My entire life has really revolved around music that was written about the time that I was born, 1908, to just before the First World War and shortly after it. This music I’ve always known, and it is that music that’s most important to me.
Elliott Cook Carter Jr Quotes
I've known those pieces ever since I was about 16 or 17; I also at that time was taken to meet Charles Ives whom I got to know fairly well. He was the one who wrote a recommendation for me to get into college.
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| Birth: | 11th December, 1908 |
| Death: | 5th November, 2012 |
| Nationality: | American |
| Profession: | Composer |
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Elliott Cook Carter, Jr. was born in Manhattan, USA. He was an American composer who was twice awarded the Pulitzer Prize. His compositions are known and performed throughout the world; they include orchestral, chamber music, solo instrumental, and vocal works. His first compositions, written upon his return to the United States, were a neoclassic ballet, Pocahontas, and Holiday Overture. He composed his only opera What Next? He completed his last work, Epigrams for piano trio, on August 13, 2012.
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