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John Adams

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Distinguished American minimalist composer.

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Books by John Adams

Average rating: 4.03 · 113 ratings · 34 reviews · 8 distinct works

	Hallelujah Junction: Composing an American Life 3.98 avg rating — 102 ratings — published 2002 — 5 editions	My rating:
	I Was Looking at the Ceiling and Then I Saw the Sky by John Adams, June Jordan 4.25 avg rating — 8 ratings	My rating:
	Nixon in China: opera in three acts 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1988	My rating:
	John's Book Of Alleged Dances: Study Score 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2007 — 2 editions	My rating:
	British Rail scrapbook, 1950 by John Adams, Patrick Whitehouse 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1976 — 3 editions	My rating:
	American Berserk: For Solo Piano 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2007	My rating:
	Harmonielehre: Full Score 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	My rating:
	Harmonium for Chorus and Orchestra 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	My rating:
	Adams: On the Transmigration of Souls by Lorin Maazel (Conductor), John Adams (Composer) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2004	My rating: