Album: I Was Looking at the Ceiling and Then I Saw the Sky by John Adams (2004)
Format: Album

Artist Background: John Coolidge Adams (born February 15, 1947) is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American composer with strong roots in minimalism. His best-known works include Short Ride in a Fast Machine (1986), On the Transmigration of Souls (2002), a choral piece commemorating the victims of the September 11, 2001 attacks (for which he won the Pulitzer Prize for Music in 2003), and Shaker Loops (1978), a minimalist four-movement work for strings. His well-known operas include Nixon in China (1987), which recount... Part of the Worcester, USA music scene. Emerged in the classic era. Associated with Composer movement. Known for Classical style.

Music Scene: Part of the Worcester, USA music scene. Emerged in the classic era. Associated with Composer movement. Known for Classical style.

Tags: 2000s, Album


I Was Looking at the Ceiling and Then I Saw the Sky

John Adams

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