Modern Music and After: Directions Since 1945
by Paul Griffiths
Period: Late 20th Century
Born: Tuesday, December 20, 1932 in Cleveland, Ohio (USA)
As of June 2004 this composer is still living.
To report updated information, please see the Contact Info page.
Nation of Origin: United States
Major Works:
Other Information:
H. Leslie Adams is well and working as of summer, 2004. He recently
completed "Quartet in D Flat for Strings" in four movements, and
numerous piano etudes and art songs.
In April, 2004 he and Pianist Maria Corley gave several presentations at
The Juilliard School in New York City. This event coincided with the
"grand opening" of the new all-Adams CD, "Twelve Etudes" (Albany
Records, Catalog Troy639) featuring Corley.
This CD takes its place as a companion to "Love Rejoices: Songs of H.
Leslie Adams" (Albany Records, Catalog Troy428) featuring Darryl Taylor,
tenor, which is in its second edition.
In June, 2002, he had just
completed two new art songs and a sixteenth piano etude. His career is
flourishing, having enjoyed over 50 major performances worldwide since
fall of 2001. His CD, "Love Rejoices: Songs of H. Leslie Adams"
(featuring Tenor Darryl Taylor; Albany Records, #Troy428) was cited by
music critic John Boyer (American Record Guide, 2002) as "Critic's
Choice for One the Best Recordings of 2001." In April, 2002, Adams was
Guest Composer at Tufts University (at Medford, MA) Millersville
University (at Lancaster, PA) and the NANM Central Region Conference (at
Detroit, MI). In the Calendar section of his Home Page are listed
current available reference citations. The H. Leslie Adams - Composer
Home Page at www.HLeslieAdams.com offers an extensive amount of
information on this leading American composer.
General Bibliography:
Kennedy, Michael, The Oxford Dictionary of Music, Oxford University Press, 2nd Edition, 1997, ISBN: 0198691629
Lampert, Vera; Kemp, Ian; and White, Eric Walter, The New Grove Modern Masters (The New Grove Series), W. W. Norton & Company, November 1997, ISBN: 0393315924
Sadie, Stanley and Tyrrell, John; Editors, The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, Groves Dictionaries, Inc., January 2001, ISBN: 1561592390
Slonimsky, Nicolas and Kuhn, Laura; Editors, Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians, Gale Group, December 2000, ISBN: 0028655257
Slonimsky, Nicolas, Music Since 1900, Schirmer Books, July 1994, ISBN: 0028724186
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