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- In 1927 Adler won the Maryland National Harmonica Championship, playing a Beethoven minuet. The following year in New York City he accompanied early motion-picture cartoons and performed vaudeville routines dressed as a vagabond. He had played in both musicals and motion pictures before he was invited to play with an orchestra.
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Lawrence Cecil Adler (February 10, 1914 [1] – August 6, 2001) was an American harmonica player and film composer. Known for playing major works, he played compositions by George Gershwin , Ralph Vaughan Williams , Malcolm Arnold , Darius Milhaud and Arthur Benjamin .
Larry Adler (born February 10, 1914, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.—died August 7, 2001, London, England) was an American harmonica player generally considered to be responsible for the elevation of the mouth organ to concert status in the world of classical music.
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Born Lawrence Cecil Adler on February 10, 1914, in Baltimore, MD; died on August 6, 2001, in London, England; son of Louis (a plumber) and Sadie Hack Adler (a homemaker); married Eileen Walser, 1938; divorced, 1959; married Sally Cline, 1967; divorced, 1976; children: (with Walser) Carole, Peter, and Wendy; (with Cline) Katelyn. Mastered piano and ...
Live at the Ballroom, Newport Classic, 1986. Larry Adler in the Thirties, Living Era, 1995. The Great Larry Adler, Flapper, 1996. Rhapsody in Blue, Empress Recording Company, 1996. Harmonica Virtuoso, Legacy International, 1997.
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Reuters, August 7, 2001. Washington Post, August 8, 2001, p. B6.
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“Artist Biography: Larry Adler,”Musicplex, http://www.musicplex.com/c_listen_artistbio.cfm?aid=6209 (October 1, 2001). “Larry Adler: Biography,”Yahoo! Music, http://musicfinder.yahoo.com/shop?d=hc&id=1800209212&cf=11&intl=us (September 12, 2001). —Don Amerman
Aug 13, 2001 · Most famous of all was George Gershwin, who, after hearing Adler perform his most famous work, Rhapsody In Blue, advised Adler that it sounded as if it had been written for his mouth organ, high praise indeed, and a statement that was instantly added to Adler anecdote file for many frequent future repeats.
Aug 11, 2001 · Larry Adler, who died on August 6th aged 87, wasn't just the world's best-known player of the mouth organ (he did not like the word "harmonica"), he was the man who gave it dignity.
Aug 9, 2001 · We remember the world best known player of the mouth organ, Larry Adler. He died recently at the age of 87. He got started on vaudeville, and went on to perform with Fred Astaire, George...
Aug 6, 2001 · Arguably the best-known mouth organist in the world, Adler’s music for the 1953 classic film Genevieve thrust him into the spotlight in England, his adopted home. Lawrence Cecil Adler was born in...
