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World Service,28 Sep 2001,24 mins

Composer John Adams – beyond Minimalism

Meridian

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American composer John Adams talks about how he chose to base his opera Nixon in China on the visit of President Nixon to Beijing in 1972, as well as his music's relationship to Minimalism, and his influences ranging from Duke Ellington to Mexican poetry.

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