Hallelujah Junction: Composing an American Life
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- Synopsis
- A book unlike anything ever written by a composer-- part memoir, part description and explication of the creative process-- Hallelujah Junction is an absorbing journey across the musical landscape of America and through the life and times of John Adams, one of today's most admired and performed composers. Adams traces his musical lineage back to the era of swing bands and to his grandfather's New Hampshire dance hall, where his clarinetist father met his jazz singer mother. He evokes in vivid detail his own musical childhood in New England, with its marching bands and small-town orchestras, and describes his start as a serious composer in college, his cross-country journey to California, and his gradual rise as one of the most important figures in American music. Hallelujah Junction is not only a deeply personal recollection but also a firsthand encounter with many of the emblematic themes and personalities of contemporary culture.
- Copyright:
- 2008
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Excellent
- Book Size:
- 348 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9780374281151
- Publisher:
- Farrar, Straus & Giroux
- Date of Addition:
- 11/25/09
- Copyrighted By:
- John Adams
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Entertainment, Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs, Music
- Submitted By:
- Hadley School Volunteering
- Proofread By:
- Jamie Pauls
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.
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