John Adams
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UK academic, educator, and science fiction author
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1947-02-15
- Works
- 23
Top works
- Sonata for cello and piano
- Doctor Atomic ...
- The Dharma at Big Sur
- Nixon in China
- A volume of friendship, reprinted from the calendar of friendship
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 351,789
- Total plays
- 2,575,773
Tags
contemporary classicalminimalismClassicalAvant-Gardecomposers
There are multiple artists with this name. Following are listed in order of prominence. (1) John Coolidge Adams (born February 15, 1947) is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American composer with strong roots in minimalism. He learned the clarinet from his father and played in marching bands and community orchestras during his formative years. He began composing at the age of ten and heard his first orchestral pieces performed while still a teenager. The intellectual and artistic traditions of New Eng
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- John
- Family name
- Adams
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Place of birth
- Glasgow
- Occupation
- writer
- Educated at
- University of Glasgow
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Award
- Knight Bachelor
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- date of death
- 1934-09-30
- date of birth
- 1857-07-02
- writing language
- English language
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