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Nixon in China

Adam Keys Music January 8, 2008 0 Minutes

Your interesting musical tidbit for the evening is “Chairman Dances” from John Adam’s opera Nixon in China:

Found it in this wonderful thread on MetaFilter.

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Published January 8, 2008

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