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Offline James Meckley

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Elliott Carter, RIP
« on: November 06, 2012, 03:19:43 AM »
Composer Elliott Carter died today at his home in New York City. He was 103.

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Offline barry guerrero

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Re: Elliott Carter, RIP
« Reply #1 on: November 08, 2012, 04:32:21 PM »
Our local radio station, KDFC, played an earlier orchestral work of Carter that sounded an awful lot like Copland   .    .     .   

well, it turned out to be his First Symphony. Very Tonal. Here's a link to the disc (Naxos)

http://www.amazon.com/Elliott-Carter-Symphony-Piano-Concerto/dp/B00019P6PO/ref=sr_1_3?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1352443864&sr=1-3&keywords=elliott+carter+naxos
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Offline Roffe

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Re: Elliott Carter, RIP
« Reply #2 on: November 09, 2012, 07:56:03 AM »
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