Grand Pianola Music

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Grand Pianola Music is a 1982 postminimalist orchestral work by John Adams that blends classical forms with jazz, pop, and kitschy Americana in a bright, exuberant sound world.

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Grand Pianola Music canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf orchestral work ⓘ
postminimalist composition ⓘ
cataloguePositionInComposerOutput early orchestral work of John Adams ⓘ
composer John Adams ⓘ
composerNationality American ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
featuresInstrument brass ⓘ
percussion ⓘ
piano ⓘ
woodwinds ⓘ
featuresVoices three female voices ⓘ
genre contemporary classical music ⓘ
postminimalism ⓘ
hasInfluenceFrom American popular culture ⓘ
European classical tradition ⓘ
minimalist repetition techniques ⓘ
hasPart Part I ⓘ
Part II ⓘ
Part III ⓘ
hasTitleLanguage English ⓘ
incorporates classical forms ⓘ
jazz idioms ⓘ
kitschy Americana ⓘ
pop music elements ⓘ
language wordless vocalise ⓘ
movementStyle bright ⓘ
exuberant ⓘ
notableFor blend of high and low musical styles ⓘ
humorous tone ⓘ
large orchestral forces ⓘ
numberOfParts 3 ⓘ
period late 20th century ⓘ
premiereYear 1982 ⓘ
relatedWorkByComposer Harmonielehre ⓘ
Shaker Loops ⓘ
The Chairman Dances ⓘ
linked to: Chairman Dances
scoredFor female vocal trio ⓘ
orchestra ⓘ
two pianos ⓘ
typicalDuration approximately 30 minutes ⓘ
usesStyle Americana ⓘ
jazz ⓘ
minimalism ⓘ
popular music ⓘ
workTitle Grand Pianola Music ⓘ
yearComposed 1982 ⓘ

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John Adams (composer) → notableWork → Grand Pianola Music ⓘ
Grand Pianola Music → workTitle → Grand Pianola Music ⓘ
John Adams → notableWork → Grand Pianola Music ⓘ