The American Composer Who Best Combines Modernist Elements with Classical

question 15

Multiple Choice

The American composer who best combines modernist elements with classical music traditions, as in his Nixon in China , is

• A) Philip Glass.
• B) John Adams.
• C) John Clark.
• D) John Cage.
• E) Igor Stravinsky.

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