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Record Nr.

UNINA9910969815803321

Autore

Wierzbicki James Eugene

Titolo

Elliott Carter / / James Wierzbicki

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Urbana, : University of Illinois Press, c2011

ISBN

1-283-02896-4

9786613028969

0-252-09312-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (137 p.)

Collana

American composers

Classificazione

24.50

Disciplina

780.92

B

Soggetti

Composers - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- INTRODUCTION -- 1. Foundations (1908-45) -- 2. Three Seminal Works (1945-51) -- 3. Maturity (1950-80) -- 4. New Directions (1980-2010) -- Epilogue -- NOTES -- INDEX -- back cover.

Sommario/riassunto

This compact study 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, Elliott 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.