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Elliott Carter

Elliott Carter (1908-2012)

Nationality: American
Born: December 11, 1908, New York Died: November 5, 2012, New York (age 103)
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A Fantasy about Purcell's 'Fantasia Upon One Note' for Brass Quintet

(for 2 trumpets, horn and 2 trombones)
Duration: 3 minutes (approximately)
Composed: 1974 (age 65-66)
1 recording, 1 videos
3:16
Feeling Brass Quintet

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Nadia Boulanger
Nadia Boulanger (1887-1979)
Teacher
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Charles Ives (1874-1954)
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Nationality: American
Born: October 20, 1874, Danbury, CT Died: May 19, 1954, New York, NY (age 79)
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Hao-fu Zhang (born 1952)
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Nationality: Chinese
Born: January 7, 1952, Xi'an (age 71)
Walter Piston
Walter Piston (1894-1976)
Teacher
Nationality: American
Born: January 20, 1894, Rockland, ME Died: November 12, 1976, Belmont, MA (age 82)
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Gustav Holst (1874-1934)
Teacher
Nationality: English
Born: September 21, 1874, Cheltenham Died: May 25, 1934, London (age 59)
Edward Burlingame Hill
Edward Burlingame Hill (1872-1960)
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Nationality: American
Born: September 9, 1872, Cambridge, MA Died: July 9, 1960, Francestown, NH (age 87)
Ellen Taaffe Zwilich
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Nationality: American
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glossary

  • brass quintet—A five-piece ensemble of brass instruments, typically 2 trumpets (or cornets), horn, trombone and tuba (or bass trombone).
  • chamber music, Kammermusik [G], musique de chambre [F], musica da camera [I], musica cameralis [L]—"Classical Music" for a small ensemble, generally 8 or fewer players with a canonical emphasis on 3-6 players. explore
  • fantasia, fantasy, fantazy, fantazia, phantasy, phantasie, fancy, fantasie [G], fantaisie [F] —generally, a piece of music favoring a free flight of expression over strict adherence to formal rules; suggesting an improvisational character. However, there are at least two more specific historical meanings: 1) the fantasia/fantasie/fancy of English Renaissance viol consort music and 2) Cobbett's Phantasie, an early 20th century form of single-movement chamber music inspired by the Renaissance fancy with the goal of stimulating new English chamber or "consort" music.
  • quintet, quintette [F], quintett [G], quintetto [I]—an ensemble / work for 5 players, the typical examples being string quintet (with second viola or cello), piano quintet or woodwind quintet