Monday, December 11, 2023

December 11 - Elliott Carter (The Musical Birthday Series, 5th Annual Cycle)

Previous posts for December 11th are here: Elliott Carter (2019), Hector Berlioz (2020), Rita Moreno (2021), and Brenda Lee; Elliott Carter; Hector Berlioz (2022)

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Elliott Carter (11 December 1908 – 5 November 2012) was an American composer of exhilarating works of great complexity.



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Limerick in Six: For Carter

If folks are confused and afraid

When the music by Carter is played,

They might come to blows

With the cadre of those

(Though it might be a pose)

Who attend to his scores undismayed. 

 

 

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