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Silences between movements are employed only in order to bring the opposing duo to the fore.

~Elliott Carter

Topics: Between Bring Duo Employed Fore Movements Only Opposing Order Silences

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My entire life has really revolved around music that was written about the time that I was born, 1908, to just before the First World War and shortly after it. This music I've always known, and it is that music that's most important to me.

~Elliott Carter

Topics: About After Always Around Before Born Entire Entire Life First First World First World War Important Just Known Life Me Most Music Really Time War World World War Written I Was Born

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An auditory scenario for the players to act out with their instruments.

~Elliott Carter

Topics: Act Instruments Out Players Scenario

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Well when I was young, when I was very young, when I was a little boy I don't remember the music I heard, but there was an article in the Brooklyn Daily written by my Aunt about how I could choose phonograph records.

~Elliott Carter

Topics: About Article Aunt Boy Brooklyn Choose Could Daily Heard How Little Music Records Remember Very Well Written Young

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I've known those pieces ever since I was about 16 or 17; I also at that time was taken to meet Charles Ives whom I got to know fairly well. He was the one who wrote a recommendation for me to get into college.

~Elliott Carter

Topics: About Also Charles College Ever Fairly Get Got He Know Known Me Meet Pieces Recommendation Since Taken Those Time Well Who Whom Wrote

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In any case, Ives encouraged me to go into music even though he himself had such a hard time being a composer.

~Elliott Carter

Topics: Any Being Case Composer Encouraged Even Go Had Hard Hard Time He Himself Me Music Though Time

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It was only later on that I became more interested in older music.

~Elliott Carter

Topics: Became Interested Later More Music Older Only

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These wealthy people were very interested in contemporary music. They wanted to help diffuse it and get it to be known to other people.

~Elliott Carter

Topics: Contemporary Get Help Interested Known Music Other People Very Wanted Wealthy Were

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Then, when the Depression came, all of this changed completely. Since that time, the entire public is of a very different sort and there was not so much support for contemporary music in a direct way.

~Elliott Carter

Topics: Came Changed Contemporary Depression Different Direct Entire Much Music Public Since Sort Support Then Time Very Way

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I mean the public likes it more in Europe than they do here because the state supported organizations have felt that playing contemporary music was part of the education of the public.

~Elliott Carter

Topics: Because Contemporary Education Europe Felt Here Likes Mean More Music Organizations Part Playing Public State Supported Than

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Composer

Born: December 11th, 1908

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