Elliott Carter (1908–2012)
Auteur de Elliott Carter: Collected Essays and Lectures, 1937-1995
A propos de l'auteur
Born in New York City, Elliott Carter revealed a strong aptitude for music before he could read or write. Undecided about his future, Carter majored in English literature at Harvard University. After graduation, he studied piano with Newton Swift and composition with Nadia Boulanger. In 1936 he afficher plus wrote articles and reviews for Modern Music and served as musical director of the Ballet Caravan from 1937 to1939. In 1953 he was awarded the Prix de Rome, and in 1956 he was elected a member of the National Institute of Arts and Letters. From 1960 to 1962, Carter was a professor of composition at Yale University, where he wrote his Pulitzer Prize-winning string quartet. Carter has been described as a neoclassicist, but such a characterization reveals too little. His works are complex rhythmically; dramatic in the use of harmonies, tonality, and tone clusters; and brilliant in the exploitation of instrumental timbres. Such works as Sonata for Flute, Oboe, Cello, and Harpsichord (1952) are enticing, whereas the larger orchestral works, such as the Double Concerto and the Piano Concerto are sonorous, expansive events. Carter's music is complicated and deep but rewarding to listeners who invest some time in exploring its many facets. (Bowker Author Biography) afficher moins
Œuvres de Elliott Carter
Piano Sonata 4 exemplaires
Elliott Carter: Symphonia: Sum Fluxae Pretium Spei (1993-96) / Clarinet Concerto (1996) (20/21 series) - Oliver Knussen (2004) 4 exemplaires
Elliott Carter: In Conversation With Enzo Restagno for Settembre Musica 1989 (Isam Monographs) (1991) 3 exemplaires
Carter: 100th Anniversary Release - Mosaic / Dialogues / Enchanted Preludes / Scrivo in Vento (2008) 3 exemplaires
[Symphonia (1993-1996). Sound recording] Symphonia : sum fluxae pretium spei ; Clarinet concerto [sound recording] (2008) 3 exemplaires
Quartets, violins (2), viola, cello, no. 2 2 exemplaires
Esprit Rude/Esprit Doux 2 exemplaires
A Symphony of Three Orchestras 2 exemplaires
Piano Concerto [Score] 2 exemplaires
String quartet no.5 2 exemplaires
Oppens plays Carter by Carter^Oppens (2008-10-14) 2 exemplaires
Pastoral, for piano and viola (English horn or clarinet) 2 exemplaires
Carter: Sonata for Flute, Oboe, Cello & Harpsichord / Cello Sonata / Double Concerto (1992) 2 exemplaires
Bruch : Kol Nidrei, Op.47 + Carter : Cello concerto + Elgar : Cello concerto in E minor, Op.85 [sound recording] (2012) — Compositeur — 2 exemplaires
Elliott Carter: The Four String Quartets / Duo for Violin & Piano - The Juilliard String Quartet / Christopher… 2 exemplaires
Elliott Carter: Wind Chamber Music 2 exemplaires
Variations for Orchestra 2 exemplaires
Elliott;4 String Quartets 2 exemplaires
Sonata for Cello & Piano Moderato 1 exemplaire
Sonata for Flute, Oboe, Cello & Harpsichord Allegro 1 exemplaire
Sonata for Flute, Oboe, Cello & Harpsichord Lento 1 exemplaire
Changes : guitar solo (1983) 1 exemplaire
A fantasy about Purcell's fantasia upon one note 1 exemplaire
Gra (solo for clarinet) (1993) 1 exemplaire
Clarinet Concerto (1996) 1 exemplaire
Clarinet Concerto (1996) 1 exemplaire
Warble for Lilac-Time 1 exemplaire
Holiday Overture 1 exemplaire
Night Fantasies 1 exemplaire
Holiday overture Symphony no. 1 ; Piano concerto 1 exemplaire
The Five String Quartets 1 exemplaire
Quartet Piano/String Ings/Fragment/& 1 exemplaire
Carter: Clarinet Concerto, Triple Duo, Enchanted Preludes, Con leggerezza pensosa, Gra, Riconoscenza per Goffredo… (2002) 1 exemplaire
The Music of Elliott Carter Vol. 7; Boston Concerto, Cello Concerto, ASKO Concerto, Dialogues (2005) 1 exemplaire
Sonata for Cello & Piano Vivace, molto leggiero 1 exemplaire
Elliott Carter: Brass Quintet / Eight Pieces for Four Timpani - The American Brass Quintet, Morris Lang (1976) 1 exemplaire
Sonata for Cello & Piano Adagio 1 exemplaire
Scrivo in vento 1 exemplaire
String Quartet No. 2 (1959). < Miniature score. > Second, corrected edition (1962) (1962) 1 exemplaire
8 études and a fantasy for woodwind quartet (1950) 1 exemplaire
OF CHALLENGE AND OF LOVE 1 exemplaire
Visions 1 exemplaire
Elliott Carter: String Quartets Nos. 2, 3 and 4 1 exemplaire
String Quartets 1 & 2 1 exemplaire
String Quartet 4 Stsc (Carter) 1 exemplaire
Symphony No. 1 (1942/54). Study score. 1 exemplaire
Brass Quintet 1 exemplaire
Duo for Violin and Piano 1 exemplaire
Double concerto for harpsichord and piano with two chamber orchestras : Duo for violin and piano 1 exemplaire
String quartets nos. 1 and 5 [audio recording] 1 exemplaire
Sonata for Cello & Piano Allegro 1 exemplaire
Double Concerto for Harpsichord & Piano with Two Chamber Orchestras Cadenza for Harpsichord 1 exemplaire
Partita / Continuo / Visions by Carter, Berio, Takemitsu, Barenboim (1995-06-06) — Compositeur — 1 exemplaire
String quartets 1-4; Elegy [audio recording] 1 exemplaire
Two thoughts about the piano 1 exemplaire
Epigrams : for violin, violoncello and piano 1 exemplaire
Duo : for violin and piano (1974) 1 exemplaire
Sonatas, cello, piano 1 exemplaire
Quartets, violins (2), viola, cello, no. 5 1 exemplaire
A Mirror on Which to Dwell: (Six Poems of Elizabeth Bishop) for Soprano and Chamber Orchestra (2002) 1 exemplaire
Carter - Concerto pour Hautbois - P. Boulez 1 exemplaire
Elliott Carter: String Quartets Nos.1-4 / Elegy 1 exemplaire
Variations for Orchestra (Carter); Spectra (Schuller); Correspondences (Babbitt); Atlas eclipticalis (Cage) [CD] 1 exemplaire
Changes 1 exemplaire
Suite from Pocahontas 1 exemplaire
[Variations, orchestra (1955). Sound recording] Variations for orchestra ; Double concerto for harpsichord and piano… 1 exemplaire
[Quartets, strings, no. 1-2. Sound recording] String quartet no. 1 (1951) ; String quartet no. 2 (1959) [sound… 1 exemplaire
[Night fantasies (1980). Sound recording] Night fantasies (1980) ; Piano sonata (1946) [sound recording] 1 exemplaire
[Sonatas, piano (1946). Sound recording] Piano sonata (1945-46) ; Double concerto for harpsichord and piano with two… 1 exemplaire
To music 1 exemplaire
Symphony No. 1 1 exemplaire
String quartet no. 1 [music] : (1951) 1 exemplaire
Violin concerto (1990) [score] 1 exemplaire
A symphony of three orchestras [score] 1 exemplaire
Three occasions for orchestra [score] 1 exemplaire
Quintet for piano and winds [score] 1 exemplaire
Triple duo : (1982) [score] 1 exemplaire
String quartet no. 4 (1986) [score] 1 exemplaire
Scrivo in vento : for flute alone [sheet music] 1 exemplaire
The complete music for piano [sound recording] 1 exemplaire
Chamber music [sound recording] 1 exemplaire
A symphony of three orchestras [sound recording] Déserts ; Ecuatorial ; Hyperprism / Edgar Varèse 1 exemplaire
Partita [sound recording] 1 exemplaire
Penthode 1 exemplaire
20th Century Classics 1 exemplaire
In Sleep, In Thunder 1 exemplaire
A place toward other places 1 exemplaire
Sketches and Scores in Manuscript 1 exemplaire
The Writings of Elliott Carter 1 exemplaire
[Orchestra music. Selections. Sound recording] Dialogues (2003) ... [et al.] [sound recording] 1 exemplaire
Elegy, for 2 violins, viola and 'cello 1 exemplaire
Voyage 1 exemplaire
Concerto for Oboe,Esprit Rude/Esprit Doux,A Mirror On Which to Dwell ( Bishop Poems),Penthode 1 exemplaire
Warble for Lilac-time 1 exemplaire
8 Etudes and a Fantasy for Woodwind Quartet 1 exemplaire
Elliott Carter - What Next ? / Asko Concerto 1 exemplaire
The String Quartets. (Complete in Hardbound). By Elliott Carter. For String Quartet (Study Score). Boosey & Hawkes… (1956) 1 exemplaire
Sonata for piano. Sonata for violoncello and piano 1 exemplaire
Concerto for orchestra 1 exemplaire
String Quartet No. 2 1 exemplaire
8 etudes and a fantasy : for woodwind quartet (1950) 1 exemplaire
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Partage des connaissances
- Nom légal
- Carter, Elliott Cook Jr.
- Date de naissance
- 1908-12-11
- Date de décès
- 2012-11-05
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- USA
- Lieu de naissance
- Manhattan, New York, USA
- Lieu du décès
- Manhattan, New York, USA
- Études
- Harvard University (A.M.)
- Professions
- composer
- Relations
- Ives, Charles
Boulanger, Nadia (teacher)
Piston, Walter (teacher) - Organisations
- American Academy of Arts and Letters (Music, 1956)
- Prix et distinctions
- National Medal of Arts (1985)
American Academy of Arts and Letters Academy Award ( [1950])
Pulitzer Prize (Music ∙ 1960 ∙ 1973)
Trustee Award (2009 Grammy for non-performer)
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- Œuvres
- 169
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- Membres
- 284
- Popularité
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- Évaluation
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- ISBN
- 37
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