
Elliott Carter's Late Music
John Link(Author)
Cambridge University Press
Published on 8. February 2024
Book
Paperback/Softback
510 pages
978-1-009-49026-9 (ISBN)
Description
The first comprehensive study of the late music of one of the most influential composers of the last half century, this book places Elliott Carter's music from 1995 to 2012 in the broader context of post-war contemporary concert music, including his own earlier work. It addresses Carter's reception history, his aesthetics, and his harmonic and rhythmic practice, and includes detailed essays on all of Carter's major works after 1995. Special emphasis is placed on Carter's settings of contemporary modernist poetry from John Ashbery to Louis Zukofsky. In readable and engaging prose, Elliott Carter's Late Music illuminates a body of late work that stands at the forefront of the composer's achievements.
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'... absorbing, frequently demanding but always rewarding reading.' Richard Whitehouse, GramophoneMore details
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
Worked examples or Exercises
Dimensions
Height: 244 mm
Width: 170 mm
Thickness: 27 mm
Weight
871 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-009-49026-9 (9781009490269)
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John Link
Elliott Carter's Late Music
Book
01/2022
Cambridge University Press
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Person
Composer and author John Link is Professor of Music at William Paterson University. He is editor of Carter's Harmony Book (with Nicholas Hopkins, 2002) and Elliott Carter Studies (with Marguerite Boland, Cambridge University Press, 2012), and the author of Elliott Carter: A Guide to Research (2000).
Content
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): 5. Sense and sensibility- opera; 6. A kind of light -song cycles and other text settings; Part III. Instrumental Music: 7. Illusions -music for orchestra; 8. Social aspirations -music for instrumental soloist and ensemble; 9. A free society- music for large chamber ensemble; 10. Social relations- music for small chamber ensemble; 11. Reflections- short instrumental pieces.