City Noir
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City Noir
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City Noir is a symphonic work by the composer John Adams. A primary inspiration for the piece is the work of historian Kevin Starr on urban California in the late 1940s and early 1950s. The composer characterizes the work as "jazz-inflected symphonic music", citing the French composer Darius Milhaud as originator of this trend. It has a duration of 35 minutes, features solos for alto saxophone, trumpet, trombone, horn, viola, and double bass, and has three movements: The piece was co-commissione
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Symphonic work by John Adams
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_Noir
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2023-09-07T22:02:20Z
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