A Performer's Guide to the Piano Music of Samuel Adler

Preface

Acknowledgments

A Note to the User of This Book

Samuel Adler: A Biographical Sketch

Interview with Samuel Adler

Introduction

1. Pedagogical Volumes
Gradus Books I and II (1971)
Gradus Book III (1981)
The Sense of Touch (1982)

2. Solo Works through 2000
Capriccio (1954)
Sonata Breve (1963)
Canto VIII (1973)
Sonatina (1979)
"Thy Song Expands My Spirit" (1980)
The Road to Terpsichore: A Suite of Dances (1989)
Three Piano Preludes (1999-2000)

3. Solo Works since 2001
Four Composer Portraits (2001)
Festschrift (2007)
Fantasy for Piano (2013)
Four Choreographies (2017)
Five Short Occasional Pieces (2018)
"Bagatelle for Jürgen" (2020)
Variation on "America the Beautiful" (2020)
Music for the Young and the Young at Heart (2021)

4. For Two Pianos
Duo Sonata for Two Pianos (1983)

5. For Piano and Orchestra
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra (no. 1) (1983)
Second Piano Concerto (1996)
Piano Concerto no. 3 for Piano and String Orchestra (2003)

Appendix 1: Piano Music Graded Approximately according to Technical Difficulty
Appendix 2: Chamber Works with Piano
Appendix 3: Partial List of Works for Voice and Piano, Selected by the Composer
Appendix 4: Works for Other Keyboard Instruments
Appendix 5: Chronological Representative Selection of Adler Works for Other Instruments and Ensembles

Selected Bibliography

Index

About the Author