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9780190259150

Carter

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    9780190259150

  • ISBN10:

    0190259159

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2018-08-01
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press
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Author Biography


David Schiff is a composer, conductor, and writer. He was educated at Columbia and Cambridge Universities, at the Manhattan School of Music and at the Juilliard School where he studied with Elliott Carter for three years. In addition to the two editions of his Music of Elliott Carter, he has written books about the music of George Gershwin and Duke Ellington, and numerous articles about music for The New York Times, The Atlantic Monthly, the Times Literary Supplement, and The Nation.

Table of Contents


Author's note
Acknowledgements

1. Elliott Carter Now
2. Remembering Mr. Carter
3. A brief life of a very long life
4. A Modernistic Education (1924-1935)
5. Musician, wrestling (1935-1945)
6. Turning Points (1946-1948)
7. Back to Modernism. Back to Futurism. Back to New York
a. Neo-modernism
b. An avant-garde composer?
c. Composer in New York
8. Carter v. Poets (round 1)
9. Macro Carter/ Micro Carter
10. Multi-vehicle Accidents
11. Bagatelles
12. Carter v. Poets (round 2)
13. Farewell Symphonies
14. Epilogue: "Every note has life in it."

Appendix: Carter's Musical Signatures
Calendars:
1. Chronology of Carter's life
2. Chronological list of Carter's published music
3. Chronology of American composers
4. Chronology of notable premiers of American classical music
Personalia
Bibliography

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