John Adams
Sign in to saveBritish seaman and mutineer, last survivor of the Bounty mutineers (1767–1829)
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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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
- Kingdom of Great Britain
- Place of death
- Pitcairn Island
- Image
- John Adams, 1829.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1767-12-04
- date of death
- 1829-03-05
- described by source
- New International Encyclopedia
- different from
- John Adams
- Commons category
- John Adams (mutineer)
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