List of compositions by Elliott Carter

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

Ballet

*''Pocahontas'' (1938–39)
*''The Minotaur'' (1947), choreographed by George Balanchine and John Taras

Opera

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

Choral

*''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

* Double Concerto for Harpsichord and Piano with Two Chamber Orchestras (1959–61)
*Piano Concerto (1964–65)
* Concerto for Orchestra (1969)
*Oboe Concerto (1986–1987)
*Violin Concerto (1990)
*Clarinet Concerto (1996)
*Cello Concerto (2000)
*'' Boston Concerto'' (2002)
*'' Dialogues'' for piano and chamber orchestra (2003)
*''Mosaic'' for harp and ensemble (2004)
*'' Soundings'' for piano and orchestra (2005)
* Horn Concerto (2006)
*''Interventions'' for piano and orchestra (2007)
* Flute Concerto (2008)
*Concertino for bass clarinet and chamber orchestra (2009)
*'' Two Controversies and a Conversation'' for piano, percussion, and chamber orchestra (2010–11)
*'' Dialogues II'' for piano and chamber orchestra (2012)

Orchestra

* Symphony No. 1 (1942, revised 1954)
*''Holiday Overture'' (1944, revised 1961)
* Variations for Orchestra (1954–1955)
*''A Symphony of Three Orchestras'' (1976)
*''Three Occasions for Orchestra'' (1986–89)
:#"A Celebration of Some 150x100 Notes"
:#"Remembrance"
:#"Anniversary"
*'' Symphonia: sum fluxae pretium spei'' (1993–96)
:#Partita
:#Adagio Tenebroso
:#Allegro Scorrevole
*''Three Illusions for Orchestra'' (2002–04)
:#"Micomicón"
:#"Fons Juventatis"
:#"More's Utopia"
*''Sound Fields'' for string orchestra (2007)
*''Instances'' for chamber orchestra (2012)

Large ensemble

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

Chamber

*''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'' Sax, Mule'', Jean-Pierre Thiollet, H & D, 2004, p. 109)
*''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

* String Quartet No. 1 (Carter), 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)
:#''Bariolage'' for harp
:#''Inner Song'' for oboe
:#''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)
:#''Duettone''
:#''Adagio''
:#''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

*''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

*Piano Sonata (1945–46)
*'' Night Fantasies'' (1980)
*''90+'' (1994)
*''Two Diversions'' (1999)
*''Retrouvailles'' (2000)
*''Two Thoughts about the Piano'' (2005–06)
:#"Intermittences"
:#"Caténaires"
*''Tri-Tribute'' (2007–08)
:#"Sistribute"
:#"Fratribute"
:#"Matribute"

Solo instrumental

*''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)
#"Statement – Remembering Aaron"
#"Riconoscenza per Goffredo Petrassi"
#"Rhapsodic Musings"
#"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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Carter, Elliott