Arguably the most influential composer of the 20th Century
(...presuming of course that the scope of said influence is limited to concert halls, conservatories, and other bastions of musical academia and/or post-Classical Western Art Music...but why quibble about demographics?)
One month shy of his 104th birthday, and he was still actively composing this year!
A phenomenal artist, a visionary, a true genius; his presence shall be missed.
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/music/la-me-elliott-carter-20121106,0,4929132.story
(...presuming of course that the scope of said influence is limited to concert halls, conservatories, and other bastions of musical academia and/or post-Classical Western Art Music...but why quibble about demographics?)
One month shy of his 104th birthday, and he was still actively composing this year!
A phenomenal artist, a visionary, a true genius; his presence shall be missed.
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/music/la-me-elliott-carter-20121106,0,4929132.story
