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John Adams

Umqambi nombhidisi waseMelika; ummeleli ohamba phambili wesitayela lapho okuthiwa. i-minimalism (izici zesici - i-laconism yokuthungwa, ukuphindaphinda kwezakhi), emelelwe emculweni waseMelika nguSteve Raik noPhilip Glass, ihlanganiswe nezici zendabuko ezengeziwe.

U-Adams wazalelwa eWorcester, Massachusetts ngo-February 15, 1947. Uyise wamfundisa ukudlala i-clarinet, futhi waphumelela kakhulu kangangokuthi, njengomfundi e-Harvard University, ngezinye izikhathi wayekwazi ukuthatha indawo yomdlali we-clarinet e-Boston Symphony Orchestra. Ngo-1971, ngemva kokuphothula izifundo zakhe, wathuthela eCalifornia, waqala ukufundisa eSan Francisco Conservatory (1972-1982) futhi wahola umfundi we-Ensemble for New Music. Ngo-1982-1985 wathola umfundaze womqambi eSan Francisco Symphony.

U-Adams waqala ukuheha ukunaka nge-septet yezintambo (Shaker Loops, 1978): lo msebenzi wanconywa abagxeki ngesitayela sawo sangempela, esihlanganisa i-avant-gardism ye-Glass ne-Reik ngezinhlobo ze-neo-zothando nokulandisa komculo. Kuye kwashiwo ukuthi phakathi nalesi sikhathi, u-Adams usize ozakwabo abakhulu u-Glass no-Ryke ukuthi bathole indlela entsha yokudala, lapho ukuqina kwesitayela kuthambisa futhi umculo wenziwa ukuthi ufinyelele uhla olubanzi lwabalaleli.

Ngo-1987, i-Adams' Nixon e-China yadlala okokuqala e-Houston ngempumelelo enkulu, i-opera esekelwe ezinkondlweni zika-Alice Goodman mayelana nomhlangano oyingqopha-mlando ka-Richard Nixon no-Mao Zedong ngo-1972. I-opera kamuva yadlalwa eNew York naseWashington, kanye nakweminye. Amadolobha aseYurophu; ukuqopha kwakhe kwaba okudayiswa kakhulu. Isithelo esilandelayo sokubambisana phakathi kuka-Adams noGoodman kwakuyi-opera ethi The Death of Klinghoffer (1991) esekelwe endabeni yokuthunjwa komkhumbi wabagibeli amaphekula asePalestine.

Eminye imisebenzi ephawulekayo ka-Adams ihlanganisa i-Phrygian Gates (1977), i-tense and virtuoso composition for upiyano; I-Harmonium (1980) ye-orchestra enkulu kanye nekwaya; Ukukhanya Okutholakalayo (1982) kuyinhlanganisela ye-elekthronikhi ethokozisayo ene-choreography eyenziwe yi-Lucinda Childs; “Umculo Wepiyano Elikhulu” (I-Grand Pianola Music, 1982) yamapiyano aphindaphindekile (okungukuthi umsindo ophindaphindwe nge-elekthronikhi wezinsimbi) kanye ne-orchestra; “Ukufundisa Ngokuvumelana” (Harmonienlehre, 1985, leso kwakuyisihloko sencwadi ka-Arnold Schoenberg) ye-orchestra kanye nekhonsathi “yobude obugcwele” yevayolini (1994).

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