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Elliott Carter Quotes:

Ocupation: Composer

Life: December 11, 1908 - November 5, 2012

Birthday: December 11

Death: November 5

That was one of the big problems when I was at Harvard studying music. We had to write choral pieces in the style of Brahms or Mendelssohn, which was distressing because in the end you realized how good Brahms is, and how bad you are.

- Elliott Carter

topic: Writing, Style, Pieces, Mendelssohn, Studying Music, Distressing, Brahms

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