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Adams was the only son of merchant Hon. John Adams and Hannah Checkley of Nova Scotia, [1] and he graduated from Harvard University in 1721. He joined the ministry of the Congregational Church at Newport, Rhode Island, on April 11, 1728, in opposition to the wishes of Mr. Clap, who was pastor there. Clap's friends formed a new society, and ...
A Flowering Tree is an opera in two acts composed by John Adams with a libretto by Adams and Peter Sellars, and commissioned by the New Crowned Hope Festival in Vienna, the San Francisco Symphony, the Barbican Centre in London, the Lincoln Center in New York City, and the Berliner Philharmoniker.
John Adams was born on October 30, 1735, [a] to John Adams Sr. and Susanna Boylston. He had two younger brothers, Peter and Elihu. [4] Adams was born on the family farm in Braintree, Massachusetts. [5] [b] His mother was from a leading medical family of present-day Brookline, Massachusetts.
Harmonium is a composition for chorus and orchestra by the American composer John Adams, written in 1980-1981 for the first season of Davies Symphony Hall in San Francisco, California. The work is based on poetry by John Donne and Emily Dickinson and is regarded as one of the key compositions of Adams' "minimalist" period. [1]
Adams, a scion of the famous Adams family that produced two American Presidents, John Adams and John Quincy Adams, [1] was born in Greenville, South Carolina, the son of a Rev. Joseph Quincy Adams, a Baptist clergyman, and Mamie Fouchée Adams (née Davis).
Naive and Sentimental Music is a symphonic work by American composer John Adams.The title of the work alludes to an essay by Friedrich Schiller, On Naïve and Sentimental Poetry, that contrasts a creative personality that creates art for its own sake (the "naïve") versus one conscious of other purposes, such as art’s place in history (the "sentimental"). [1]
A unique document containing notes written by future President John Quincy Adams in preparation for his first case before the Supreme Court is for sale for $75,000.. In 1804, Adams, then a U.S ...
January 20 – Adams nominates John Marshall to the Supreme Court to replace Oliver Ellsworth. [1] January 23 – A vote to ratify the Convention of 1800 fails in the Senate with 16 votes in favor and 14 against, falling below the required 20-vote supermajority. [46] January 27 – The Senate confirms Marshall's nomination to the Supreme Court. [1]