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Born in [[the Bronx]], [[New York (state)|New York]] and educated at [[Yale University]], his classical compositions include over 200 orchestral, vocal and chamber works, among them 13 symphonies and 35 string quartets (including one unnumbered). In 1935 he moved to Philadelphia where he studied composition with [[Rosario Scalero]]. He was also a founding member of the [[American Composers Alliance]]<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=sZY5AAAAIAAJ] | ''Bulletin:'' American Composers Alliance, 1959</ref> (of which [[Aaron Copland]] was the first president); involved extensively with [[The Curtis Institute of Music]]; a board member of the [[League of Composers]]; Director of the [[Philadelphia Music Center]]<ref>[http://www.newworldrecords.org/uploads/filenv0aA.pdf Liner notes: Music For Orchestra, 1965.]</ref> and active in the US civil rights movement. He married Elena Watnik (1913–2005),<ref>[[Social Security Death Index]]; Elena Adolphus; 161-07-0736</ref> and had a son, Stephen Harris Adolphus.<ref>{{cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Helene Sashin, Stephen Adolphus |url= |quote=Helene Joyce Sashin, a vice president of the NPD Group, a market research company in Port Washington, N.Y., is to be married today to Stephen Harris Adolphus, the dean of the school of general studies at Touro College in New York. Rabbi Charles Lippman is to perform the ceremony at the Manhattan Penthouse.&nbsp;... Mr. Adolphus is also the vice president for community education at Touro. He graduated from [[Yale University]], from which he also received a master's degree in urban studies. He is the son of Elena Adolphus of [[Harrisburg, Pennsylvania]], and the late Milton Adolphus, a classical composer who was a founding member of the American Composers' Alliance, which supports contemporary works. The bridegroom's previous marriage ended in divorce |publisher=[[New York Times]] |date= |accessdate=2007-08-21 }}</ref>

 

 

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