Elliott Carter

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Born: 11 December 1908, New York (USA)
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[details ←] Steep Steps Clarinet,
[details ←] Au Quai
[details ←] Hiyoku
[details ←] Retrouvailles Piano,
[details ←] Figment No. 2 Cello,
[details ←] Two Diversions Piano,
[details ←] Harmony Book-Paperback
[details ←] Harmony Book-Hard Cover
[details ←] Night Fantasies Piano,
[details ←] String Quartet No. 2 (1959)
[details ←] Syringa (1978) Vocal,
[details ←] 8 pieces for 4 timpani Percussion, marching band,
[details ←] Elliott Carter: Tell Me Where is Fancy Bred , voice and guitar,
[details ←] Piano Sonata Piano,
[details ←] Enchanted Preludes Flute, Cello,
[details ←] Gra Clarinet,
[details ←] Shard Guitar,
[details ←] Changes Guitar,

Music

Elliott Carter won the Pulitzer Price twice: for his String Quartet No. 2 and String Quartet No. 3. He is also interviewed by Richard Dufallo in "Trackings" at Carter’s home in Waccabuc New York. Elliott Carteer studied Paris, France with Nadia Boulanger like Aaron Copland and many other composers. He even attendended the Darmstadt School with Stockhausen, Boulez, Earle Brown, John Cage, Peter Maxwell Davies, Peter Schat, and many others. Dufallo has conducted many peices of Carter’s at Aspen Music Fesitval and other places. (Contribution by <dbacamail.twu.edu>.)

Biography

Currently resides in New York City.

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26 March 1947: Premiere of The Minotaur, in New York, USA.
21 April 1956: Premiere of Variations for Orchestra, in Louisville, USA.
4 July 1988: Premiere of Birthday Flourish, in San Francisco, USA.

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