John Coolidge Adams Biography

Quick Facts

NAME: John Coolidge Adams
OCCUPATION: Songwriter
BIRTH DATE: February 15, 1947 (Age: 64)
EDUCATION: Harvard University
PLACE OF BIRTH: Worcester, Massachusetts

ZODIAC SIGN: Aquarius

more about John

Best Known For

John Coolidge Adams is a composer. Among his celebrated compositions is On the Transmigration of Souls, for which he won a Pulitzer Prize in 2003.

Print Cite This

John Coolidge Adams

APA Style

John Coolidge Adams. (2012). Biography.com. Retrieved 11:00, Feb 07, 2012 from http://www.biography.com/people/john-coolidge-adams-9175892

Harvard Style

John Coolidge Adams [Internet]. 2012. http://www.biography.com/people/john-coolidge-adams-9175892, February 07

MLA Style

" John Coolidge Adams." 2012. Biography.com 07 Feb 2012, 11:00 http://www.biography.com/people/john-coolidge-adams-9175892

MHRA Style

' John Coolidge Adams', Biography.com,(2012) http://www.biography.com/people/john-coolidge-adams-9175892 [accessed Feb 07, 2012]

Chicago Style

" John Coolidge Adams," Biography.com, http://www.biography.com/people/john-coolidge-adams-9175892 (accessed Feb 07, 2012).

CBE/CSE Style

John Coolidge Adams [Internet]. Biography.com; 2012 [cited 2012 Feb 07]. Available from: http://www.biography.com/people/john-coolidge-adams-9175892.

Bluebook Style

John Coolidge Adams, http://www.biography.com/people/john-coolidge-adams-9175892 (last visited Feb 07, 2012).

AMA Style

John Coolidge Adams, http://www.biography.com/people/john-coolidge-adams-9175892 (last visited Feb 07, 2012).

Synopsis

John Coolidge Adams was born February 15, 1947 in Worcester, Massachusetts. After studying at Harvard, he taught at the San Francisco Conservatory and conducted widely. His compositions, initially strongly influenced by minimalism, became tempered by expressive elements. His Nixon in China (1987) and The Death of Klinghoffer (1991) are two of the best-known operas of the late 20th century.

Profile

(born Feb. 15, 1947, Worcester, Mass., U.S.) U.S. composer. After studying at Harvard University, he taught at the San Francisco Conservatory and conducted widely. His compositions, initially strongly influenced by minimalism, became tempered by expressive elements. His Nixon in China (1987) and The Death of Klinghoffer (1991) are two of the best-known operas of the late 20th century; Doctor Atomic (2005), his third opera, was also performed often. Other celebrated works include Harmonium (1980), Harmonielehre (1984–85), and On the Transmigration of Souls (2002; Pulitzer Prize, 2003).