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John Adams

Laxanka iyo curiyaha Maraykanka; wakiilka hormuudka ah ee qaabka kaas oo loogu yeero. minimalism (sifooyinka sifada - laconism of texture, ku celcelinta walxaha), oo ay ku matalaan muusiga Mareykanka ee Steve Raik iyo Philip Glass, waxaa lagu daraa sifooyin dhaqameed badan.

Adams wuxuu ku dhashay Worcester, Massachusetts Febraayo 15, 1947. Aabihii ayaa baray ciyaarta clarinet, aad ayuuna ugu fiicnaa, isagoo arday ka ah Jaamacadda Harvard, wuxuu mararka qaarkood bedeli karaa ciyaartoyga clarinet ee Orchestra Symphony Boston. 1971, ka dib markii uu dhammeeyey waxbarashadiisa, wuxuu u guuray California, wuxuu bilaabay inuu wax ka dhigo San Francisco Conservatory (1972-1982) oo uu hoggaamiyo ardayda Isku-dhafka Muusiga Cusub. 1982-1985 waxa uu ka helay deeq waxbarasho oo laxamiistaha San Francisco Symphony.

Adams ayaa markii ugu horeysay soo jiitay dareenka xargaha (Shaker Loops, 1978): shaqadan waxaa lagu ammaanay dhaleeceyn qaabkeeda asalka ah, kaas oo isku daraya avant-gardism ee Glass iyo Reik oo leh foomamka neo-romantic iyo sheeko muusig. Waxaa xitaa la sheegay in muddadan, Adams uu ka caawiyay asxaabtiisa sare ee Glass iyo Ryke inay helaan jihada cusub ee hal-abuurka ah, halkaas oo qallafsanaanta qaabka la jilicsan yahay iyo muusigga oo la heli karo dhagaystayaal kala duwan.

Sannadkii 1987-kii, Adams' Nixon oo Shiinaha ku sugan ayaa Houston ku soo bandhigay guulo waaweyn, riwaayad ku salaysan gabayo ay tiri Alice Goodman oo ku saabsanayd kulankii taariikhiga ahaa ee Richard Nixon uu la yeeshay Mao Zedong 1972. Opera waxa markii dambe laga dhigay New York iyo Washington, iyo weliba qaar ka mid ah Magaalooyinka Yurub; duubisteeda ayaa noqotay iibka ugu wanaagsan. Miraha xiga ee iskaashiga u dhexeeya Adams iyo Goodman wuxuu ahaa opera The Death of Klinghoffer (1991) oo ku salaysan sheekada qabashada markab rakaab ah ee argagixisada Falastiin.

Shaqooyinka kale ee xusidda mudan ee uu sameeyay Adams waxaa ka mid ah Phrygian Gates (1977), oo ah hal-abuur kacsanaan ah iyo qaab-wanaagsan oo loogu talagalay biyaano; Harmonium (1980) oo loogu talagalay orchestra iyo heeso waaweyn; Iftiin la heli karo (1982) waa halabuur elektaroonik ah oo xiiso leh oo ay la socoto riwaayad ay samaysay Lucinda Childs; "Muusig loogu talagalay Grand Piano" (Grand Pianola Music, 1982) ee pianos la dhufto (tusaale ahaan codka qalabka lagu dhufto) iyo orchestra; "Baridda ku saabsan is-waafajinta" (Harmonienlehre, 1985, kaas oo ahaa cinwaanka buuga Arnold Schoenberg) ee orchestra iyo riwaayad violin ah "dherer buuxa" (1994).

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