Accessible to adventurous intermediate players and yet rewarding for advanced pianists too, Samuel Adler's Music for the Young (and the Young at Heart) breathes new life into the familiar, welcoming w...
(A tribute to Aaron Copland on his 80th birthday) for Piano Solo
Eight short pieces introducing the young pianist to techniques used in twen.
Adler's Fantasy was composed for his former student Michael Brown, who premiered the work at Juilliard at an all-Adler concert to honor the composer's 85th birthday. The one movement work begins with...
A cycle of four short piano solos to various dedicatees. First is the slow Homage to Satie; followed by Toccata con furore; notated as 'fast and furious.' A Valse sans Tristesse ('Happily') and Chroma...
This collection of shorter piano pieces comprises five diverse studies for five different friends on five different occasions, special gifts for special people in Adler's life.
Adler considers the poems of a young Selma Meerbaum-Eisinger; who would become a victim of the Holocaust at the age of only 18. Her poems express an optimistic view of humanity and nature; despite the...
