A composer of famously thorny music had two failed forays into ballet, given fresh reconsideration on a new album. By Joshua Barone A head-spinning performance of Carter’s five string quartets was one ...

"I don't think it means anything to be popular," Carter said. Classical composer Elliott Carter, whose challenging, rhythmically complex works earned him widespread admiration and two Pulitzer Prizes, ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Classical composer Elliott Carter, whose challenging, rhythmically complex works earned him widespread admiration and two Pulitzer Prizes, died Monday at age 103. His music publishing ...

Carter lived one of the most fulfilled lives any artist could wish for. What's sad about his death Monday at 103 isn't just that a whole era in... When Elliott Carter died at home on Monday, he was ...