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Showing 1 to 20 of 28 for “"John Adams"”.
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John Adams and Unitarian Theology
<p>This thesis looks at the religious beliefs of John Adams and argues that the proper definition of Adams's belief system should only be "Unitarianism." It goes through the basic history of Unitarianism and the religious context of the Founding Fathers, and it analyzes relevant historiography on …
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John Adams and the Boston Massacre trials
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A Linear Approach to John Adams' Recent Works
… and demonstrates a linear approach to works from John Adams’ most recent compositional period (1991–). Existing research into this period primarily focuses on specific surface-level events, with little examination of deeper large-scale structures within the works. Chapter 1 reviews the existing …
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John Adams and France: A Remarkable but Costly Relationship
On March 4, 1797, John Adams was inaugurated second President of the United States in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was preceded by President George Washington, who had served two terms in office. George Washington was elected by popular acclamation due to his military leadership in the …
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Deconstruction of American Exceptionalism in the Collaborative Works of John Adams and Peter Sellars
… chosen two seminal American operas by composer John Adams—1987's <i>Nixon in China</i> and 2005's <i>Doctor Atomic</i>—and examined their presentation and deconstruction of the popular ideology of American Exceptionalism. These two operas have much in common: both adapt history and mythologize …
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Musical Aesthetics and Creative Identification in Two Harmonielehren by John Adams and Arnold Schoenberg
<p>The music of John Adams (b. 1947) exemplifies a reinvestment in traditional instrumental genres and musical values that began to take place in contemporary music in the late 1970s and early '80s. His <em>Harmonielehre</em> for orchestra (1984-85) meets many of the conditions of the symphonic …
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The American Contemporary Clarinet Concertos of John Corigliano, William Bolcom, Joan Tower, and John Adams
The clarinet concertos by John Corigliano, William Bolcom, John Adams and Joan Tower are among the most technically demanding pieces for the instrument of the last half-century. Each of the four composers utilizes a unique musical language that borrows from earlier pieces and musical styles. All …
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Μετάφραση του λιμπρέτου της Alice Goodman για την όπερα The Death of Klinghoffer σε μουσική John Adams
… Το λιμπρέτο έγραψε η Alice Goodman, τη μουσική ο John Adams, ενώ την ιδέα για το έργο είχε ο Peter Sellars, ο οποίος και το σκηνοθέτησε στην παγκόσμια πρεμιέρα του. Η εργασία μένει στον στόχο της άρτιας μετάφρασης –της λειτουργικής, κατά το δυνατόν, γλωσσικής μεταφοράς από τα αγγλικά στα ελληνικά– …
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"Let Us Not Be Misled": A Critical Appraisal of Characterization in John Adams's Nixon in China
… of the major historical characters in John Adams’s opera Nixon in China: Richard Nixon, Pat Nixon, Mao Tse-tung, Chiang Ch’ing, Chou En-lai and Henry Kissinger. The first chapter outlines the motivations and intentions of Adams, Goodman, Sellars and other key collaborators. The heart of …
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Mr. Jefferson's Army in Mr. Madison's War: Atrophy, Policy, and Legacy in the War of 1812
… set by his predecessors: George Washington and John Adams. His reforms also left the military in a state of decay from which it was unable to recover before the War of 1812.</p> <p>Through a blend of financial and presidential policy analysis, this paper examines Jefferson’s effect on the …
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The Eastern Shore of Virginia in the Civil War
Gen. John Adams Dix, the Union commander of the Department of Maryland, wrote in an 1861 letter to Francis Blair of President Lincoln's administration that "we are in the most danger on the Eastern Shore [of Virginia]." Dix did not exaggerate when he implied that Accomac and Northampton County …
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An Examination of the Role of Macro- and Micro-Level Processes in John Adams's Phrygian Gates
… levels within <em>Phrygian Gates</em> by John Adams. Previous analyses have presented detailed insights in specific areas, including proportion and temporality, closure, and the roles of process and intuition. This analysis draws from elements of other studies, expands upon them, and …
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Inspirations and Influences: Popular Composition Trends in the Contemporary Clarinet Repertoire (1996-2010)
… of Light; Paul Moravec - Tempest Fantasy; John Adams - Gnarly Buttons; Anna Clyne - Rapture; and Scott McAllister - Black Dog.
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John Marshall: The development years, 1755-1800
This thesis is an interpretive biography of John Marshall focusing on the years prior to his appointment as Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court. From his youth Marshall seemed destined to play a role in the formation of the new American republic. Marshal's service to the new republic …
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Prelude in Tempore Belli
… Ligeti, Iannis Xenakis, Witold Lutoslawski, and John Adams served as the inspiration to inform the writing of <i>Prelude in Tempore Belli.</i> The piece takes its title from Joseph Haydn’s <i>Missa in Tempore Belli</i> (<i>Mass in the Time of War</i>), a work written during the French …
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"""We the People"" and the Rhetorics of Republicanism in America, 1776--1845"
… advocating elite policies. After the deaths of John Adams and Thomas Jefferson the nation witnessed a republican revival in which the republicanism of the Founders was invoked, conflated, and rendered symbolic. Those who inherited the Revolution did not argue as explicitly about what …
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Redefining America through opera: Representations of Latin/o Americans and a new tradition
… The Weeping Woman (2008); and Peter Sellars and John Adams’ The Girls of the Golden West (2018).
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Capital: A Contemporary Opera in Two Acts
… as Kurt Weill, Leonard Bernstein, Larry Sitsky, John Adams, and Louis Andriessen, designed to achieve similar ends. The defining feature of such works is a willingness to incorporate culturally meaningful musical allusions that represent different perspectives and, through a process of …
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