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Adams, John Andriessen, Louis

Adams, John

Musical-theatrical works

• Matter of Heart (film score), 1982, unpubd

• Nixon in China (op, 3, A. Goodman), 1985--7

• The Death of Klinghoffer (op, 2, Goodman), 1989--91

• I was Looking at the Ceiling and Then I Saw the Sky (songplay, 2, J. Jordan), 1995

Orchestral and large ensemble

• Common Tones in Simple Time, 1979

• Harmonium, chorus, orch, 1980--81

• Shaker Loops, str orch, 1983 [rev. of chbr work]

• Harmonielehre, 1984--5

• The Chairman Dances, fox-trot, 1985

• Tromba lontana, fanfare, 1985

• Short Ride in a Fast Machine, fanfare, 1986

• Fearful Symmetries, 1988

• Eros Pf, pf, orch, 1989

• El Dorado, 1990

• Violin Concerto, 1993

• Lollapalooza, 1995

• Century Rolls, pf, orch, 1996

• Slonimsky's Earbox, 1996

• Naive and Sentimental Music, 1997--8

Vocal music

• Ktaadn, chorus, osciallators, filters, 1974, unpubd

• Harmonium, chorus, orch, 1980--81

• Grand Pianola Music, 3 female vv, 2 pf, wind, brass, perc, 1982

• The Wound-Dresser (W. Whitman), Bar, orch, 1988

• Choruses from the Death of Klinghoffer (Goodman), 1990

• The Nixon Tapes, solo vv, chorus, orch, 1998

Chamber music

• Piano Quintet, 1970, unpubd

• American Standard, unspecified ens, 1973, unpubd

• Christian Zeal and Activity, unspecified ens, 1973

• Grounding, 3 sax, live elecs, 1975, unpubd

• Shaker Loops, 7 str, 1978

• Grand Pianola Music, 3 female vv, 2 pf, wind, brass, perc, 1982

• Chamber Symphony., 15 insts, 1992

• John's Book of Alleged Dances, str qt, sampler, 1994

• Road Movies, vn, pf, 1995

• Gnarly Buttons, cl, ens, 1996

• Hallelujah Junction, 2 pf, 1996

• Scratchband, amp ens, 1996

Solo instrumental

• China Gates, pf, 1977; 

•  Phrygian Gates, pf, 1977

Electo-acoustic music

• Heavy Metal, 2-channel tape, 1970, unpubd

• Grounding, 3 sax, live elecs, 1975, unpubd

• Onyx, 4-channel tape, 1976, unpubd

• Studebaker Love Music, 2-channel tape, 1976, unpubd

• Light Over Water, 2-channel tape, 1983

• Hoodoo Zephyr, 1992--3

Arrangements and orchestrations

• 6 Songs by Charles Ives, 1v, chbr orch, 1989--93

• Wiegenlied, 1989 [orch of Liszt]

• The Black Gondola, 1989 [orch of Liszt: La lugubre Gondola]

• Berceuse elegiaque, 1989 [orch of Busoni]

• Le livre de Baudelaire, Mez, orch, 1994 [orch of 4 poems from Debussy: 5 poemes (C. Baudelaire)]

• La mufa, tango, 1995 [orch of A. Piazzolla]

• Revolucionario, tango, 1996 [orch of Piazzolla]

• Todo Buenos Aires, tango, 1996 [orch of Piazzolla]

Principal publishers

• Boosey & Hawkes