b, 1891-1971 US, Baltimore
Musician / Composer of Classical
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; his father was a pupil of Ferruccio Busoni. He also served as a professional bassoonist in a number of orchestras, including the New York Philharmonic, the New York Symphony Society, the Rochester Symphony, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the San Francisco Symphony, and the Chicago Symphony. His music was once described as being "fuller of crabs than Chesapeake Bay".
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Title | Artist | Year | Type |
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Works of Carpenter, Gilbert, Weiss, Powell | Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, John Alden Carpenter, Henry F. Gilbert, Adolph Weiss, John Powell | 1977 | Album |
Lora: Concerto For Piano And Orchestra / Weiss: Theme And Variations For Orchestra | Antonio Lora, Eva Wollmann, Adolph Weiss, F. Charles Adler, The Vienna Orchestra | 1957 | Album |
String Quartet No. 6 In E/Trio For Clarinet, Viola And Cello | Ross Lee Finney, Adolph Weiss | 1957 | Album |