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Short Ride in a Fast Machine was composed by 20th-century American composer John. Adams, who is still alive today. It was written for an American orchestra to play at a. big music festival called the âGreat Woods Festivalâ, and is also known as a fanfare. A fanfare is something that grabs peopleâs attention.
Related Tags. Short Ride in a Fast Machine is a joyfully exuberant piece, brilliantly scored for a large orchestra. The steady marking of a beat is typical of Adamsâs music. Short Ride begins with a marking of quarter-notes (woodblock, soon joined by the four trumpets) and eighths (clarinets and synthesizers); the woodblock is fortissimo and the other instruments play forte.