Samuel Adler(1928)

The Sonata starts «gently moving»; this first part leads to «very fast». The whole thing looks clear and doable judging by the notation (almost entirely quarters, eighths and sixteenths; no special symbols). Yet it doesn't quite sound right. The remaining works (also the Concerto with the pretty titles «Gently flowing», «Slowly and freely» and «With verve and drive throughout») are not suited for laymen.