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Elliott Carter (1908-    )

Tarantella for men’s chorus and orchestra (1936)                                                                        Carter  Links
Harvest Home for mixed chorus a cappella (1937)
Let's Be Gay for chorus (SSA) and two pianos (1937)
Tell Me Where is Fancy Bred for voice and guitar (1938)
Heart Not So Heavy as Mine for chorus (1938)
Pocahontas, ballet (1938-39)
Canonic Suite for four alto saxophones or clarinets (1939)
Symphony No. 1 (1942; rev. 1954)
Dust of Snow for violin and piano (1943)
The Rose Family for voice and piano (1943)
Holiday Overture (1944; rev. 1961)
The Harmony of Morning for women’s chorus and orchestra (1944)
Piano Sonata (1945-46)
The Minotaur, ballet (1947)
Cello Sonata (1948)
Woodwind Quintet (1948)
Eight Etudes and a Fantasy for wind quartet (1949)
String Quartet No.1 (1951)
Sonata for Flute, Oboe, Cello and Harpsichord (1952)
Variations for Orchestra (1955)
String Quartet No.2 (1959)
Double Concerto for piano, harpsichord and 2 chamber orchestras (1959-61)
Piano Concerto (1964)
Eight Pieces for Four Timpani (1950; rev. 1966)
Concerto for Orchestra (1969)
Canon for Three Equal Instruments “In memoriam Igor Stravinsky” (1971)
String Quartet No.3 (1971)
Brass Quintet (1974)
Fantasy about Purcell’s “Fantasia Upon One Note” for brass quintet (1974)
Duo for violin and piano (1974)
A Mirror on Which to Dwell for soprano and ensemble (1975)
A Symphony of Three Orchestras (1976)
Syringa for mezzo-soprano, bass-baritone, guitar and ensemble (1978)
Three Poems of Robert Frost for baritone and ensemble (1942, orchestrated 1980)
Night Fantasies for piano (1980)
In Sleep, in Thunder for tenor and ensemble (1981)
Changes for Guitar (1983)
Triple Duo for six players (1983)
Canon for 4 – Homage to William for flute, bass clarinet, violin and cello (1984)
Riconoscenza 'per Goffredo Petrassi' for solo violin (1984) [Laud No. 2 from Four Lauds]
Penthode (1985)
Esprit Rude/Esprit Doux for flute and clarinet (1985)
String Quartet No.4 (1986)
Birthday Flourish for five trumpets or brass quintet (1988)
Enchanted Preludes for flute and cello (1988)
Three Occasions for orchestra (1986-89)
-    A Celebration of some 150x100 notes
-    Remembrance
-    Anniversary
Violin Concerto (1989)
Con Leggerezza Pensosa - Omaggio a Italo Calvino for clarinet, violin and cello (1990)
Quintet for piano and winds (1991)
Scrivo in Vento for solo flute (1991)
Trilogy for oboe and harp (1992)
-    Bariolage for harp
-    Inner Song for oboe
-    Immer Neu for oboe and harp
Inner Song for solo oboe (1992)
Gra [Polish: "to play"] for solo clarinet (or trombone) (1993)
Of Challenge and of Love for soprano and piano (1994)
Esprit Rude/Esprit Doux II for flute, clarinet and marimba (1994)
Fragment No.1 for string quartet (1994)
90+ for piano (1994)
Figment for solo cello (1994)
String Quartet No.5 (1995)
Symphonia: Sum Fluxae Pretiam Spei (1993-96)
-    Partita
-    Adagio Tenebroso
-    Allegro Scorrevole
Clarinet Concerto (1996)
A 6 Letter Letter for solo English horn (1996)
What Next, opera (1997)
Luimen for ensemble (1997)
Quintet for piano and string quartet (1997)
Shard for solo guitar (1997)
Glock Birthday Fanfare for three trumpets and vibraphone (chimes) (1998)
Tempo e Tempi for soprano, oboe, clarinet, violin and cello (1998-99)
Two Diversions for piano (1999)
Fragment No.2 for string quartet (1999)
Fantasy for solo violin (1999) [Laud No. 4 from Four Lauds]
Statement for solo violin (1999) [Laud No. 1 from Four Lauds]
ASKO Concerto (2000)
Retrouvailles for piano (2000)
Rhapsodic Musings for solo violin (2001) [Laud No. 3 from Four Lauds]
Four Lauds for solo violin (1984-2001)
-    Statement (1999)
-    Riconoscenza 'per Goffredo Petrassi' (1984)
-    Rhapsodic Musings (2001)
-    Fantasy (1999)
Oboe Quartet for oboe and string trio (2001)
Cello Concerto (2001)
Hiyoku for two clarinets (2001)
Figment No.2 for solo cello (2001)
Steep Steps for bass clarinet (2001)
Boston Concerto (2002)
Of Reawakening for mezzo-soprano and orchestra (2002)
Au Quai for bassoon and viola (2002)
Retracing for solo bassoon (2002)
Dialogues for piano and orchestra (2003)
Call for two trumpets and horn (2003)
Three Illusions for orchestra (2002-04)
-    Micomicón
-    Fons Juventatis
-    More's Utopia
Mosaic for harp and ensemble (2004)
Réflexions for ensemble (2004)
Soundings for piano and orchestra (2005)
Intermittences for piano (2005)
Catenaires for piano (2006)
In the Distances of Sleep for voice and ensemble (2006)
Horn concerto (2007)


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