Adler, Samuel (Hans)
(*1928)
Adler, Samuel (Hans). Mannheim, Germany, 4 March 1928 As a child, Adler began violin studies before emigrating with his family to the United States in January 1939, where he studied composition privately with Herbert Fromm (1941–46). At Boston University (1946–48) he was a pupil of Hugo Norden and Karl Geiringer. Later at Harvard University (1948–50) he studied with Walter Piston and Randall Thompson. He was also a composition pupil of Aaron Copland and Paul Hindemith, and at Tanglewood (1949…