Abstract
Part 1 Surveying compositional scene: composer's viewpoint (1946) a further step (1958) challenge of new (1960-62/94) fallacy of mechanistic approach (1946) musique serielle aujourd'hui (1964/94) ISCM Festival, Rome (1959) Rasputin's End and Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk (1960) letter from Europe (1963) ISCM Festival, Amsterdam (1963/94). Part 2 music: once again swing - also American music (1939) music in New York scene (1940) agony of modern music in America, 1955 (1955/94) rhythmic basis of music (1955) European roots of musical culture (1961/94) Expressionism and music (1965/72) the composer is a university commodity (1970). Part 3 Charles Ives: case of Mr Ives (1939) Ives today - his vision and challenge (1944) an destiny (1946) Charles Ives remembered (1974) documents of a friendship with Ives (1975). Part 4 Some other composers: Gabriel Faure (1945) three late sonatas of Debussy (1959/94) figure, with landscape - Henry F. Gilbert (1943) Stravinsky in 1940 Igor Stravinsky - two tributes (1971) on Edgard Varese (1975/79) Edward Steuermann (1966) Walter Piston (1946) Roger Sessions - violin concerto (1959) in memoriam - Roger Sessions, 1896-1985 (1985/95) in memoriam - Stefan Wolpe, 1902-1972 (1972) two essays on Goffredo Petrassi (1960, 1986) to think of Milton Babbitt (1976) for Pierre Boulez on his 60th (1985). Part 5 Life and work: to be a composer in America (1953/94) composer's choices (circa 1960) shop talk by an composer (1960) time dimension in music (1965) two sonatas, 1948 and 1952 (1969) string quartets No 1, 1951, and No 2, 1959 (1970) orchestral composer's point of view (1970) on Saint-John Perse and concerto for orchestra (1974/94) brass quintet (1974) double concerto, 1961, and duo, 1974 (1975) music and time screen (1976) elle est la musique en personne - a reminiscence of Nadia Boulanger (circa 1985/95) reminiscence of Italy (1988). Part 6 Philosophy, criticism and other arts: more about Balanchine (1937) with dancers (1938) remembering Balanchine (1991/95) theatre and films (1943) genial sage - Paul Rosenfeld (1948) introduction to a poetry reading by W.H. Auden (1969) music as a liberal art (1944) time lecture (1965/94) Gesamtkunstwerk (1966/94) Soviet music (1967/94) music criticism (1972). Appendices: notes on sources published writings by Carter not included in this collection.
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