Elliott Carter /

Elliott Carter /

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Author / Creator:Wierzbicki, James Eugene.
Imprint:Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2011]
©2011
Description:1 online resource.
Language:English
Series:American composers
American composers.
Subject:
Carter, Elliott, -- 1908-2012.
Carter, Elliott, -- 1908-2012.
Composers -- United States -- Biography.
Composers.
United States.
Electronic books.
Biographies.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11261984
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ISBN:9780252093128
0252093127
9780252036095
0252036093
9780252078002
0252078004
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on print version record.
Summary:This compact introduction to the life and works of composer Elliott Carter provides a fresh perspective on one of the most significant American composers of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. A leading voice of the American classical music tradition and a two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Music, Carter was initially encouraged to become a composer by Charles Ives, and he went on to learn from Walter Piston at Harvard University and Nadia Boulanger in Paris. Drawing on Carter's voluminous writings and compositions, James Wierzbicki provides a clear discussion of Carter's evolving understanding of musical time and the influence of film on his work. Celebrating his 100th birthday in 2008 by premiering a number of new compositions, Carter has been a powerful presence on the American new music scene, an important connection to American music's foundational figures, and a dynamic force in its continuing evolution.
Other form:Print version: Wierzbicki, James Eugene. Elliott Carter Urbana : University of Illinois Press, c2011 9780252036095 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Standard no.:9786613028969

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