Tags: Classical Music Composition.
Shaker Loops is a 1978 composition by American composer John Adams originally written for string septet. A version for string orchestra followed in 1983 and first performed in April of that year at Alice Tully Hall New York by the American Composers Orchestra conducted by Michael Tilson Thomas.The original modular score published by Associated Music Publisher has since been withdrawn and replaced by the 1983 string orchestra version.