Larry Adler London. He became a star in the United Kingdom and the Empire, where, it has been written, harmonica sales increased 20-fold and 300,000 people joined fan clubs.". Adler was one of the first harmonica players to perform major works written for the instrument, often written for him: these include Jean Berger's "Concerto for Harmonica and Orchestra "Caribbean"" (1941), Cyril Scott's "Serenade" (harmonica and piano, 1936), Vaughan Williams' "Romance in D-flat" for harmonica, piano and string orchestra; premiered New York, 1952, Milhaud's "Suite Anglais" (Paris, May 28, 1947), Arthur Benjamin's Harmonica Concerto (1953), and Malcolm Arnold's Harmonica Concerto, Op. 46 (1954,
EWI (musical instrument) EWI (musical instrument) EWI (from electronic wind instrument, pronounced "EE-wee") is a type of wind controller, an electronic musical instrument. It was invented by Nyle Steiner, who conceptualized the idea in the 1960s, and developed the first working models in the 1970s. The early models consisted of two parts: a wind controller and a digitally-controlled analog synthesizer in a rackmount box (which also houses the instrument's electronics). Japanese company Akai took over the instrument from Steiner and released several models (with his design help). The current top models, EWI4000S and EWI5000, contain a built-in digital synthesizer and don't require an