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20th Century Modernist American

CARTER, Elliott

Elliott Carter in the 2000s

Born in New York, NY, Dec 11, 1908
Died in New York, NY, Nov 5, 2012

  • Carter was mentored as a young man by Charles Ives.
  • He studied with Nadia Boulanger after earning an MA in music at Harvard.
  • Carter taught at numerous American colleges and music schools, including Julliard.
  • Carter’s music is influenced both by European modernism of Schoenberg, Stravinsky and others, and by American “ultra-modernism” of Cowell and Ives.1

Short biography

Sources

  1. David Schiff, and Mark D. Porcaro, “Carter, Elliott,” Grove Music Online, accessed August 15, 2019, https://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/grovemusic/view/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-1002257467.

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