Prized Composers
Elliott Carter
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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)
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)