The Third Quartet I made the instruments in pairs - Two different pairs - Violin and viola, and violin and cello. They played very different things from each other all through the whole piece.
Why write for the orchestra? For one thing it's a very challenging problem. - Elliott Carter
Why write for the orchestra? For one thing it's a very challenging problem.
- Elliott Carter
When people listen to my music, I hope that they will notice that if you take a piece by a composer like Schubert, the major and the minor triad is a… - Elliott Carter
When people listen to my music, I hope that they will notice that if you take a piece by a composer like Schubert, the major and the minor triad is a…
Since I'm allergic to various things, the army wouldn't accept me during the war, and I got into the Office of War Information, which sent music to E… - Elliott Carter
Since I'm allergic to various things, the army wouldn't accept me during the war, and I got into the Office of War Information, which sent music to E…
That was one of the big problems when I was at Harvard studying music. We had to write choral pieces in the style of Brahms or Mendelssohn, which was… - Elliott Carter
That was one of the big problems when I was at Harvard studying music. We had to write choral pieces in the style of Brahms or Mendelssohn, which was…
Yes, I get a report from BMI about the frequency of performances, and it is very surprising. They played one of my most advanced pieces, and one of m… - Elliott Carter
Yes, I get a report from BMI about the frequency of performances, and it is very surprising. They played one of my most advanced pieces, and one of m…
When I was in Paris, all of the German refugees began to flow in and it was a very sad time. - Elliott Carter
When I was in Paris, all of the German refugees began to flow in and it was a very sad time.
Aaron Copland was a man that had a very specific point of view about what music should be which was that, he felt that new music should have the comp… - Elliott Carter
Aaron Copland was a man that had a very specific point of view about what music should be which was that, he felt that new music should have the comp…
Silences between movements are employed only in order to bring the opposing duo to the fore. - Elliott Carter
Silences between movements are employed only in order to bring the opposing duo to the fore.
My musical life started with hearing and being fascinated by contemporary music. - Elliott Carter
My musical life started with hearing and being fascinated by contemporary music.
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