The John Adams Reader
Essential Writings On An American Composer
“The John Adams Reader: Essential Writings on an American Composer” edited by Thomas May. Published by Amadeus Press, this is the first extensive collection in English of texts, essays and interviews about John Adams and his music. With essays by Alex Ross, Michael Steinberg, Mark Swed, Ingram Marshall, Sarah Cahill, Edward Rothstein and Richard Taruskin this collection of critical articles, both pro and con, spans nearly thirty years of the composer’s activities.
Also included are extensive interviews with the composer himself and with some of his key collaborators such as Peter Sellars, Emanuel Ax, Dawn Upshaw, Alice Goodman and Robert Spano.
Michael Steinberg’s landmark essays on “Nixon in China,” “The Death of Klinghoffer,” “El Niño,” “Harmonielehre” and “Harmonium” are here collected under one cover.
