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ʻO John Adams

Ka mea haku mele a me ke alakaʻi ʻAmelika; ka luna 'elele o ke kaila i kapaia. minimalism (nā hiʻohiʻona hiʻohiʻona - laconism of texture, repetition of elements), i hōʻike ʻia ma nā mele ʻAmelika e Steve Raik a me Philip Glass, ua hui pū ʻia me nā hiʻohiʻona kuʻuna.

Ua hānau ʻia ʻo Adams ma Worcester, Massachusetts i ka lā 15 o Pepeluali, 1947. Ua aʻo kona makuakāne iā ia e pāʻani i ka clarinet, a ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi, ma ke ʻano he haumāna ma ke Kulanui ʻo Harvard, hiki iā ia ke hoʻololi i ka mea hoʻokani clarinet ma ka Boston Symphony Orchestra. Ma 1971, ma hope o ka pau ʻana o kāna mau haʻawina, neʻe ʻo ia i Kaleponi, hoʻomaka ʻo ia e aʻo ma ka Conservatory o San Francisco (1972–1982) a alakaʻi i ka haumāna Ensemble for New Music. I ka makahiki 1982-1985 ua loaʻa iā ia kahi haʻawina haku mele mai ka San Francisco Symphony.

Ua huki mua ʻo Adams i ka manaʻo me kahi septet no nā kaula (Shaker Loops, 1978): ua hoʻomaikaʻi ʻia kēia hana e nā mea hoʻohewa no kona ʻano kumu, e hui pū ana i ka avant-gardism o Glass a me Reik me nā ʻano neo-romantic a me nā moʻolelo mele. Ua ʻōlelo ʻia ʻo ia i kēia manawa, ua kōkua ʻo Adams i kāna mau hoa hana kiʻekiʻe ʻo Glass lāua ʻo Ryke e ʻimi i kahi ala hoʻomohala hou, kahi e palupalu ai ka paʻakikī o ke ʻano a hiki ke loaʻa ke mele i kahi ākea o ka poʻe hoʻolohe.

I ka makahiki 1987, ua hoʻomaka mua ʻia ʻo Adams 'Nixon ma Kina ma Houston me ka lanakila nui, he opera i hoʻokumu ʻia ma nā mele a Alice Goodman e pili ana i ka hui mōʻaukala a Richard Nixon me Mao Zedong ma 1972. Ua hoʻokani ʻia ka opera ma New York a me Wakinekona, a me kekahi kulanakauhale Europa; Ua lilo kāna mele i mea kūʻai maikaʻi loa. ʻO ka hua aʻe o ka launa pū ʻana ma waena o Adams a me Goodman ʻo ia ka opera The Death of Klinghoffer (1991) e pili ana i ka moʻolelo o ka hopu ʻana o kahi moku kaʻa e nā mea hoʻoweliweli Palestinian.

ʻO nā hana koʻikoʻi ʻē aʻe a Adams, ʻo ia hoʻi ʻo Phrygian Gates (1977), kahi haku mele a me ka virtuoso no ka piano; ʻO Harmonium (1980) no ka hoʻokani pila nui a me ka papa mele; ʻO ka Available Light (1982) kahi haku mele uila me ka choreography na Lucinda Childs; "Music for Grand Piano" (Grand Pianola Music, 1982) no nā piano hoʻonui (ʻo ia hoʻi ke kani uila o nā mea kani) a me ka hoʻokani pila; “Ke aʻo ʻana e pili ana i ka Harmony” (Harmonienlehre, 1985, ʻo ia ke poʻo inoa o ka puke aʻo a Arnold Schoenberg) no ka hoʻokani pila a me kahi concerto violin “full-long” (1994).

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