Elliott Carter (American Composers) - Softcover

Wierzbicki, James

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0252078004 ISBN 13: 9780252078002

Publisher: University of Illinois Press, 2011

Synopsis

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.

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About the Author

James Wierzbicki teaches musicology at the University of Sydney, Australia, and the author of Film Music: A History and Louis and Bebe Barron's Forbidden Planet: A Film Score Guide.

Edition details

• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0252078004
• ISBN 13: 9780252078002
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 136