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The John Adams Reader: Essential Writings on an American Composer.(Book review)
The John Adams Reader: Essential Writings on an American Composer. Edited by Thomas May. Pompton Plains, NJ: Amadeus Press, 2006. [xviii, 455 p. ISBN 1-57467-132-4. $27.95.] Bibliographical references, indexes.
John Adams continues to impress me as one of the most distinctive American composers born after 1945. His earliest works to gain national attention--including the solo piano work Phrygian Gates; the opulent choral-orchestral score, Harmonium; and the near-uncategorizable Grand Pianola Music, for winds and brass, two solo pianos, and three solo female voices--gave a fine account of twenty-something minimalism with its clearly defined harmonic goals and ...
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