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John Adams and Minimalism
John Adams
When and where did musical Minimalism originate?
Minimalism was not confined to music. In what other art form did it become a major movement at approximately the same time?
What characteristics did visual and musical Minimalism have in common?
Which four American composers are generally regarded as the pioneers of musical Minimalism?
Why is Terry Riley’s groundbreaking 1964 composition In C called InC?
What is “phasing”?
What is a musical drone, and how can a single sustained sound become music?
How can adding just one note at a time transform an entire piece of music?
What early work first established John Adams’s distinctive approach to Minimalism?
What distinguishes John Adams’s music from that of the earlier Minimalists?
Which John Adams work takes Minimalist techniques and combines them with the power and richness of a huge late-Romantic orchestra?
Which John Adams opera transformed a famous event in recent American history into musical theater?
What holds Short Ride in a Fast Machine together as the orchestra hurtles forward at “delirious” speed?
Nearly sixty years after the birth of Minimalism, does John Adams still consider himself a Minimalist?
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