Byron Adams

Byron Adam's Sonata for trumpet and piano was composed in 1983. The first movement is a modified sonata-allegro form, the second movement is a ricercar based on a single theme stated at the beginning...

Each movement of my suite 'Illuminations' was inspired by a poem by Arthur Rimbaud (1854-1891). The first movement ('...vieilles fanfares d'héroïsme') opens the suite in a festive manner; the second (...

Subtitled 'Suite Franþaise,' Le Jardin Provenþal consists of four movements, none of which describe a particular garden in Provence. The first movement is a brisk Ouverture in sonata form followed by...

For many years, I wanted to compose an homage to the great Czech-American composer Karel Husa (b. 1921), who was my composition teacher at Cornell University. I hesitated for a long time, as I was uns...

This piece was composed especially for the Cornell University Glee Club, and is dedicated to St. Maximilianis Kolbe, a Polish monk who was martyred during the Second World War. The initial inspiration...

The Concerto consists of three dramatically contrasting movements. The opening movement, which is designed as a modified sonata form, is restless, dramatic and impetuous. The second movement is an ele...

The Concerto consists of three dramatically contrasting movements. The opening movement, which is designed as a modified sonata form, is restless, dramatic and impetuous. The second movement is an ele...

The Concerto consists of three dramatically contrasting movements. The opening movement, which is designed as a modified sonata form, is restless, dramatic and impetuous. The second movement is an ele...

The Concerto consists of three dramatically contrasting movements. The opening movement, which is designed as a modified sonata form, is restless, dramatic and impetuous. The second movement is an ele...