Carter / David Schiff.
| Author/creator |
Schiff, David author. |
| Format | Book and Print |
| Publication Info | New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2018] |
| Copyright Notice | ©2018 |
| Description | xvi, 266 pages, 6 pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Subject(s) |
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| Series | The master musicians Master musicians series. ^A260201 |
| Contents | Elliott Carter now -- Remembering Mr. Carter (a double portrait) -- A brief life of a very long life -- A modernistic education (1924-1935) -- Musician, wrestling (1935-1946) -- Turning points, (1946-1948) -- Back to modernism. Back to futurism. Back to New York (1948-1975). Neo-modernism ; An avant-garde composer? ; Composer in New York -- Carter vs. poets (round 1) -- Macro Carter/micro Carter (1983-1999) -- Multi-vehicle accidents -- Bagatelles -- Carter vs. poets (round 2) -- Farewell symphonies -- Epilogue: "Every note has life in it" -- Appendix. Carter's musical signatures -- Calendars. Chronology of Carter's life ; Chronological list of published compositions ; Chronology of American composers ; Chronology of notable premiers of American classical music. |
| Abstract | Elliott Carter (1908-2012) was the foremost composer of classical music in America during the second half of the 20th century. Over the course of a career that spanned seven decades, he consistently produced works that critics hailed as creatively daring, intellectually demanding, and emotionally complex. Distancing himself from the various "schools" and movements that grew and waned in popularity during the postwar era, Carter cultivated a deeply personal musical style that he developed and refined up until the very end of his life. This book of the composer springs from author David Schiff's life-long interest in Elliott Carter's music and his close personal connection with the composer which spanned over forty years. This critical overview of Carter's life and work explores aspects of the composer's life about which he was usually reticent--and occasionally misleading--such as his complicated relationships with Charles Ives, Aaron Copland, Nicolas Nabokov, and his own parents. Schiff's study of Carter's complete oeuvre--from his politically charged Depression-era ballets to the deeply personal and reflective late works--is based on extensive study of the composer's personal sketches and letters. Featuring an in-depth look at the legacy project of Carter's final decade, seven settings of American modernist poetry by E.E. Cummings, T.S. Eliot, Marianne Moore, Ezra Pound, Wallace Stevens and William Carlos Williams, this newest addition to the Master Musicians Series paints with a fine brush the story of America's foremost composer of the second half of the twentieth century. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 2017026769 |
| ISBN | 9780190259150 (hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
| ISBN | 0190259159 (hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
| ISBN | (electronic book) |
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