Description
John Coolidge Adams is an American composer with strong roots in minimalism. His best-known works include Short Ride in a Fast Machine, On the Transmigration of Souls, a choral piece commemorating the victims of the September 11, 2001 attacks, and Shaker Loops, a minimalist four-movement work for strings. His well-known operas include Nixon in China, which recounts Richard Nixon's 1972 visit to China, and Doctor Atomic, which covers Robert Oppenheimer, the Manhattan Project, and the building of the first atomic bomb. [More at Wikipedia]
Born
February 15th, 1947 in Worcester / Died: Jan 30th, 2023
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