Grove: Adams
handout from New Music Box: article about post-minimalism and totalism by Kyle Gann
For those who did not pick it up in class, it's in my mailbox in 420 Whitehead.

Use the questions to guide your note-taking. Do not quote verbatim from the book without putting quotes around it. When taking the quiz, try to paraphrase as much as possible, but if you have to use something verbatim, use quotation marks and cite the source.

questions:

1) How did Adams come up with the idea for Nixon in China?

2) What is the controversy surrounding The Death of Klinghoffer?

3) What does Grove's say is different about Adams's style of minimalism?

4) Summarize Kyle Gann's argument that minimalism is part of a normal pattern in music history.

5) What is post-minimalism?

6) What is totalism?

7) Is there one place that could be considered the center of the post-minimalist or totalist scene?

8) What are some of the accusations made against the validity of minimalism?

9) How has Adams's style changed throughout his career?

10) What is Gann's argument for the validity of minimalism?