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Adams, John Coolidge
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Biography, selected discography, work list, reviews, upcoming performances.
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John Adams Biography Adams is one of the best known and most often performed of America's composers. As Andrew Porter wrote in The New Yorker, Adams is the creator of a flexible new language capable of producing large-scale works that are both attractive...Biography, discography.
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John Adams California where he taught and conducted at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music for ten years. His innovative concerts led to his appointment firstly as contemporary music advisor to the San Francisco Symphony, and then as the orchestra's composer-in-residence between...Official site. Biography, list of works with program notes, photographs, interviews, articles, essays, upcoming performances, links, news, and discography.
http://www.earbox.com/
Twelve interviews with the composer with many links embedded in the text.
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NewMusicBox: Issue 21 January 2001 ...(1947- ) Biography.
http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0802436.html
Picture and biography.
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Composer Biography Adams, John He became interested in electronics (Onyx, 1976 then, influenced by Reich, turned to minimalism. His works, in an elegant minimalist style, include Shaker Loops for strings (1978 Harmonium for orchestra with choir (1981 the exuberant, parodistic Grand Pianola Music (1982...List of works and bibliography.
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Adams, Leslie To report updated information, please see the Contact Info page. Nation of Origin: United States CLICK HERE for CDs of this composer. CLICK HERE for Books about this composer. CLICK HERE for Sheet Music by this composer. Major Works: Other...Remarks on "Nixon in China" and "The Death of Klinghoffer."
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James Wierzbicki John Adams China as anything but heavy satire composer John Adams said about his initial response to Peter Sellars proposal.Until its recent world premiere at Houston's new Wortham Center opera house, almost everyone who had heard about Nixon in China reacted in...Educational background, styles and genres, and significant compositions from the Grove Concise Dictionary of Music entry at WQXR radio.
http://www.wqxr.com/cgi-bin/iowa...la/learning/grove.html?record=70
He discusses the creative process, his early days, branding, Naive and Sentimental Music, minimalism, Shaker Loops, scales, computer automation of composition, and other topics. Interviewed by Robert Davidson.
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A Vast Synthesising Approach Interview with composer John Adams I compose is to take a cluster of sound, like a handful of paint. First of all I give it some kind of rhythmic impetus, and then I let it go forward. There's a sense of a vehicle travelling forward...Listing at the Lied and Art Songs Text Page with selected lyrics.
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John Adams (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, Mélodies, Chansons and other Classical Vocal Music) Translators and other volunteers Contact Information Copyright Statement Partial Bibliography Emily's Homepage Emily's Amazon wishlist Please visit Artsconverge, a Lieder-related web-project on which I once did some work. Composer: John Adams (1947 Alphabetic listing of musical settings [warning not exhaustive...Filmography noting movies and television programs scored and those using his works from the Internet Movie Database.
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1094302/
Biographical sketch, commentary on his stage and orchestral works, and Naxos discography.
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Naxos.com, Your World of Classical Music National Sites Australia Canada China Denmark Finland France Germany Hong Kong Japan New Zealand Norway Sweden UK USA img name FAQ_button border 0 title FAQ src images/new2/topmenu...Wikipedia article with biographical and musical information, internal references to related people and topics, list of notable works, and links.
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John Coolidge Adams Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia California where he taught and conducted at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music for ten years. His innovative concerts led to his appointment firstly as contemporary music adviser to the San Francisco Symphony, and then as the orchestra's composer-in-residence between...