John Adams
Born: 15th February 1947, Worcester, Massachusetts, U.S.A
Nationality: American
John Coolidge Adams is an American composer and conductor whose music is rooted in minimalism. Among the most regularly performed composers of contemporary classical music, he is particularly noted for his operas, which are often centered around recent historical events. Apart from opera, his oeuvre includes orchestral, concertante, vocal, choral, chamber, electroacoustic and piano music.
Born in Worcester, Massachusetts, Adams grew up in a musical family, being regularly exposed to classical music, jazz, musical theatre and rock music. He attended Harvard University, studying with Kirchner, Sessions and Del Tredici among others.
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Recommended Sheet Music,
John Adams: Opera Choruses
Available for the first time, Boosey and Hawkes have published a three-volume collection of John Adams's opera choruses with piano accompaniment. Including choral selections from Doctor Atomic, Nixon in China, The Gospel According to the Other Mary, and more.
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All Works: Adams, J
- A Flowering Tree (3)
- A Flowering Tree: Flores (1)
- Absolute Jest (1)
- Am I in Your Light? (1)
- American Berserk (2001) (1)
- Batter My Heart (from Doctor Atomic) (1)
- Century Rolls (1)
- Chamber Symphony (1)
- China Gates (1)
- Choruses from The Death of Klinghoffer (1)
- City Noir (1)
- Doctor Atomic (2)
- Doctor Atomic Symphony (1)
- Doctor Atomic: At the Sight of This (1)
- Doctor Atomic: The End of June, 1945 (1)
- El Dorado (1)
- El Niño (2)
- El Niño: And He Slew All The Children (1)
- El Niño: For with God Nothing Shall be Impossible (1)
- El Niño: I Sing of a Maiden (1)
- El Niño: Woe Unto Them That Call Evil Good (1)
- Eros Piano (3)
- Fearful Symmetries (2)
- Gnarly Buttons for clarinet & ensemble (2)
- Grand Pianola Music (1)
- Hallelujah Junction (1)
- Harmonielehre (1)
- Harmonium (1)
- I was looking at the ceiling and then I saw the sky (1)
- John's Book of Alleged Dances (2)
- Lollapalooza (3)
- My Father Knew Charles Ives (1)
- Naive and Sentimental Music (1)
- Nixon in China (1)
- Nixon in China: Cheers (1)
- Nixon in China: Flesh Rebels (1)
- Nixon in China: Soldiers of Heaven (1)
- On The Transmigration of Souls (2)
- Phrygian Gates for solo piano (1)
- Postmark (from Fearful Symmetries) (1)
- Road Movies for violin & piano (1)
- Saxophone Concerto (1)
- Shaker Loops (1)
- Short Ride in a Fast Machine (6)
- Slonimsky's Earbox (2)
- Son of Chamber Symphony (1)
- String Quartet (1)
- The Chairman Dances (1)
- The Death of Klinghoffer (1)
- The Dharma at Big Sur (2)
- The Gospel According To The Other Mary: Drop Down, Ye Heavens (1)
- The Gospel According To The Other Mary: En Un Dia De Amor (1)
- The Gospel According To The Other Mary: Is It Spring (1)
- The Wound-Dresser (3)
- Tromba Lontana (1)
- Violin Concerto (2)
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Full Score piano and chamber orchestra...Sheet Music: $54.00
