false 4620309 1 <DIV><DIV>John Adams is one of the most respected and loved of contemporary composers, and &#8220;he has won his eminence fair and square: he has aimed high, he has addressed life as it is lived now, and he has found a language that makes sense to a wide audience&#8221; (Alex Ross, <I>The New Yorker</I>). Now, in <I>Hallelujah Junction</I>, he incisively relates his life story, from his childhood to his early studies in classical composition amid the musical and social ferment of the 1960s, from his landmark minimalist innovations to his controversial &#8220;docu-operas.&#8221; Adams offers a no-holds-barred portrait of the rich musical scene of 1970s California, and of his contemporaries and colleagues, including John Cage, Steve Reich, and Philip Glass. He describes the process of writing, rehearsing, and performing his renowned works, as well as both the pleasures and the challenges of writing serious music in a country and time largely preoccupied with pop culture.</DIV><DIV> </DIV><DIV><I>Hallelujah Junction </I>is a thoughtful and original memoir that will appeal to both longtime Adams fans and newcomers to contemporary music. Not since Leonard Bernstein&#8217;s <I>Findings </I>has an eminent composer so candidly and accessibly explored his life and work. This searching self-portrait offers not only a glimpse into the work and world of one of our leading artists, but also an intimate look at one of the most exciting chapters in contemporary culture.</DIV></DIV> 4670293 30 9 2008 Hallelujah Junction: Composing an American Life total:48|5:11|4:26|3:10|2:1|1:0| 48 191 102 24 4 2 false false Mon Jan 26 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Dec 17 13:23:32 -0800 2008 Sat Feb 14 21:56:13 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 2 false false Tue Jan 06 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 07 15:41:29 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 07 15:46:15 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Feb 13 20:36:16 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 13 21:02:54 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Jan 24 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 08 05:45:51 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 26 08:33:51 -0800 2009 Hallelujah Junction is John Adams’ autobiography, and as autobiographies go, it’s a fairly good one. Adams uses a pleasant, bemused tone to describe the signposts that mark his development as an artist and his principle influences as he rejects serialism (no small rejection in the late ‘60s/e...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Feb 02 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 02 07:01:15 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 02 07:18:14 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Nov 28 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 28 10:36:36 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 28 21:41:57 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Jan 05 10:45:27 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 17 10:33:38 -0800 2009
Adams's writing is evocative, funny, self-deprecating, and illuminating. I felt like I was l...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Nov 08 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Oct 18 14:54:07 -0700 2008 Fri Nov 28 17:57:36 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Nov 29 13:53:22 -0800 2008 Sat Nov 29 14:06:24 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Nov 18 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Oct 17 22:12:11 -0700 2008 Fri Nov 21 22:24:29 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Mar 02 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Dec 31 05:50:33 -0800 2008 Wed Mar 04 11:23:01 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Oct 11 09:30:29 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 17 11:09:04 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Mar 25 11:56:39 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 28 08:39:10 -0700 2009
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