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This is a list of works by the American composer Elliott Carter.

Ballet

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Opera

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  • What Next? (opera in one act; libretto by Paul Griffiths) (1997)

Choral

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  • Tarantella for men's chorus and two pianos (1937)
  • Let's Be Gay for women's chorus and two pianos (1937)
  • Harvest Home for a cappella choir (1937)
  • To Music for a cappella choir (1937)
  • Heart Not So Heavy for a cappella choir (1939)
  • The Defense of Corinth for speaker, men's chorus and piano four hands (1941)
  • The Harmony of Morning for women's chorus and chamber orchestra (1944)
  • Musicians Wrestle Everywhere for mixed chorus (SSATB) a capella or with strings (1945)
  • Emblems for men's chorus and piano (1947)

Concertante

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Orchestra

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  1. "A Celebration of Some 150x100 Notes"
  2. "Remembrance"
  3. "Anniversary"
  1. Partita
  2. Adagio Tenebroso
  3. Allegro Scorrevole
  1. "Micomicón"
  2. "Fons Juventatis"
  3. "More's Utopia"
  • Sound Fields for string orchestra (2007)
  • Instances for chamber orchestra (2012)

Large ensemble

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  • Penthode for ensemble (1985)
  • Asko Concerto for sixteen players (2000)
  • Réflexions for ensemble (2004)
  • Wind Rose for wind ensemble (2008)

Chamber

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  • Pastoral for english horn and piano (1940, revised 1982, arrangements for clarinet, viola and alto saxophone exist)
  • Canonic Suite for four alto saxophones or four clarinets (1939, published in 1945, revised in 1981[2])
  • Elegy for viola and piano, also version for string quartet (1943, revised 1961)
  • Cello Sonata (1948)
  • Woodwind Quintet (1948)
  • Eight Etudes and a Fantasy for wind quartet (1949) [1]
  • String Quartet No. 1 (1951)
  • Sonata for flute, oboe, cello, and harpsichord (1952)
  • String Quartet No. 2 (1959)
  • Canon for 3 (1971)
  • String Quartet No. 3 (1971)
  • Brass Quintet (1974)
  • Duo for violin and piano (1974)
  • Birthday Fanfare for three trumpets, vibraphone, and glockenspiel (1978)
  • Triple Duo (1983)
  • Esprit rude/esprit doux for flute and clarinet (1984)
  • Canon for 4 (1984)
  • String Quartet No. 4 (1986)
  • Enchanted Preludes for flute and cello (1988)
  • Con leggerezza pensosa for clarinet, violin, and cello (1990)
  • Quintet for piano and winds (1991)
  • Trilogy for oboe and harp (1992)
  1. Bariolage for harp
  2. Inner Song for oboe
  3. Immer Neu for oboe and harp
  • Esprit rude/esprit doux II for flute, clarinet, and marimba (1994)
  • Fragment I for string quartet (1994)
  • String Quartet No. 5 (1995)
  • Luimen for ensemble (1997)
  • Quintet for piano and string quartet (1997)
  • Fragment II for string quartet (1999)
  • Oboe Quartet, for oboe, violin, viola, and cello (2001)
  • Hiyoku for two clarinets (2001)
  • Au Quai for bassoon and viola (2002)
  • Call for two trumpets and horn (2003)
  • Clarinet Quintet (2007)
  • Tintinnabulation for percussion sextet (2008)
  • Tre Duetti for violin and cello (2008, 2009)
  1. Duettone
  2. Adagio
  3. Duettino
  • Nine by Five for wind quintet (2009)
  • Trije glasbeniki for flute, bass clarinet, and harp (2011)
  • String Trio (2011)
  • Double Trio for trumpet, trombone, percussion, piano, violin and cello (2011)
  • Rigmarole for cello and bass clarinet (2011)
  • Epigrams for violin, cello, and piano (2012)

Voice

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  • My Love Is in a Light Attire for voice and piano (1928)
  • Tell Me Where Is Fancy Bred for voice and guitar (1938)
  • A Mirror on Which to Dwell for soprano and ensemble (1975)
  • Syringa for mezzo-soprano, bass-baritone, guitar, and ensemble (1978)
  • Three Poems of Robert Frost for baritone and ensemble (1942, orchestrated 1980)
  • In Sleep, in Thunder for tenor and ensemble (1981)
  • Of Challenge and of Love for soprano and piano (1994)
  • Tempo e Tempi for soprano, oboe, clarinet, violin, and cello (1998–99)
  • Of Rewaking for mezzo-soprano and orchestra (2002)
  • In the Distances of Sleep for mezzo-soprano and chamber orchestra (2006)
  • Mad Regales for six solo voices (2007)
  • La Musique for solo voice (2007)
  • Poems of Louis Zukofsky (2008) for mezzo-soprano and clarinet
  • On Conversing with Paradise (2008) for baritone and chamber orchestra
  • What Are Years (2009) for soprano and chamber orchestra
  • A Sunbeam's Architecture (2010) for tenor and chamber orchestra
  • Three Explorations (2011) for bass-baritone, winds, and brass
  • The American Sublime (2011) for baritone and large ensemble

Piano

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  • Piano Sonata (1945–46)
  • Night Fantasies (1980)
  • 90+ (1994)
  • Two Diversions (1999)
  • Retrouvailles (2000)
  • Two Thoughts about the Piano (2005–06)
  1. "Intermittences"
  2. "Caténaires"
  • Tri-Tribute (2007–08)
  1. "Sistribute"
  2. "Fratribute"
  3. "Matribute"

Solo instrumental

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  • Eight Pieces for Four Timpani (1949/66)
  • Changes for guitar (1983)
  • Scrivo in Vento for flute (1991)
  • Gra for clarinet, also version for trombone (1994)
  • Figment for cello (1994)
  • A 6-letter Letter for English horn (1996)
  • Shard for guitar (1997)
  • Four Lauds for solo violin (1999, 1984, 2000, 1999)
  1. "Statement – Remembering Aaron"
  2. "Riconoscenza per Goffredo Petrassi"
  3. "Rhapsodic Musings"
  4. "Fantasy – Remembering Roger"
  • Figment II for cello (2001)
  • Steep Steps for bass clarinet (2001)
  • Retracing for bassoon (2002)
  • HBHH for oboe (2007)
  • Figment III for contrabass (2007)
  • Figment IV for viola (2007)
  • Figment V for marimba (2009)
  • Retracing II for horn (2009)
  • Retracing III for trumpet (2009)
  • Retracing IV for tuba (2011)
  • Retracing V for trombone (2011)
  • Mnemosyné for violin (2011)
  • Figment VI for oboe (2011)

References

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  1. ^ Doering, William, "Elliot Carter Jr. (1908– )", in Sitsky, Larry (ed.), Music of the Twentieth-Century Avant-Garde: A Biocritical Sourcebook (ABC-CLIO, 2002), p. 105.
  2. ^ Sax, Mule, Jean-Pierre Thiollet, H & D, 2004, p. 109
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