The Chairman Dances while another was written in commemoration of the 9/11 attacks.
This composer set Emily Dickenson's "Because I Could Not Stop for Death" and "Wild Nights" to music in Harmonium and wrote another that features heavy use of woodblock. In addition to "Short Ride in a Fast Machine" this man composed a work about the hijacking of the Achille Lauro, The Death of Klinghoffer, and another work by this man contains the foxtrot The Chairman Dances while another was written in commemoration of the 9/11 attacks. For 10 points, name this minimalist composer of Nixon in China and On the Transmigration of Souls.
This composer set Emily Dickenson's "Because I Could Not Stop for Death" and "Wild Nights" to music in Harmonium and wrote another that features heavy use of woodblock.
John {Adams}