John Adams's on the Transmigration of Souls Was Written As

question 54

Multiple Choice

John Adams's On the Transmigration of Souls was written as:

• A) an opera about the first explosion of an atomic bomb.
• B) a memorial for the events of September 11, 2001.
• C) a song cycle about J. Robert Oppenheimer.
• D) an opera about Richard Nixon.

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