John Adams - Hallelujah Junction: Composing an American Life
...life is most often what makes an insightful artist memoir hum. At sixty-one, John Adams is, by Elliott Carter standards, basically a tadpole. But this is an intensely personal and perceptive book about music, life, politics, and the field. It's also an invaluable exploration of how an artist develops a voice, as well as a deeply felt...
