Talk:Elliott Carter

I don't have a written source for the final quote about changing notes: I heard him say it in a composition seminar in the late 1980s. Antandrus 16:58, 11 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Can you site the seminar? Just treat it as a source so it is in some way verifiable. Also, you're paragraphs are a little too positive, for instance the use of the word "glow". Hyacinth 00:29, 12 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Too hard to cite--I can't remember the date. I took out the line so I wouldn't have to. As anyone who has studied his works in score knows, there are notes you just can't figure out based on the "system" he sets up, so I just said that. It was interesting though to hear him say that he just changes notes arbitrarily when they don't sound right, and that got a good chuckle out of a room full of composers. So I'll leave it here in "talk" in case anyone cares. Antandrus 02:08, 12 Jul 2004 (UTC)
Thanks! Hyacinth 02:14, 12 Jul 2004 (UTC)

It is a great quote, if you come across the date, time, place, and name of the conference I would welcome the addition to this article, Precompositional, and Musical analysis. Hyacinth 02:16, 12 Jul 2004 (UTC)

As I dig through boxes of stuff from grad school, if I come across it I'll do as you suggest. Interesting how I heard a sigh of relief from various composers who were all trying to compose with "systems" --here was the "Master" giving them permission to pull out those little burrs without having to justify them! Still makes me laugh. I wrote my doctoral comprehensive on Mirror on Which to Dwell, and even though I won't say it in the article, I tell you that darn thing DOES glow from within. Peace, Antandrus 02:29, 12 Jul 2004 (UTC)
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