Adolph Weiss (
Baltimore
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, Maryland, November 12, 1891 –
Van Nuys, California
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History
In 1909, ...
, February 21, 1971) was an American composer. A modernist, he was a pupil of
Arnold Schoenberg in
Vienna
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from 1924 to 1927; 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
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, 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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References
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External links
Notes, autobiographyAdolph Weiss papers
at the University of Maryland Libraries
American male composers
American classical bassoonists
1891 births
1971 deaths
Musicians from Baltimore
20th-century American composers
20th-century American male musicians
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