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href="/wiki/File:Wtc-2004-memorial.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Wtc-2004-memorial.jpg/220px-Wtc-2004-memorial.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Wtc-2004-memorial.jpg/330px-Wtc-2004-memorial.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Wtc-2004-memorial.jpg/440px-Wtc-2004-memorial.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2560" data-file-height="1920" /></a><figcaption>Two beams of light represent the former <a href="/wiki/World_Trade_Center_(1973%E2%80%932001)" title="World Trade Center (1973–2001)">Twin Towers</a> of the World Trade Center during the 2004 memorial of the <a href="/wiki/September_11_attacks" title="September 11 attacks">September 11, 2001 attacks</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p><i><b>On the Transmigration of Souls </b></i>is a <a href="/wiki/Musical_composition" title="Musical composition">composition</a> for <a href="/wiki/Orchestra" title="Orchestra">orchestra</a>, <a href="/wiki/Choir" title="Choir">mixed chorus</a>, children's choir, and <a href="/wiki/Pre-recorded_tape" class="mw-redirect" title="Pre-recorded tape">pre-recorded tape</a> by the American composer <a href="/wiki/John_Adams_(composer)" title="John Adams (composer)">John Adams</a> (born 1947). It was commissioned by the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Philharmonic" title="New York Philharmonic">New York Philharmonic</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lincoln_Center" title="Lincoln Center">Lincoln Center</a>'s Great Performers (and an anonymous but prominent New York family) shortly after the <a href="/wiki/September_11_terrorist_attacks" class="mw-redirect" title="September 11 terrorist attacks">September 11 terrorist attacks</a> of 2001. Adams began writing the piece in late January 2002, and the music was premiered by the New York Philharmonic on September 19, 2002, at <a href="/wiki/David_Geffen_Hall" title="David Geffen Hall">Avery Fisher Hall</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-NYTimes_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYTimes-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The work is composed in a single <a href="/wiki/Movement_(music)" title="Movement (music)">movement</a> and has a duration of approximately 25 minutes. Pre-recorded voices, increasingly distorted, list the names of some of the victims, followed by the word “Missing” after each name.<sup id="cite_ref-JSTOR_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-JSTOR-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The work's sheet music is published by <a href="/wiki/Boosey_%26_Hawkes" title="Boosey & Hawkes">Boosey & Hawkes</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Adams's_intentions"><span id="Adams.27s_intentions"></span>Adams's intentions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=On_the_Transmigration_of_Souls&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Adams's intentions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In an interview, Adams explained: "I want to avoid words like 'requiem' or 'memorial' when describing this piece because they too easily suggest conventions that this piece doesn't share. If pressed, I'd probably call the piece a 'memory space.' It's a place where you can go and be alone with your thoughts and emotions. The link to a particular historical event – in this case to 9/11 – is there if you want to contemplate it. But I hope that the piece will summon human experience that goes beyond this particular event."<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>According to the composer, "Transmigration means 'the movement from one place to another' or 'the transition from one state of being to another.' But in this case I meant it to imply the movement of the soul from one state to another. And I don't just mean the transition from living to dead, but also the change that takes place within the souls of those that stay behind, of those who suffer pain and loss and then themselves come away from that experience."<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Instrumentation">Instrumentation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=On_the_Transmigration_of_Souls&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Instrumentation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The work is scored for an <a href="/wiki/SATB" title="SATB">SATB chorus</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Children%27s_choir" class="mw-redirect" title="Children's choir">children's choir</a>, and an orchestra comprising <a href="/wiki/Piccolo" title="Piccolo">piccolo</a>, three <a href="/wiki/Flute" title="Flute">flutes</a> (3rd doubling <a href="/wiki/Piccolo" title="Piccolo">piccolo</a>), three <a href="/wiki/Oboe" title="Oboe">oboes</a>, two <a href="/wiki/Clarinet" title="Clarinet">clarinets</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bass_clarinet" title="Bass clarinet">bass clarinet</a>, <a href="/wiki/Contrabass_clarinet" title="Contrabass clarinet">contrabass clarinet</a>, two <a href="/wiki/Bassoon" title="Bassoon">bassoons</a>, <a href="/wiki/Contrabassoon" title="Contrabassoon">contrabassoon</a>, four <a href="/wiki/French_horn" title="French horn">horns</a>, four <a href="/wiki/Trumpet" title="Trumpet">trumpets</a>, three <a href="/wiki/Trombone" title="Trombone">trombones</a>, two <a href="/wiki/Tuba" title="Tuba">tubas</a>, <a href="/wiki/Timpani" title="Timpani">timpani</a>, four <a href="/wiki/Percussion" class="mw-redirect" title="Percussion">percussionists</a>, <a href="/wiki/Piano" title="Piano">piano</a>, <a href="/wiki/Celesta" title="Celesta">celesta</a>, <a href="/wiki/Quarter_tone" title="Quarter tone">quarter tone</a> piano, 2 <a href="/wiki/Pedal_harp" title="Pedal harp">harps</a>, <a href="/wiki/String_section" title="String section">strings</a>, and pre-recorded tape. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Reception">Reception</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=On_the_Transmigration_of_Souls&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Reception"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Critical_response">Critical response</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=On_the_Transmigration_of_Souls&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Critical response"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Reviewing the world premiere, <a href="/wiki/Anthony_Tommasini" title="Anthony Tommasini">Anthony Tommasini</a> of <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i> wrote, "The richness and solemnity of this music come primarily from its harmony, a subtle mix of sturdy tonality and anxious, stacked-up orchestra chords spiked with shards of dissonance." He added, "Some listeners may find Mr. Adams's material to be insufficiently involving on a purely musical level. But this atypical concert work asks you to put aside typical expectations. And there is real musical method to its structure, for 30 minutes passed by almost too quickly."<sup id="cite_ref-NYTimes_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYTimes-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Awards">Awards</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=On_the_Transmigration_of_Souls&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Awards"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>On the Transmigration of Souls</i> was awarded the 2003 <a href="/wiki/Pulitzer_Prize_for_Music" title="Pulitzer Prize for Music">Pulitzer Prize for Music</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Its premiere recording (with <a href="/wiki/Lorin_Maazel" title="Lorin Maazel">Lorin Maazel</a> conducting the New York Philharmonic, the New York Choral Artists, and the Brooklyn Youth Chorus) received the <a href="/wiki/Grammy_Awards_of_2005" class="mw-redirect" title="Grammy Awards of 2005">2005</a> <a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Grammy Award">Grammy Award</a> for <a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Best_Classical_Album" title="Grammy Award for Best Classical Album">Best Classical Album</a>, <a href="/wiki/Best_Orchestral_Performance" class="mw-redirect" title="Best Orchestral Performance">Best Orchestral Performance</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Best_Classical_Contemporary_Composition" class="mw-redirect" title="Best Classical Contemporary Composition">Best Classical Contemporary Composition</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span 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