COMPOSER

Samuel Adler

1928 - Today

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Samuel Hans Adler (born March 4, 1928) is an American composer, conductor, author, and professor. During the course of a professional career which ranges over six decades he has served as a faculty member at both the University of Rochester's Eastman School of Music and the Juilliard School. In addition, he is credited with founding and conducting the Seventh Army Symphony Orchestra which participated in the cultural diplomacy initiatives of the United States in Germany and throughout Europe in the aftermath of World War II. Adler's musical catalogue includes over 400 published compositions. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Samuel Adler has received more than 6,818 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Samuel Adler is the 1,358th most popular composer (down from 1,301st in 2019), the 5,499th most popular biography from Germany (down from 4,951st in 2019) and the 177th most popular German Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Samuel Adler ranks 1,358 out of 1,451. Before him are Klaus Egge, George Alexander Macfarren, Jerry Herman, Lennox Berkeley, John Stainer, and Humphrey Searle. After him are Magnus Lindberg, Shirley Walker, Edmund Rubbra, Stephen Schwartz, Abel Korzeniowski, and Arne Nordheim.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Samuel Adler ranks 535. Before him are Malachi Throne, Jean E. Sammet, Władysław Hasior, Cy Young, Ernestine Anderson, and Imre Hódos. After him are Stig Sjölin, Vanessa Brown, Vern Mikkelsen, Cynthia Ozick, Ivan Kizimov, and Vasile Tiță.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Samuel Adler ranks 5,499 out of 7,253. Before him are Lars Bender (1989), Willi Koslowski (1937), Günter Hermann (1960), Ossi Reichert (1925), Petra Roth (1944), and Tabea Zimmermann (1966). After him are Anna-Maria Müller (1949), Peter Schamoni (1934), Jürgen Heinsch (1940), Rudi Hoffmann (1935), Hans-Werner Gessmann (1950), and Jürgen Kissner (1942).

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Among COMPOSERS In Germany

Among composers born in Germany, Samuel Adler ranks 177. Before him are Johanna Kinkel (1810), Lukas Foss (1922), Kurt Thomas (1904), Udo Zimmermann (1943), Hauschka (1966), and Alexander Goehr (1932). After him are Ludger Stühlmeyer (1961), Gus Kahn (1886), and Masashi Hamauzu (1971).

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