Elliott Carter Studies
- Editor: Boland, Marguerite
- Editor: Link, John
this is a most valuable addition to the growing body of Elliott Carter literature. The fourteen chapters present a broad range of topics and approaches to this music, and address pieces throughout... — More…
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Contents
- Preface Marguerite Boland and John Link;
- Part I . Overview: Music Early and Late:
- 1. The true significance of Elliott Carter's early works Jonathan Bernard;
- 2. Elliott Carter's late music John Link;
- Part II . Analysis and Aesthetics:
- 3. The search for order: Carter's late-modern thematicism Arnold Whittall;
- 4. Ritornello form in Carter's Boston and ASKO concertos Marguerite Boland;
- 5. 'The matter of human cooperation' in Carter's mature style John Roeder;
- 6. Time management: rhythm as a formal determinant in certain works of Elliott Carter Andrew Mead;
- 7. 'I try to write music that will appeal to an intelligent listener's ear': on Elliott Carter's string quartets Doerte Schmidt;
- 8. Composition with intervals: melodic invention in Elliott Carter's recent concertos Stephen Heinemann;
- Part III . Sketch Studies:
- 9. Left by the wayside: Elliott Carter's unfinished sonatina for oboe and harpsichord Felix Meyer;
- 10. At the edge of creation: Elliott Carter's sketches in the Library of Congress Stephen Soderberg;
- Part IV . Music and Text:
- 11. Three Illusions ... and maybe a fourth: a hermeneutic approach to Carter's music Max Noubel;
- 12. Layers of meaning: expression and design in Carter's songs Brenda Ravenscroft;
- 13. 'It's as if our voices made no sound': irony in episodes 10-15 of What Next? Guy Capuzzo;
- 14. Words and music in The Defense of Corinth Annette van Dyck-Hemming; Bibliography.