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Written by John Adams, also Two Fanfares: 2. Short Ride in a Fast Machine (City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra), The Chairman Dances: Foxtrot for Orchestra (City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra) and Gnarly Buttons: III. Put Your Loving Arms Around Me (Michael Collins)
Released on SFS Media, also Grand Pianola Music: 1. Part 1 (Synergy Vocals), Grand Pianola Music: 3. Part 2, On the Dominant Divide (Synergy Vocals) and From the Diary of Anne Frank, Pt. 1: "I hope I shall be able to confide..." (Isabel Leonard)
Part of Absolute Jest / Grand Pianola Music, also Grand Pianola Music: 1. Part 1 (Synergy Vocals) and Grand Pianola Music: 3. Part 2, On the Dominant Divide (Synergy Vocals)
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
John Adams wrote 101 songs on fono
John Adams’s most frequent co-writer is Alice Goodman (3 songs together)
John Adams first appears on fono in 1984, 31 years before this song
Credits
All 8 credits
- Written by
- John Adams
- Performed by
- Christopher Costanza, Geoff Nuttall, Lesley Robertson, Scott St. John and St. Lawrence String Quartet
- Released on
- SFS Media
- Written by
- John Adams
- Performed by
- Christopher Costanza, Geoff Nuttall, Lesley Robertson, Scott St. John and St. Lawrence String Quartet
- Released on
- SFS Media
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same writer: John Adams
Same label: SFS Media
Same writer: John Adams
Same label: SFS Media
Same writer: John Adams
Same label: SFS Media
Elsewhere
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1MusicBrainz Absolute Jest: 1. Beginning was performed by Christopher Costanza
Absolute Jest: 1. Beginning was performed by Christopher Costanza
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
2MusicBrainz Absolute Jest: 1. Beginning was performed by Geoff Nuttall
Absolute Jest: 1. Beginning was performed by Geoff Nuttall
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
3MusicBrainz Absolute Jest: 1. Beginning was performed by Lesley Robertson
Absolute Jest: 1. Beginning was performed by Lesley Robertson
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
4MusicBrainz Absolute Jest: 1. Beginning was performed by Scott St. John
Absolute Jest: 1. Beginning was performed by Scott St. John
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
5MusicBrainz Absolute Jest: 1. Beginning was performed by St. Lawrence String Quartet
Absolute Jest: 1. Beginning was performed by St. Lawrence String Quartet
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
6MusicBrainz Absolute Jest: 1. Beginning was written by John Adams
Absolute Jest: 1. Beginning was written by John Adams
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
7MusicBrainz Absolute Jest: 1. Beginning is part of the release Absolute Jest / Grand Pianola Music
Absolute Jest: 1. Beginning is part of the release Absolute Jest / Grand Pianola Music
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
8MusicBrainz SFS Media is the label of the song Absolute Jest: 1. Beginning
SFS Media is the label of the song Absolute Jest: 1. Beginning
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
9MusicBrainz Absolute Jest: 1. Beginning was released on 2015-08-14
Absolute Jest: 1. Beginning was released on 2015-08-14
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026