His most famous work includes a foxtrot performed by characters like Zhou En-lai and Mao Zedong.
One composer of this name created such Alaska-inspired works as In a Treeless Place, Only Snow. Another holder of this name wrote a "Fanfare for Great Woods" called Short Ride in a Fast Machine, while an earthquake inspired his I Was Looking at a Ceiling and Then I Saw the Sky. He was accused of "romanticizing terrorists" in his opera about the fate of a passenger on the Achille Lauro, and he created a tribute to 9/11 called On the Transmigration of Souls. His most famous work includes a foxtrot performed by characters like Zhou En-lai and Mao Zedong. For 10 points, identify this composer of The Death of Klinghoffer and Nixon in China.
One composer of this name created such Alaska-inspired works as In a Treeless Place, Only Snow.
John {Adams} [accept John Luther {Adams} before “another composer”; accept John Coolidge {Adams} afterwards]