Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Collection Summary
| Title | Elliott Carter music manuscripts and other papers, 1933-1971 |
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| Inclusive Dates | 1933-1971 |
| Creator | Carter, Elliott, 1908-2012 |
| Extent | approximately 18,900 items |
| Extent | 55 containers plus bound scores |
| Extent | 19 linear feet |
| Extent | 22 microfilm reels |
| Language | Collection material in English |
| Location | Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. |
| Finding Aid Permalink | Cite or bookmark this finding aid as: https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/eadmus.mu020022 |
| LCCN Permalink | LC Catalog record: https://lccn.loc.gov/2020570075 |
| Summary | Among other accolades, American composer Elliott Carter was a two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Music for his second and third string quartets. A student of Nadia Boulanger, his works combined American and European styles of modernism, and his compositional style, based around collections of pitches, was later described as musical set theory. Carter was also known for his use of proportional tempo changes, which is referred to by scholars as metric modulation. Carter composed in a wide variety of genres, including symphonies, concertos, chamber music, ballets, and choral music. This finding aid collates classed holograph scores, sketches, and parts by Carter that were donated to the Music Division beginning in the 1960s. Additional music materials, programs, and a small amount of photographs and other papers will be added to this document in the future. |
| Online Content | A selection of scores and sketches from the Elliott Carter Music Manuscripts and Other Papers is available on the Library of Congress Web site at https://www.loc.gov/collections/elliott-carter/about-this-collection/ |