Elliott Carter

Personal Website:

https://elliottcarter.com

 

Awards:

Rome Prize (1954, 1963, and 2016)

Pulitzer Prize (1973) String Quartet No. 3

Pulitzer Prize (1960) String Quartet No. 2

American Academy of Arts and Letters Music Prize (1950)

Guggenheim Fellowship (1945)

 

Compositions for Winds:

Nine by Five (2009) for Wind Quintet

Wind Rose (2008) for Wind Ensemble

Quintet for Piano and Winds (1991)

• Movement I
• Movement II
• Movement III
• Movement IV
• Movement V

Birthday Fanfare (1978) for 3 Trumpets, Vibraphone, and Glockenspiel

Brass Quintet (1974)

Eight Etudes and a Fantasy for Wind Quintet (1949)

• I. Maestoso
• II. Quietly
• III. Adagio possibile
• IV. Vivace
• V. Andante
• VI. Allegretto Leggerio
• VII. Intensely
• VIII. Presto
• IX. Fantasy: tempo guisto

Woodwind Quintet (1948)

Canon Suite for Four Alto Saxophones or Four Clarinets (1939/1945/1981)