Elliott Carter

O pai de Carter, Elliott Carter, era um empresário. Enquanto adolescente ele desenvolveu um interesse pela música e foi incentivado pelo compositor Charles Ives (que vendia seguros para a sua família). Carter formou-se em Harvard, seus professores foram Walter Piston e Gustav Holst. Recebeu um mestrado em música em 1932. Em seguida, foi para Paris para estudar com Nadia Boulanger (tal como fez o Aaron Copland, George Gershwin e muitos outros compositores americanos). Carter trabalhou com Boulanger partir de 1932-35 e em 1935 ele recebeu um doutoramento em música (Mus D) a partir da École Normale, em Paris. Mais tarde, em 1935, voltou para os E.U. onde dirigiu o Ballet Caravan.

Recebeu o Prémio Pulitzer de Música em 1960 por String Quartet No. 2 e em 1973 por String Quartet No. 3.

Eliott Carter morreu aos 103 anos em sua casa em Nova Iorque vítima de causas naturais. Sepultado no Green-Wood Cemetery.

• Pocahontas (Ballet) (1938-39)
• The Defense of Corinth (1942)
• Symphony No. 1 (1942, revised 1954)
• Elegy for Viola and Piano (1943)
• Holiday Overture (1944, revised 1961)
• Piano Sonata (1945-46)
• The Minotaur (Ballet) (1947)
• Cello Sonata (1948)
• Woodwind Quintet (1948)
• Eight Etudes and a Fantasy for Wind Quartet (1949)
• String Quartet No.1 (1951)
• Variations for Orchestra (1954–1955)
• String Quartet No.2 (1959)
• Double Concerto for piano, harpsichord and 2 chamber orchestras (1959-61)
• Piano Concerto (1964)
• Eight Pieces for Four Timpani (1950/66)
• Concerto for Orchestra (1969)
• String Quartet No.3 (1971)
• Brass Quintet (1974)
• Duo for Violin & Piano (1974)
• A Mirror on Which to Dwell for Soprano and Ensemble (1975)
• A Symphony of Three Orchestras (1976)
• Syringa for Mezzo-Soprano, Bass-Baritone, Guitar and Ensemble (1978)
• Three Poems of Robert Frost for Baritone and Ensemble (1942, orchestrated 1980)
• Night Fantasies for Piano (1980)
• In Sleep, in Thunder for Tenor and Ensemble (1981)
• Changes for Guitar (1983)
• Triple Duo (1983)
• Penthode (1985)
• String Quartet No.4 (1986)
• Oboe Concerto (1986-1987)
• Three Occasions for Orchestra (1986-89)

1. A Celebration of Some 150x100 Notes
2. Remembrance
3. Anniversary

• Violin Concerto (1989)
• Quintet for Piano and Winds (1991)
• Trilogy for Oboe and Harp (1992)

1. Bariolage for Harp
2. Inner Song for Oboe
3. Immer Neu for Oboe and Harp

• Of Challenge and of Love for Soprano and Piano (1994)
• String Quartet No.5 (1995)
• Symphonia: Sum Fluxae Pretiam Spei (1993-96)

1. Partita
2. Adagio Tenebroso
3. Allegro Scorrevole

• Clarinet Concerto (1996)
• What Next? (opera in one act) (1997)
• Luimen for Ensemble (1997)
• Quintet for Piano and Strings (1997)
• Tempo e Tempi for Soprano, Oboe, Clarinet, Violin and Cello (1998-99)
• Two Diversions for Piano (1999)
• Four Lauds for Solo Violin (1999, 1984, 2000, 1999)
• ASKO Concerto (2000)
• Oboe Quartet (2001)
• Cello Concerto (2001)
• Boston Concerto (2002)
• Dialogues for Piano and Orchestra (2003)
• Three Illusions for Orchestra (2002-04)

1. Micomicón
2. Fons Juventatis
3. More's Utopia

• Mosaic for Harp and Ensemble (2004)
• Réflexions for Ensemble (2004)
• Soundings for Piano and Orchestra (2005)
• Intermittences for Piano (2005)
• Catenaires for Piano (2006)
• In the Distances of Sleep for Voice and Ensemble (2006)
• Horn Concerto (2007)
• Interventions for Piano and Orchestra (2007)
• Clarinet Quintet (2007)
• Figment IV for Viola Solo (2007)
• Tinntinabulation for percussion sextet (2008)
• Wind Rose for wind ensamble (2008)
• Duettino for violin and cello (2008)
• Flute Concerto (2008)

• Sonata for Flute, Oboe, Cello and Harpsichord; Sonata for Cello and Piano; Double Concerto for Harpsichord and Piano With Two Chamber Orchestras. Paul Jacobs, hpschd; Joel Krosnick, cello; Gilbert Kalish, piano; The Contemporary Chamber Ensemble, Arthur Weisberg, cond. Elektra/Nonesuch 9 79183-2.
• String Quartets Nos. 1 and 2. The Composers Quartet. Elektra/Nonesuch 9 71249-2
• Piano Concerto; Variations for Orchestra. Ursula Oppens, piano; Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Michael Gielen, cond. New World Records, NW 347-2.
• Triple Duo; Clarinet Concerto; short pieces. Nouvel Ensemble Moderne, Lorraine Vaillancourt, cond. ATMA Classique, ACD2 2280.
• Complete Music for Piano. Charles Rosen, Piano. Bridge 9090.
• Vocal Works (1975-81): A Mirror on Which to Dwell; In Sleep, In Thunder; Syringa; Three Poems of Robert Frost. Speculum Musicae with Katherine Ciesinki, mezzo; Jon Garrison, tenor; Jan Opalach, bass; Christine Schadeberg, soprano. Bridge, BCD 9014.
• Dialogues; Boston Concerto; Cello Concerto; ASKO Concerto. Nicolas Hodges, piano; Fred Sherry, cello; London Sinfonietta, BBC Symphony Orchestra, ASKO Ensemble, Oliver Knussen, cond. Bridge 9184.

Doering, William T. Elliott Carter: A Bio-Bibliography. Greenwood Press, 1993.

• Elliott Carter: A Centennial Portrait in Letters and Documents by Felix Meyer & Anne C. Shreffler published by the Boydell Press in association with the Paul Sacher Foundation.
• Elliott Carter at G. Schirmer/AMP
• Elliott Carter at Boosey and Hawkes
• The String Quartets of Elliott Carter Booklet note for recording by the Arditti Quartet of Quartets 1-4 and Elegy (1988 ETCETERA KTC 1065/1066), by David Harvey
• CompositionToday - Elliot Carter article and review of works
• Elliott Carter Centenary 2008
• John Link's Analysis of Night Fantasies
• Elliot Carter's Percussion Repertoire from Bell Percussion's Composer Repertoire Resource

• American Gothic: An Interview with Elliott Carter, by Andy Carvin, 1992
• A January 1994 interview with Elliott Carter by Phil Lesh
• NewMusicBox: Elliott Carter in conversation with Frank J. Oteri, 2000
• MusicMavericks.PublicRadio.org: An interview with Elliot Carter by Alan Baker, Minnesota Public Radio, July 2002
• Elliott Carter interview by Bruce Duffie, June 1986

• Elliott Carter: A Life In Music, a documentary (1983)
• Art of the States: Elliott Carter three works by the composer
• Elliott Carter interview from American Mavericks site