the last, a tribute to
medieval Spain. The music
is a culmination of the
influences of the three
great cultures, Moslem,
Christian, and Jewish,
which flourished there
for hundreds of years. It
is an uplifting dance
with just a tinge of
sadness in the center,
since the Golden Age of
which the tune was a
part, had come to a
tragic end in 1492.
--Samuel Adler.
Chamber Music harp SKU: PR.110406720 Composed by Samuel Adler. Classical....(+)
Chamber Music harp
SKU: PR.110406720
Composed by Samuel Adler.
Classical. Softcover.
With Standard notation.
Duration 14 minutes.
Theodore Presser Company
#110-40672. Published by
Theodore Presser Company
(PR.110406720).
UPC:
680160001316.
I
have always been fond of
writing works for
specific people or
organizations. It has
been my good fortune
during most of my
creative career to be
asked to compose for many
extraordinary performers.
The Sonata for
Harpsichord Solo is such
a case in point: it was
written in 1982 for
Barbara Harbach, a superb
performer, close friend,
and collaborator on many
musical projects. The
Sonata was premiered on
March 2, 1984, in a
recital given by Dr.
Harbach at Nazareth
College in Rochester, New
York. During my formative
years as a composer, one
seldom heard of the
harpsichord as a modern
instrument, though while
I attended undergraduate
school at Boston
University, some of us
banded together to
construct a small
harpsichord from one of
the first do-it-yourself
kits which began to
appear in the late '40s.
It was also during this
time that I heard the
Sonatina for Violin and
Harpsichord by my teacher
Walter Piston and
consequently specified
that the accompanying
instrument for my second
violin sonata could
either be a piano or a
harpsichord. It was not
until recently, however,
that my interest in the
harpsichord as a solo
instrument for new music
was aroused. This was
because of the emergence
of so many young
virtuosi, such as Barbara
Harbach, who are
interested in the
performance of new music
besides the great
harpsichord music of the
Classical, Baroque, and
pre-Baroque eras. The
keyboard music of
Domenico Scarlatti has
always intrigued and
fascinated me. The
brevity, excitement, and
clarity of this sparkling
music is charming as well
as exhilarating. It is
this type of Baroque
sonata that inspired the
conception and form of my
harpsichord sonata. The
entire work is loosely
based on the musical
translation of Barabara
Harbach's name,
especially the conflict
of the B (B-flat) and H
(B-natural in German
notation). This secondo
rub or dissonance
especially pervades the
first movement, which is
in a modified sonata
form, pitting jagged and
tense melodic elements
against most lyrical and
smooth lines. This second
movement is a song-like
melody accompanied by
rolled chords which may
be played on the lute
stop of the instrument if
this sonata is performed
on a two-manual
harpsichord. The final
movement is an
ever-driving joyous
toccata which brings the
work to an exciting close
with a coda made up of
accelerating repeated
chords. --Samuel
Adler.