An instrumentalist from this country and the Kronos Quartet commissioned and premiered Terry Riley’s The Cusp of Magic. John Adams composed an “almost perfect” palindrome in a piano piece named for this country, (10[1])which is paired with his Phrygian Gates. (10[1])An opera set in this country was the basis for a “foxtrot for orchestra” (10[1])commissioned by the Minnesota Orchestra, which depicts how the principal tenor “dances.” Christian Wolff’s gift of a text from this country inspired Music of Changes, a piece of indeterminate (10[2])music by John Cage. (10[2])An airplane called the “Spirit of ’76” lands at the start of an opera (10[1])set in this country inspired by a diplomatic rapprochement. For 10 points, John Adams composed an opera based on Richard Nixon’s state visit to what country? ■END■