Peter H. Adams Biography

 

 

Mr. Adams resides in Redwood City, California, half way between San Francisco and San Jose. He has been composing classical music since he was 18. Many of these piece can be found on this website. He has been performing on the viola da gamba since 1975. His viola da gamba teachers include Carol Herman and Tina Chauncy. In 1981, Mr. Adams received a Bachelor’s degree from the University of Maryland, College Park in Music History. He completed graduate courses in Organology at the University of South Dakota, Vermillion, and took Library Science courses at the University of Maryland, College Park. Mr. Adams has worked at the Library of Congress, Music Division, the Smithsonian Institution, the National Gallery of Art, and the Crystal City, Virginia Patent Office Library. In California, he worked for Gale Group as a Content Editor.

 

Mr. Adams is currently offering for sale music he has either composed or edited. Lists of this music can be found in the Home Page under "Viola da gamba music" and under "My music". Sheet music of his viola da gamba editions can be purchased from Boulder Early at BEMS.com. Mr. Adams has assembled A Selected Bibliography of Historic Musical Instrument Trade Catalogs which appears on this website. He is currently working on An Annotated Index of Selected Articles from The Musical Courier. This project has been in preparation for almost 20 years and will provide bibliographic access to this major 19th century trade publication that documents almost all aspects of the U.S. music industry. Projected page count is 3,200 pages of text.

 

Mr. Adams is the author of:

Antique Brasswind Instruments. An Identification and Price Guide.

Antique Woodwind Instruments. An Identification and Price Guide.

 

Mr. Adams is also the author of articles that appear in the American Musical Instrument Society Newsletter.

 

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