The Choral Music of Elliott Carter

Elliott Carter has been hailed as one of the most original composers of his generation. This recognition, however, only began after the completion of his last choral work in 1947. The choral works in themselves are, however, a significant body of compositions of great depth. It is the purpose of this paper to investigate these early works which have always taken a back seat to his enormous later accomplishments. The aim of the paper is to present analyses of the choral works which will allow fellow conductors to have a firmer musical grasp of these scores so that they will, in turn, be able to obtain better performances.

Name thesis:degree_name

D.M.A.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Music

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2014

Author dc:creator

• Detweiler, Greg Jeffrey

• Music

Identifier

(UMI)AAI8600162

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/70844