Twentieth Century Music: An Introduction
by Eric Salzman
Period: Early 20th
Century
Born: Friday, December 11, 1908 in New York, New York
(USA)
As of May 2005 this composer is still living.
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Nation of Origin: United States
Major Works:
Neo-classical and serial works in a variety of mediums.
Other Information:
Pulitzer prize winner in 1960 for String Quartet No. 2 and
in 1973 for String Quartet No. 3.
General Bibliography:
Kennedy, Michael, The Oxford Dictionary of
Music, Oxford University Press, 2nd Edition, 1997, ISBN:
0198691629
Sadie, Stanley and Tyrrell, John; Editors, The New Grove
Dictionary of Music and Musicians, Groves Dictionaries, Inc.,
January 2001, ISBN: 1561592390
Slonimsky, Nicolas and Kuhn, Laura; Editors,
Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians, Gale Group,
December 2000, ISBN: 0028655257
Slonimsky, Nicolas, Music Since 1900,
Schirmer Books, July 1994, ISBN: 0028724186
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Biographical essay at the Karadar site
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David Harvey's Site on Elliot Carter
Biography at the Schirmer site
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