I've known those pieces ever since I was about 16 or 17; I also at that time was taken to meet Charles Ives whom I got to know fairly well. He was the one who wrote a recommendation for me to get into college.
-- Elliott Carter
   
Elliott Carter   Name:
Elliott Carter
Type:
Composer
Nationality:
American
Birth:
December 11, 1908
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