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Samuel Adler

1928 - Today

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Samuel Hans Adler (born March 4, 1928) is a German-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. He has been honored with several awards including Germany's Order of Merit – Officer's Cross. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Samuel Adler is the 1,367th most popular composer (down from 1,358th in 2024), the 5,646th most popular biography from Germany (down from 5,498th in 2019) and the 176th most popular German Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Samuel Adler ranks 1,367 out of 1,451. Before him are Kaoru Wada, Roy Harris, Igor Nikolayev, Eubie Blake, Christian Wolff, and George Perle. After him are Zlatan Stipišić Gibonni, Hans Abrahamsen, Angus MacLise, John Stainer, Ray Noble, and Fred Ebb.

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Among people born in 1928, Samuel Adler ranks 550. Before him are Arthur Foulkes, Dagmar Rom, Ottavio Bugatti, Shiro Hashizume, Balakh Sher Mazari, and Cynthia Ozick. After him are Lloyd Ruby, Kanu Sanyal, Vern Mikkelsen, Vilayat Khan, George Maharis, and Maureen Gardner.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Samuel Adler ranks 5,649 out of 7,253. Before him are Hans-Peter Friedrich (1957), Nadja Auermann (1971), Maxi Gnauck (1964), Peter Duesberg (1936), Peter Thomsen (1961), and Heiko Westermann (1983). After him are Ernst Klodwig (1903), Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud (1974), Alexander Zorniger (1967), Jürgen Rüttgers (1951), Anke Huber (1974), and Marco Pezzaiuoli (1968).

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Among COMPOSERS In Germany

Among composers born in Germany, Samuel Adler ranks 176. Before him are Robert Franz (1815), Melchior Vulpius (1570), Ludwig Abeille (1761), Klaus Badelt (1967), Kurt Thomas (1904), and Udo Zimmermann (1943). After him are Alexander Goehr (1932), Ludger Stühlmeyer (1961), Gus Kahn (1886), and Masashi Hamauzu (1971).

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