Born in the Bronx, New York and educated at Yale University, his classical compositions include over 200 orchestral, vocal and chamber works, among them 13 symphonies and 31 string quartets. In 1935 he moved to Philadelphia where he studied composition with Rosario Scalero. He was also a founding member of the American Composers Alliance (of which Aaron Copland was the first president); involved extensively with The Curtis Institute of Music; and active in the US civil rights movement. He married Elena Watnik (1913-2005), and had a son, Stephen Harris Adolphus.
In 1938, he moved to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania where he worked for the Department of Labor and Industry of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania until his retirement in West Harwich, Massachusetts, where he organized the Chatham Unitarian Universalist Fellowship. He died in Harwich, Massachusetts on August 16, 1988.
In 1938, he moved to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania where he worked for the Department of Labor and Industry of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania until his retirement in West Harwich, Massachusetts, where he organized the Chatham Unitarian Universalist Fellowship. He died in Harwich, Massachusetts on August 16, 1988.
Born in the Bronx, New York and educated at Yale University, his classical compositions include over 200 orchestral, vocal and chamber works, among them 13 symphonies and 31 string quartets. In 1935 he moved to Philadelphia where he studied composition with Rosario Scalero. He was also a founding member of the American Composers Alliance (of which Aaron Copland was the first president); involved extensively with The Curtis Institute of Music; and active in the US civil rights movement. He married Elena Watnik (1913-2005), and had a son, Stephen Harris Adolphus.
In 1938, he moved to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania where he worked for the Department of Labor and Industry of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania until his retirement in West Harwich, Massachusetts, where he organized the Chatham Unitarian Universalist Fellowship. He died in Harwich, Massachusetts on August 16, 1988.
In 1938, he moved to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania where he worked for the Department of Labor and Industry of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania until his retirement in West Harwich, Massachusetts, where he organized the Chatham Unitarian Universalist Fellowship. He died in Harwich, Massachusetts on August 16, 1988.
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