Quote by: Elliott Carter

The Third Quartet I made the instruments in pairs - Two different pairs - Violin and viola, and violin and cello. They played very different things from each other all through the whole piece.

Elliott Carter

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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