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Series:   Elements in Music since 1945

Elliott Carter's String Quartet No. 1

Myths, Narratives, and Cold War Cultural Diplomacy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 November 2024

Laura Emmery
Laura Emmery
Affiliation:
Emory University

Summary

This Element offers a critical analysis of the history of Elliott Carter's String Quartet No. 1 and the composer's rise to public acclaim, not through the study of the work itself but through intriguing and captivating narratives that surround this quartet and their socio-cultural-political context, which led Carter to become one of the most dominant voices in the post-1945 American music scene. Carter's road to success was meticulously paved by powerful institutions and individuals, including critics, scholars, festival and radio programming directors, and the US government, for whom, in the context of the Cold War, Carter was chosen to represent an exemplary American triumphant story. The author argues that it is not the quartet itself that contributed to Carter's reception and legacy, but the inextricable narratives that we associate with this work.
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Elliott CarterString Quartet No. 1twentieth-century string quartetAmerican modernismCold War cultural diplomacymusic and politicsmusic and narrativeintertextuality
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Series: Elements in Music since 1945
Online ISBN: 9781009537124
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication: 02 January 2025

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