Elliott Carter Dead at 103

Mr. Carter died in his Greenwich Village apartment, which he and his wife bought in 1945 and where he had lived ever since.

Sad day. Although the man was 103 after all.

Elliott Carter Day

Nothing in  particular, just listening to Carter’s piano works (for some reason). Here’s mandatory clip (or two):

Elliott Carter On Charlie Rose (with Levine and Barenboim)

The man and his music.

Elliott Carter Turns 100

Yesterday was Messian’s 100th birthday, but Elliott Carter is still alive, so he certainly wins. Here’s a couple of nice videos to celebrate the great (old) man:

Elliott Carter Is Older Than You.

NYTimes: A Composer Who’s 99 With Plenty to Celebrate:

The composer Elliott Carter, left, and the conductor Pierre Boulez after a Focus! concert.

Perhaps it’s true that composers of formidably complex music, like Elliott Carter, are tough sells for mainstream audiences. That is why the scene at the Juilliard School on Friday night was so encouraging. Outside the school’s Peter Jay Sharp Theater a long line of people stood in the wintry chill, hoping to get tickets for the first concert of Focus! 2008: All About Elliott, the school’s free, weeklong festival devoted to music by Mr. Carter, interspersed with works by composers who influenced him and by sympathetic colleagues.

The rest of the article is here. Go Carter!