User:Mscuthbert/John Adams
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John (Coolidge) Adams (born February 15 1947) is an American composer with strong roots in minimalism. He is best known for his opera Nixon in China (1985-87), recounting Richard Nixon's 1972 visit to China. His choral piece On the Transmigration of Souls (2002), commemorating the victims of the September 11, 2001 attacks, won the Pulitzer Prize for Music in 2003.
- For the Alaska-based postminimalist composer, see John Luther Adams.