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John Adams (15 Feb 1947 - )

Male Person - United States American minimalist composer

 Also known as (1)

Releases (12)

Official

Album

  1. Harmonielehre 1985
  2. Fearful Symmetries / The Wound-Dresser 20 Oct 1989
  3. Hoodoo Zephyr 1993
  4. El Dorado 15 Oct 1996
  5. Harmonium / The Klinghoffer Choruses 2000
  6. Road Movies 2004
  7. A Flowering Tree 22 Sep 2008

Album - Compilation

  1. Shaker Loops / Light Over Water 1987
  2. The John Adams Earbox 19 Oct 1999
  3. Hallelujah Junction: A Nonesuch Retrospective 07 Oct 2008
  4. Collected Works 01 Jul 2022

Album - Soundtrack

  1. I Am Love 14 Jun 2010

Relationships (1)

Children

  1. Samuel Adams

Recordings by (122)

  1. Meerstille 3:58 (1983)
  2. Shaker Loops 26:14 (1984)
  3. Light Over Water Part III (excerpt) 9:25 (1986)
  4. Nixon in China: News Has a Kind of Mystery 6:44 (1987)
  5. Nixon in China: Act 2: This Is Prophetic 8:41 (1987)
  6. Short Ride on a Fast Machine - Part 1 3:02 (1990)
  7. Short Ride on a Fast Machine - Part 2 1:12 (1990)
  8. Beginning (Nixon in China) 2:56 (1992)
  9. Coast 9:11 (1993)
  10. Disappointment Lake 8:14 (1993)
  11. Tourist Song 4:32 (1993)
  12. Tundra 10:34 (1993)
  13. Bump 5:12 (1993)
  14. Cerulean 5:26 (1993)
  15. Hoodoo Zephyr 10:18 (1993)
  16. The Chairman Dances (1985) 12:01 (1993)
  17. Nixon in China: Act I, Scene II: "Your Flight Was Smooth, I Hope?" 1:19 (19 Oct 1999)
  18. Gnarly Buttons, for clarinet and small orchestra: I. The Perilous Shore 9:47 (1999)
  19. Gnarly Buttons, for clarinet and small orchestra: II. Hoedown (Mad Cow) 6:16 (1999)
  20. Gnarly Buttons, for clarinet and small orchestra: III. Put Your Loving Arms Around Me 8:53 (1999)
  21. The Chairman Dances: Foxtrot for Orchestra 12:37 (05 Oct 2005)
  22. Christian Zeal and Activity 5:55 (05 Oct 2005)
  23. Common Tones in Simple Time 20:33 (05 Oct 2005)
  24. Grand Pianola Music: Part 1A 7:04 (05 Oct 2005)
  25. Grand Pianola Music: Part 1B 7:06 (05 Oct 2005)
  26. Harmonielehre: Part I 15:29 (05 Oct 2005)
  27. Harmonielehre: Part II. The Anfortas Wound 10:10 (05 Oct 2005)
  28. Harmonielehre: Part III. Meister Eckhardt and Quackie 7:55 (05 Oct 2005)
  29. The People Are The Heroes Now 2:33 (05 Oct 2005)
  30. Shaker Loops: I. Shaking And Trembling 4:59 (05 Oct 2005)
  31. Shaker Loops: II. Hymning Slews 5:08 (05 Oct 2005)
  32. Shaker Loops: III. Loops And Verses 3:02 (05 Oct 2005)
  33. Two Fanfares: Tromba Lontana 4:02 (05 Oct 2005)
  34. Violin Concerto: II. Chaconne: Body Through Which The Dream Flows 11:31 (05 Oct 2005)
  35. I was looking at the ceiling and then I saw the sky: Act II: One last look at the angel in your eyes 2:25 (2006)
  36. Tromba lontana (Distant Trumpet) (1 of 5) 1:05 (01 Feb 2007)
  37. Tromba lontana (Distant Trumpet) (2 of 5) 0:42 (01 Feb 2007)
  38. Tromba lontana (Distant Trumpet) (3 of 5) 1:15 (01 Feb 2007)
  39. Tromba lontana (Distant Trumpet) (4 of 5) 0:17 (01 Feb 2007)
  40. Tromba lontana (Distant Trumpet) (5 of 5) 0:54 (01 Feb 2007)
  41. A Flowering Tree, Act II, Scene 4: Kumudha and the Beggar Minstrels 7:11 (07 Oct 2008)
  42. Grand Pianola Music: On the dominant divide (extract) 4:41 (2009)
  43. Road Movies: I. Relaxed Groove 4:59 (20 Jan 2017)
  44. Road Movies: II. Meditative 6:24 (20 Jan 2017)
  45. Road Movies: III. 40% Swing 5:04 (20 Jan 2017)
  46. Hallelujah Junction, 1st movement 7:09 (03 Nov 2017)
  47. Harmonielehre: 1. First Movement 18:18 (13 Sep 2019)
  48. Harmonielehre: 2. The Anfortas Wound 12:56 (13 Sep 2019)
  49. Harmonielehre: 3. Meister Eckhardt and Quackie 11:48 (13 Sep 2019)
  50. Short Ride in a Fast Machine 4:06 (13 Sep 2019)
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On Recordings (50)

Conducted

  1. American Standard: I. John Philip Sousa \\ II. Christian Zeal and Activity \\ III. Sentimentals 18:21 The San Francisco Conservatory New Music Ensemble, John Adams (1975)
  2. American Standard: III. Sentimentals ?:?? The San Francisco Conservatory New Music Ensemble, John Adams (1975)
  3. American Standard: I. John Philip Sousa ?:?? The San Francisco Conservatory New Music Ensemble, John Adams (1975)
  4. American Standard: II. Christian Zeal and Activity ?:?? The San Francisco Conservatory New Music Ensemble, John Adams (1975)
  5. Shaker Loops 28:22 Krista Bennion, Jennifer Culp, Judiyaba, Gary Lowendusky, Ah Ling Neu, Robert Rinehart, Dan Smiley, John Adams (1986)
  6. Fearful Symmetries 28:02 Orchestra of St. Luke’s, John Adams (20 Oct 1989)
  7. The Wound-Dresser 19:14 Sanford Sylvan, Chris Gekker, Naoko Tanaka, Orchestra of St. Luke’s, John Adams (20 Oct 1989)
  8. Madame Press Died Last Week at Ninety 4:16 Orchestra of St. Luke’s, John Adams (05 Mar 1991)
  9. Elegy in Memory of Maurice Ravel 6:19 Orchestra of St. Luke’s, John Adams (05 Mar 1991)
  10. Five Songs: At the River 1:16 Dawn Upshaw, Orchestra of St. Luke’s, John Adams (05 Mar 1991)
  11. Five Songs: Thoreau 1:56 Dawn Upshaw, Orchestra of St. Luke’s, John Adams (05 Mar 1991)
  12. Five Songs: Down East 2:28 Dawn Upshaw, Orchestra of St. Luke’s, John Adams (05 Mar 1991)
  13. Fog Tropes 10:05 Orchestra of St. Luke’s, John Adams (05 Mar 1991)
  14. Eros Piano 14:53 Paul Crossley, Orchestra of St. Luke’s, John Adams (05 Mar 1991)
  15. Five Songs: Cradle Song 1:25 Dawn Upshaw, Orchestra of St. Luke’s, John Adams (05 Mar 1991)
  16. The Unanswered Question 4:56 Orchestra of St. Luke’s, John Adams (05 Mar 1991)
  17. Five Songs: Serenity 1:58 Dawn Upshaw, Orchestra of St. Luke’s, John Adams (05 Mar 1991)
  18. Chamber Symphony: III. Roadrunner 5:51 London Sinfonietta, John Adams (25 Nov 1994)
  19. Grand Pianola Music: I. Part IA 15:12 John Alley, Shelagh Sutherland, London Sinfonietta, John Adams (25 Nov 1994)
  20. Chamber Symphony: I. Mongrel Airs 7:50 London Sinfonietta, John Adams (25 Nov 1994)
  21. Grand Pianola Music: II. Part IB 7:50 John Alley, Shelagh Sutherland, London Sinfonietta, John Adams (25 Nov 1994)
  22. Grand Pianola Music: III. On the Dominant Divide 7:55 John Alley, Shelagh Sutherland, London Sinfonietta, John Adams (25 Nov 1994)
  23. Chamber Symphony: II. Aria with Walking Bass 8:13 London Sinfonietta, John Adams (25 Nov 1994)
  24. Shaker Loops: I. Shaking and Trembling 8:25 Orchestra of St. Luke’s, John Adams (1995)
  25. Shaker Loops: II. Hymning Slews 5:08 Orchestra of St. Luke’s, John Adams (26 Apr 1996)
  26. Shaker Loops: III. Loops and Verses 6:54 Orchestra of St. Luke’s, John Adams (26 Apr 1996)
  27. Shaker Loops: IV. A Final Shaking 3:56 Orchestra of St. Luke’s, John Adams (26 Apr 1996)
  28. Berceuse elegiaque (des Mannes Wiegenlied am Sarge seiner Mutter) 8:16 London Sinfonietta, John Adams (15 Oct 1996)
  29. The Black Gondola 9:48 London Sinfonietta, John Adams (15 Oct 1996)
  30. Three Film Scores for String Orchestra: Music of Training and Rest 4:44 London Sinfonietta, John Adams (01 Jul 1997)
  31. Three Film Scores for String Orchestra: Waltz 2:13 London Sinfonietta, John Adams (01 Jul 1997)
  32. Three Film Scores for String Orchestra: Funeral Music 4:11 London Sinfonietta, John Adams (01 Jul 1997)
  33. East of Eden: Cal Helps Father 3:58 London Sinfonietta, John Adams (29 Jul 1997)
  34. East of Eden: Cal and Aron Visit Mother 3:37 London Sinfonietta, John Adams (29 Jul 1997)
  35. Rebel Without a Cause: Knife Fight 6:06 London Sinfonietta, John Adams (29 Jul 1997)
  36. East of Eden: Main Title 2:03 London Sinfonietta, John Adams (29 Jul 1997)
  37. East of Eden: Bedroom Window 3:55 London Sinfonietta, John Adams (29 Jul 1997)
  38. East of Eden: Cal and Sam 2:49 London Sinfonietta, John Adams (29 Jul 1997)
  39. Rebel Without a Cause: The Hunt 5:04 London Sinfonietta, John Adams (29 Jul 1997)

Instruments

  1. Light Over Water: Part II 11:13 John Adams, Mack Kenley, Don Kenelly, William Kingelhofer, Brian McCarty, Jim Miller, Zacharia Spellman, Tim Wilson (1987) synthesizer
  2. Light Over Water: Part I 12:19 John Adams, Mack Kenley, Don Kenelly, William Kingelhofer, Brian McCarty, Jim Miller, Zacharia Spellman, Tim Wilson (1987) synthesizer
  3. Light Over Water: Part III 18:05 John Adams, Mack Kenley, Don Kenelly, William Kingelhofer, Brian McCarty, Jim Miller, Zacharia Spellman, Tim Wilson (1987) synthesizer
  4. Disappointment Lake 8:14 John Adams (1993) synthesizer, sampler
  5. Tourist Song 4:32 John Adams (1993) synthesizer, sampler
  6. Cerulean 5:26 John Adams (1993) synthesizer, sampler
  7. Hoodoo Zephyr 10:18 John Adams (1993) synthesizer, sampler
  8. Bump 5:12 John Adams (1993) synthesizer, sampler
  9. Coast 9:11 John Adams (1993) synthesizer, sampler
  10. Tundra 10:34 John Adams (1993) synthesizer, sampler

Orchestrated

  1. The Black Gondola 9:48 London Sinfonietta, John Adams (15 Oct 1996)

Credited as (126)

  1. John Adams
  2. Steve Reich / John Adams
  3. John Adams; Kronos Quartet
  4. John Adams; San Francisco Symphony, Edo de Waart
  5. John Adams; Attacca Quartet
  6. John Adams; Colorado Symphony Orchestra, Marin Alsop, Robert Orth, Maria Kanyova, Thomas Hammons, Marc Heller, Tracy Dahl, Chen-Ye Yuan
  7. John Adams; Los Angeles Philharmonic, Esa-Pekka Salonen
  8. John Adams, John Corigliano; Chloë Hanslip, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin
  9. John Adams; Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Peter Oundjian
  10. John Adams; Edo de Waart, San Francisco Symphony
  11. John Adams; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Simon Rattle
  12. John Adams; Los Angeles Philharmonic, Los Angeles Master Chorale, Gustavo Dudamel
  13. John Adams; Nathan Gunn, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Marin Alsop
  14. John Adams; Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, David Robertson
  15. John Adams; New York Philharmonic, Lorin Maazel
  16. John Adams; International Contemporary Ensemble, John Adams, St. Lawrence String Quartet
  17. London Sinfonietta, John Adams
  18. Charles Ives, John Adams, Benjamin Britten, Ralph Vaughan Williams; Oregon Symphony, Carlos Kalmar, Sanford Sylvan
  19. Jennifer Higdon, Lou Harrison, John Adams, Carl Ruggles; Jennifer Koh, Reiko Uchida
  20. John Adams; Orchestre philharmonique de Montpellier L.-R., René Bosc
  21. John Adams; Ralph van Raat
  22. John Adams, Terry Riley; Gloria Cheng-Cochran
  23. Leonard Rosenman; London Sinfonietta, John Adams
  24. Elliott Carter, John Adams; Ursula Oppens
  25. Orchestra of St. Luke’s, Dawn Upshaw, Paul Crossley, John Adams
  26. Dawn Upshaw, Orchestra of St. Luke’s, John Adams
  27. Paul Crossley, Orchestra of St. Luke’s, John Adams
  28. Orchestra of St. Luke’s, John Adams
  29. Adams, Bach, Messiaen; Christina and Michelle Naughton
  30. Adams
  31. John Adams, Conlon Nancarrow, John Cage
  32. John Adams; Leila Josefowicz, St. Louis Symphony, David Robertson
  33. Reich, Adams; BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Singers, Péter Eötvös, Richard Buckley
  34. John Adams; London Sinfonietta
  35. John Alley, Shelagh Sutherland, London Sinfonietta, John Adams
  36. John Adams; San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas
  37. Synergy Vocals, Marc-André Hamelin, Orli Shaham, San Francisco Symphony, John Adams
  38. John Adams, Steve Reich; Solisti New York, Ransom Wilson
  39. John Adams, Philip Glass; Houston Symphony, Christoph Eschenbach, Robert McDuffie
  40. John Adams; Kent Nagano, Gidon Kremer
  41. John Adams; Mack McCray
  42. Krista Bennion, Jennifer Culp, Judiyaba, Gary Lowendusky, Ah Ling Neu, Robert Rinehart, Dan Smiley, John Adams
  43. John Adams; Angèle Dubeau, La Pietà, Louise Bessette
  44. John Adams, Steve Reich; San Francisco Symphony, Edo de Waart
  45. John Adams; Ensemble Modern
  46. Michael Collins, London Sinfonietta, John Adams
  47. Steve Reich, John Adams; BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Singers, Richard Buckley, Péter Eötvös
  48. John Adams, June Jordan; The Band of Holst-Sinfonietta, Klaus Simon
  49. John Adams, Louis Andriessen
  50. John Zorn, Philip Glass, John Adams, Steve Reich; Kronos Quartet
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Works (337)

Revised

  1. Shaker Loops: I. Shaking and trembling (1983)
  2. Shaker Loops (1983)
  3. Shaker Loops: IV. A final shaking (1983)
  4. Shaker Loops: II. Hymning slews (1983)
  5. Shaker Loops: III. Loops and verses (1983)
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Composed

  1. American Standard: John Philip Sousa (1973)
  2. American Standard: Sentimentals (1973)
  3. American Standard (1973)
  4. American Standard: Christian Zeal and Activity (1973)
  5. Phrygian Gates (1977)
  6. China Gates (1977)
  7. Shaker Loops (1978)
  8. Shaker Loops (1978)
  9. Common Tones in Simple Time (1979)
  10. Harmonium (1980)
  11. Harmonium: I. Negative Love (1980 - 1981)
  12. Harmonium: II. Because I Could Not Stop for Death (1980 - 1981)
  13. Harmonium: III. Wild Nights (1980 - 1981)
  14. Grand Pianola Music: I. / II. (1982)
  15. Grand Pianola Music, "On the Dominant Divide": III. (1982)
  16. Grand Pianola Music (1982)
  17. Light Over Water: Part II (1983)
  18. Light Over Water: Part III (1983)
  19. Light Over Water: The Genesis of a Music (1983)
  20. Light Over Water: Part I (1983)
  21. Harmonielehre: Part I (1984 - 1985)
  22. Harmonielehre: Part II. The Anfortas Wound (1984 - 1985)
  23. Harmonielehre (1984 - 1985)
  24. Harmonielehre: Part III. Meister Eckhardt and Quackie (1984 - 1985)
  25. The Chairman Dances: Foxtrot for Orchestra (1985)
  26. Tromba lontana (1985)
  27. Nixon in China: Act III. "You Won at Poker." (Pat Nixon, Nixon) (1985 - 1987)
  28. Nixon in China: Act III. "I am Old and I Cannot Sleep" (Chou En-lai) (1985 - 1987)
  29. Nixon in China: Act I, Scene III. "Ladies and Gentlemen, Comrades and Friends," (Chou En-lai) (1985 - 1987)
  30. Nixon in China: Act I, Scene I. Beginning (1985 - 1987)
  31. Nixon in China: Act II, Scene II. "Whip her to death!" (Kissinger (as Lao Szu), Pat Nixon, Nixon) (1985 - 1987)
  32. Nixon in China: Act II, Scene II. "I am the wife of Mao Tse-tung" (Chiang Ch'ing) (1985 - 1987)
  33. Nixon in China: Act III. "Let Us Examine What You Did." (Mao, Chiang Ch'ing, Chou En-lai) (1985 - 1987)
  34. Nixon in China: Act III. "When I Woke Up" (Nixon, Pat Nixon) (1985 - 1987)
  35. Nixon in China (1985 - 1987)
  36. Nixon in China: Act I, Scene I. "Soldiers of heaven hold the sky" (Chorus) (1985 - 1987)
  37. Nixon in China: Act I, Scene II. "The people are the heroes now" (Chorus) (1985 - 1987)
  38. Nixon in China: Act I, Scene II. Landing of the Spirit of '76 (1985 - 1987)
  39. Nixon in China: Act I, Scene II. "Your flight was smooth, I hope?" (Chou En-lai, Nixon) (1985 - 1987)
  40. Nixon in China: Act I, Scene II. "News has a kind of mystery:" (Nixon, Chou En-lai, Kissinger) (1985 - 1987)
  41. Nixon in China: Act I, Scene III. "Mr. Premier, distinguished guests," (Nixon) (1985 - 1987)
  42. Nixon in China: Act I, Scene III: Cheers! (Chorus, Nixon, Chou, Pat, Kissinger) (1985 - 1987)
  43. Nixon in China: Act II, Scene I. "This is prophetic!" (Pat Nixon) (1985 - 1987)
  44. Nixon in China: Act II, Scene II. Opening (Chorus) (1985 - 1987)
  45. Nixon in China: Act III. "I have no offspring." (Chou En-lai, Mao, Chiang Ch'ing) (1985 - 1987)
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Links (25)

Official Homepages

  1. http://www.earbox.com/

Other Databases

  1. https://d-nb.info/gnd/119399237
  2. http://soundtrackcollector.com/composer/9982/
  3. https://www.classicalarchives.com/composer/6220.html
  4. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81028483
  5. https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n81028483
  6. https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb139238385
  7. http://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6j19txk
  8. https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/john_adams

Songkick

  1. https://www.songkick.com/artists/112592

Wikipedia

  1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Adams_(composer)

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/144310

Allmusic

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Imdb

  1. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0011076/

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  1. http://viaf.org/viaf/46948513

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q84114

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