The music of Elliott Carter

The music of Elliott Carter

by Schiff

1983
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The Music of Elliott Carter engages composers, performers, and critics and speaks to concert-goers, whether attuned to or alarmed by the formidable difficulty of Carter's music. David Schiff views the music from the perspective of the composer's development and relates his compositional techniques to those non-musical arts - contemporary American poetry in particular - with which Carter has been deeply involved. The volume benefits from Schiff's extensive discussions of Carter's works with their most noted performers, including Heinz Holliger, Oliver Knussen, and Ursula Oppens, and from the generous cooperation of the composer himself.

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    How does David Schiff frame the initial challenge and reputation of Elliott Carter’s music, and did your own perception of "difficult" music shift as you read through the book?

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    Schiff highlights Carter’s deep involvement with contemporary American poetry; how successfully do you think the book connects the structures of language and verse to Carter’s complex musical compositions?

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    In what ways does learning about Carter’s compositional development change the experience of listening to his music from feeling alienated to feeling engaged?

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