Dreams of John Adams

In his just released autobiography, "Hallelujah Junction: Composing an American Life," John Adams, 61, tells a great story about what inspired him to write "Harmonielehre," his bold and blissful work, and one of the few pieces by a living composer that metropolitan orchestras regularly offer on their nightly menu of the "Jupiter Symphony" and "The Rite of Spring." In 1985, Adams was frozen in a… » Full Story on Salon.com