Hallelujah Junction - by John Adams (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p><b>A<i> New York Times</i> Notable Book of the Year <br>A<i> San Francisco Chronicle</i> Notable Bay Area Book of the Year </b> <p/>A book unlike anything ever written by a composer--part memoir, part description and explication of the creative process--<i>Hallelujah Junction</i> 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.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p>"No book I know of better captures the thrill of a moment of artistic freedom and innovation. . . . This is a book that any aspiring artist, in any medium, should read as a kind of how-to guide to achieving artistic success without losing integrity. . . . A book for anyone who wants to create something--including a self." --<i>David Rollow, The Boston Globe</i> <p/>"How Mr. Adams arrived at this particular harmonic language is largely the subject of his absorbing book, which at times reads like a quest narrative that travels through the whole landscape of twentieth-century music." --<i>Chip McGrath, The New York Times</i> <p/>"A lively, witty prose writer. . . . It's the range of Adams's musical appetites and intellectual hunger that leaves the strongest impression. This is a man who swallows whole new worlds with every fresh project he takes on--and makes his discoveries new for the rest of us." --<i>Michael Upchurch, The Seattle Times</i> <p/>"Engrossing . . . Like his music, Adams's voice in <i>Hallelujah Junction</i> is both playful and thoughtful, unafraid of making big emotional statements but obsessed with making sure those statements are precisely crafted. . . . An original and inspired book." --<i>Wynne Delacoma, Chicago Sun-Times</i> <p/>"John Adams is the voice of America . . . thoughtful, amusing, analytical--and a good writer. . . . To read something so intelligent, reasoned, and caring sure feels good these days." --<i>Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times</i> <p/>"Thoughtful, amusing, analytical . . . John Adams is the voice of America." --<i>Mark Swede, Los Angeles Times</i> <p/>"<i>Hallelujah Junction</i> stands . . . among the most readably incisive autobiographies of major musical figures." --<i>David Hajdu, The New York Times Book Review</i></p><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p><b>JOHN ADAMS </b>is the composer of some of the most successful operas in recent memory--<i>Nixon in China, The Death of Klinghoffer, </i>and <i>Doctor Atomic</i>.</p>
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