Book contents
- Elliott Carter’s Late Music
- Music Since 1900
- Elliott Carter’s Late Music
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Tables
- Examples
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Part I Context
- 1 Carter’s Career and Reception History
- 2 The Elements of an Aesthetic
- 3 Harmony
- 4 Rhythm and Form
- Part II A Literary Imagination: Text Settings
- Part III Instrumental Music
- Book part
- Bibliography
- Index
2 - The Elements of an Aesthetic
from Part I - Context
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 06 January 2022
- Elliott Carter’s Late Music
- Music Since 1900
- Elliott Carter’s Late Music
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Tables
- Examples
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Part I Context
- 1 Carter’s Career and Reception History
- 2 The Elements of an Aesthetic
- 3 Harmony
- 4 Rhythm and Form
- Part II A Literary Imagination: Text Settings
- Part III Instrumental Music
- Book part
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
A study of Elliott Carter’s aesthetics including the divided ensemble, his use of conceits, his engagement with eighteenth- and nineteenth-century music, and the influences of Alfred North Whitehead, Nadia Boulanger, Sergei Eisenstein, Marcel Proust, and modernist lyric poetry.
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- Elliott Carter's Late Music , pp. 20 - 32Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022