It almost seemed like he’d live forever. But on November 5 Elliott Carter, the 103-year-old iconoclast composer whose productivity seemed to increase with age, died in his home in New York City. To pay tribute to the famed inventor of “metric modulation” we re-publish Frank J. Oteri’s “The Carter Century” from the November-December 2008 issue of Symphony.
Also this week, we take a look at the Canada-based Victoria Symphony’s John Cage festival—featuring a full orchestra performance of his notorious 4’33’’—and the Los Angeles Times’ Mark Swed offers a little historical perspective on the challenges orchestras face today.
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Posted November 9, 2012
