In any case, Ives encouraged me to go into music even though he himself had such a hard time being a composer.
More Quotes from Elliott Carter:
Why write for the orchestra? For one thing it's a very challenging problem.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.
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An auditory scenario for the players to act out with their instruments.
Elliott Carter
It was only later on that I became more interested in older music.
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Talking about a materialistic thing, I get about 13 times more royalties from Europe than I do from America.
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