By John Adams
Issue: Aug 25
Composer John Adams tells us about his struggles starting out and describes the process of coming up with his piece "American Standard" which put him
on the map.
You know what? Go read the New Yorker's abstract. It was a boring article.
And on top of that, there is nothing to listen to of his on the New Yorker site, so here is the Amazon page where you can sample some of his Harmonium album. That's the piece he made after being inspired by the Wallace Stevens poem of the same name and by John Donne's "Negative Love."
And here's "Negative Love" so you can compare.
on the map.
You know what? Go read the New Yorker's abstract. It was a boring article.
And on top of that, there is nothing to listen to of his on the New Yorker site, so here is the Amazon page where you can sample some of his Harmonium album. That's the piece he made after being inspired by the Wallace Stevens poem of the same name and by John Donne's "Negative Love."
And here's "Negative Love" so you can compare.
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