Editing John Adams (composer) (section)

==List of works==

===Operas and stage works===

* ''[[Nixon in China]]'' (1987)
* ''[[The Death of Klinghoffer]]'' (1991)
* ''[[I Was Looking at the Ceiling and Then I Saw the Sky]]'' (song play) (1995)
* ''[[El Niño (opera)|El Niño]]'' (opera-oratorio) (2000)
* ''[[Doctor Atomic]]'' (2005)
* ''[[A Flowering Tree]]'' (2006)
* ''[[The Gospel According to the Other Mary]]'' (opera-oratorio) (2013)
* ''[[Girls of the Golden West (opera)|Girls of the Golden West]]'' (2017)
* ''[[Antony and Cleopatra (2022 opera)|Antony and Cleopatra]]'' (2022)

===Orchestral works===
* ''Common Tones in Simple Time'' (1979)
* ''[[Grand Pianola Music]]'' (1982)
* ''[[Shaker Loops]]'' (adaptation of the 1978 string septet for string orchestra) (1983)
* ''[[Harmonielehre]]'' (1985)
* ''[[The Chairman Dances]]'' (1985)
* ''[[Tromba Lontana]]'' (1986)
* ''[[Short Ride in a Fast Machine]]'' (1986)
* ''Fearful Symmetries'' (1988)
* ''El Dorado'' (1991)
* ''[[Lollapalooza (Adams)|Lollapalooza]]'' (1995)
* ''[[Slonimsky's Earbox]]'' (1996)
* ''[[Naïve and Sentimental Music]]'' (1998)
* ''[[Guide to Strange Places]]'' (2001)
* ''[[My Father Knew Charles Ives]]'' (2003)
* ''[[Doctor Atomic#Doctor Atomic Symphony|Doctor Atomic Symphony]]'' (2007)
* ''[[City Noir]]'' (2009)
* ''I Still Dance'' (2019)
* ''Frenzy'' (2023)
* ''The Rock You Stand On'' (2025)

===Concertante===
*piano
** ''[[Eros Piano]]'' (for piano and orchestra) (1989)
** ''[[Century Rolls]]'' (concerto for piano and orchestra) (1997)
** ''[[Must the Devil Have All the Good Tunes?]]'' (concerto for piano and orchestra) (2018)
** ''After the Fall'' (concerto for piano and orchestra) (2024)
*violin
** [[Violin Concerto (Adams)|Violin Concerto]] (1995 [[Grawemeyer Award]] for Music composition) (1993)
** ''[[The Dharma at Big Sur]]'' (concerto for solo electric violin and orchestra) (2003)
** ''[[Scheherazade.2]]'' (dramatic symphony for violin and orchestra) (2014)
*others
** ''[[Absolute Jest]]'' (for string quartet and orchestra) (2012)
** [[Saxophone Concerto (Adams)|Saxophone Concerto]] (2013)

===Vocal and choral works===
* ''Ktaadn'' (1974)
* ''[[Harmonium (Adams)|Harmonium]]'' (1980)
* ''The Nixon Tapes'' (three suites from ''Nixon in China'') (1987)
* ''[[The Wound-Dresser]]'' (1989)
* ''[[Choruses from The Death of Klinghoffer]]'' (1991)
* ''[[On the Transmigration of Souls]]'' (2002)

===Chamber music===
* Piano Quintet (1970)
* ''Wavemaker'' (for string quartet, voices, tape, and live electronics) (1975, premiered 1978) 
* ''[[Shaker Loops]]'' (for string septet) (1978 - Revised version of ''Wavemaker'')
* [[Chamber Symphony (Adams)|Chamber Symphony]] (1992)
* ''[[John's Book of Alleged Dances]]'' (for string quartet) (1994)
* ''[[Road Movies (Adams)|Road Movies]]'' (for violin and piano) (1995)
* ''[[Gnarly Buttons]]'' (for clarinet and chamber ensemble) (1996)
* ''Son of Chamber Symphony'' (2007)
* ''Fellow Traveler'' (for string quartet) (2007)
* First Quartet (2008)
* Second Quartet (2014)

===Other ensemble works===
* ''[[American Standard (Adams)|American Standard]]'', including "Christian Zeal and Activity" (1973)
* ''Grounding'' (1975)
* ''Scratchband'' (1996)
* ''Nancy's Fancy'' (2001)

===Tape and electronic compositions===
* ''Heavy Metal'' (1970)
* ''Hockey Seen: A Nightmare in Three Periods and Sudden Death'' (1972)
* ''Studebaker Love Music'' (1976)
* ''Onyx'' (1976)
* ''Light Over Water'' (1983)
* ''Hoodoo Zephyr'' (1993)

===Piano===
* ''Ragamarole'' (1973)
* ''Blue Light'' (1976)
* ''A Fox at Forty'' (1978)
* ''[[Phrygian Gates]]'' (1977)
* ''[[China Gates]]'' (1977)
* ''[[Hallelujah Junction]]'' (for two pianos) (1996)
* ''[[American Berserk]]'' (2001)
* ''Roll Over Beethoven'' (for two pianos) (2014)
* ''[[I Still Play]]'' (2017)

===Film scores===
* ''Matter of Heart'' (1982)
* ''[[The Cabinet of Dr. Ramirez]]'' (1991)
* ''American Tapestry'' (1999)
* ''[[I Am Love (film)|I Am Love]] (Io sono l'amore)'' – pre-existing pieces by Adams (2010)
* ''[[Call Me by Your Name (film)|Call Me by Your Name]]'', contributions (2017)

===Orchestrations and arrangements===
* ''The Black Gondola'' ([[Franz Liszt|Liszt's]] ''[[La lugubre gondola|La lugubre gondola II]]'' (1882)) (1989)
* ''Berceuse élégiaque'' ([[Ferruccio Busoni|Busoni's]] ''[[Berceuse élégiaque]]'' (1907)) (1989)
* ''Wiegenlied'' ([[Franz Liszt|Liszt's]] ''Wiegenlied'' (1881)) (1989)
* ''Six Songs by Charles Ives'' ([[Charles Ives|Ives]] songs) (1989–93)
* ''Le Livre de Baudelaire'' ([[Claude Debussy|Debussy's]] ''[[Cinq poèmes de Charles Baudelaire]]'') (1994)
* ''La Mufa'' ([[Astor Piazzolla|Piazzolla]] [[tango music|tango]]) (1995)
* ''Todo Buenos Aires'' (Piazzolla tango) (1996)