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John Coolidge Adams (Feb.15, 1947), is an American composer with strong roots in minimalism. His best-known works include Short Ride in a Fast Machine, On the Transmigration of Souls, a choral piece commemorating the victims of the September 11, 2001 attacks (for which he won a Pulitzer Prize in 2003), Shaker Loops, a minimalist work for strings, and the operas Nixon in China (which recounts Nixon's visit to China), and Doctor Atomic (which covers the Manhattan Project). John Adams, Steve Reich, Classical Music Composers, Famous Composers, Manhattan Project, Pulitzer Prize, Film Score, Musical Art, Music Composers

John Coolidge Adams (Feb.15, 1947), is an American composer with strong roots in minimalism. His best-known works include Short Ride in a Fast Machine, On the Transmigration of Souls, a choral piece commemorating the victims of the September 11, 2001 attacks (for which he won a Pulitzer Prize in 2003), Shaker Loops, a minimalist work for strings, and the operas Nixon in China (which recounts Nixon's visit to China), and Doctor Atomic (which covers the Manhattan Project).

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