Born: Sunday, March 4, 1928 in Mannheim, Germany. Adler is considered an American Composer because he lived and worked in the United States from 1939 to the present. Adler was appointed chair of the Eastman School of Music in 1973.

Compositore tedesco naturalizzato americano nato a Mannheim nel 1928. Ha studiato con Walter Piston, Paul Hindemith, Aaron Copland e Randall Thompson.