Elliott Cook Carter Jr. (Nova Iorque, 11 de dezembro de 1908 - 5 de novembro de 2012) foi um compositor estadunidense. Foi aluno de Nadia Boulanger em Paris 1930, em seguida, retornou aos Estados Unidos. Após uma fase neoclássica, passou a escrever música atonal, ritmicamente complexa. As suas composições orquestrais e de música de câmara têm sido tocadas em todo o mundo, bem como obras a solo instrumental e peças vocais.
Biografia 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.
Obras selecionadas 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) A Celebration of Some 150x100 Notes Remembrance Anniversary Violin Concerto (1989) Quintet for Piano and Winds (1991) Trilogy for Oboe and Harp (1992) Bariolage for Harp Inner Song for Oboe 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) Partita Adagio Tenebroso 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) Micomicón Fons Juventatis 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)
Discografia parcial 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.
Bibliografia Doering, William T. Elliott Carter: A Bio-Bibliography. Greenwood Press, 1993.
Ligações externas
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
Entrevistas 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
Ouvir 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
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