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Jul 17, 2024 · John Luther Adams (born January 23, 1953) is an American composer whose music is inspired by nature, especially the landscapes of Alaska, where he lived from 1978 to 2014. His orchestral work Become Ocean was awarded the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for Music .
Jul 10, 2024 · Adams uses a wide range of expressive media — electronic, percussion ensemble, orchestra, string quartet, choral, and more — to realize his music’s vast breadth of feelings and sounds, from formidably abstract to lush to ethereal to overpowering, and, especially lately, glowing with a grave beauty, shadowed by undertones of grief for civilizatio...
Jul 15, 2024 · Paavo Järvi and the Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich mightn’t be the first pairing one associates with the music of John Adams. But, as their new album – simply titled John Adams – attests, they’ve pretty much got the iconic American composer’s style down pat.
Jul 8, 2024 · John Luther Adams — United States Artists. The work of composer John Luther Adams is deeply rooted in his experience of the Alaskan landscape. He writes a wide variety of music, orchestral and electronic, for ensembles large and small.
3 days ago · 1776 is a musical with music and lyrics by Sherman Edwards and a book by Peter Stone. The show is based on the events leading up to the signing of the Declaration of Independence, telling a story of the efforts of John Adams to persuade his colleagues to vote for American independence and to sign the document.
3 days ago · John Adams is a 2008 American television miniseries chronicling U.S. Founding Father and president John Adams 's political life and his role in the founding of the United States. The miniseries was directed by Tom Hooper and starred Paul Giamatti in the title role.
Jul 5, 2024 · John Adams, the first vice president (1789–97) and second president (1797–1801) of the United States. He was an early advocate of American independence and a major figure in the Continental Congress. He was regarded as one of the most significant statesmen of the revolutionary era.
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