Quote by: Elliott Carter

My entire life has really revolved around music that was written about the time that I was born, 1908, to just before the First World War and shortly after it. This music I've always known, and it is that music that's most important to me.


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Author Bio


  • NameElliott Carter
  • DescriptionAmerican composer
  • AliasesElliott Cook Carter, Jr.
  • BornDecember 11, 1908
  • DiedNovember 5, 2012
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionComposer; Music Educator
  • WorksString Quartet No. 1; String Quartet No. 5; String Quartet No. 3; String Quartet No. 2
  • AwardsGuggenheim Fellowship; Rome Prize; National Medal Of Arts; Grammy Trustees Award