Elliott Carter: (American Composers)
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James Wierzbicki (Author)
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This compact introduction to the life and works of composer Elliott Carter 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, 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. CPSIA choking or other US hazard warning - No California Proposition 65 hazard warning necessary
About the Author
James Wierzbicki teaches musicology at the University of Sydney, Australia, and the author of Film Music: A History and Louis and Bebe Barron's Forbidden Planet: A Film Score Guide.
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- Contributor: James Wierzbicki
- Imprint: University of Illinois Press
- ISBN13: 9780252078002
- Number of Pages: 136
- Packaged Dimensions: 152x216x13mm
- Packaged Weight: 141
- Format: Paperback
- Publisher: University of Illinois Press
- Release Date: 2011-03-01
- Series: American Composers
- Binding: Paperback / softback
- Biography: James Wierzbicki teaches musicology at the University of Sydney, Australia, and the author of Film Music: A History and Louis and Bebe Barron's Forbidden Planet: A Film Score Guide.
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