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Adolph Weiss – John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation… Fellow: Awarded 1932. Field of Study: Music Composition. Competition: US & Canada. As published in the Foundation’s Report for 1931–32: WEISS, ADOLPH: Appointed for creative work in musical composition, abroad; tenure, twelve months from July 15, 1932.
Adolph Weiss. Biography. "Weiss's music displays the tenuity of feeling, the inclination from the American soil, invariably accompanying an eclectic style." -1929 publication. (Baltimore, Maryland, November 12, 1891 – Van Nuys, California, February 21, 1971) was an American composer.
COMPOSERS. Adolph Weiss (Baltimore, Maryland, November 12, 1891 – Van Nuys, California, February 21, 1971) was an American composer. personal website. Featured Works. American Life, Scherzoso Jazzoso for Large Orchestra (Adolph Weiss) Year Written: 1928. ACO Event: listen & more.
Weiss AdolphWeiss, Adolph, American composer and bassoonist; b. Baltimore, Sept. 12,1891; d. Van Nuys, Calif., Feb. 21, 1971. He studied piano, violin, and bassoon, and at the age of 16 was engaged as 1st bassoonist of the Russian Sym. Orch. of N.Y.; then joined the N.Y. Phil. (1909) and the N.Y. Sym. Orch. (1910).
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Adolph Weiss (Baltimore, Maryland, November 12, 1891 – Van Nuys, California, February 21, 1971) was an American composer. A modernist, he was a pupil of Arnold Schoenberg in Vienna from 1924 to 1927; his father was a pupil of Ferruccio Busoni.
Adolph Weiss. Prized Composers is designed to highlight the wind works of distinguished, prize-winning composers, for the advancement of quality repertoire in the field of wind music.
