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.
More Quotes from Elliott Carter:
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
It was only later on that I became more interested in older music.
Elliott Carter
Why write for the orchestra? For one thing it's a very challenging problem.
Elliott Carter
Since I'm allergic to various things, the army wouldn't accept me during the war, and I got into the Office of War Information, which sent music to Europe.
Elliott Carter
The Royal Festival Hall, I don't know whether it was 80 or 70, gave a whole festival of my music there with orchestra and everything. String quartets.
Elliott Carter
In any case, Ives encouraged me to go into music even though he himself had such a hard time being a composer.
Elliott Carter
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