# List of compositions by Elliott Carter

This is a list of works by the American composer Elliott Carter.

## Ballet

* Pocahontas (1938–39)
* The Minotaur (1947), choreographed by George Balanchine and John Taras

## Opera

* What Next? (opera in one act; libretto by Paul Griffiths) (1997)

## Choral

* Tarantella for men's chorus and two pianos (1937)
* Let's Be Gay for women's chorus and two pianos (1937)
* Harvest Home for a cappella choir (1937)
* To Music for a cappella choir (1937)
* Heart Not So Heavy for a cappella choir (1939)
* The Defense of Corinth for speaker, men's chorus and piano four hands (1941)
* The Harmony of Morning for women's chorus and chamber orchestra (1944)
* Musicians Wrestle Everywhere for mixed chorus (SSATB) a capella or with strings (1945)
* Emblems for men's chorus and piano (1947)

## Concertante

* Double Concerto for Harpsichord and Piano with Two Chamber Orchestras (1959–61)
* Piano Concerto (1964–65)
* Oboe Concerto (1986–1987)
* Violin Concerto (1990)
* Clarinet Concerto (1996)
* Cello Concerto (2000)
* Boston Concerto (2002)
* Dialogues for piano and chamber orchestra (2003)
* Mosaic for harp and ensemble (2004)
* Soundings for piano and orchestra (2005)
* Horn Concerto (2006)
* Interventions for piano and orchestra (2007)
* Flute Concerto (2008)
* Concertino for bass clarinet and chamber orchestra (2009)
* Two Controversies and a Conversation for piano, percussion, and chamber orchestra (2010–11)
* Dialogues II for piano and chamber orchestra (2012)

## Orchestra

* Symphony No. 1 (1942, revised 1954)
* Holiday Overture (1944, revised 1961)
* Variations for Orchestra (1954–1955)
* Concerto for Orchestra (1969)
* A Symphony of Three Orchestras (1976)
* Three Occasions for Orchestra (1986–89)
   * "A Celebration of Some 150x100 Notes"
   * "Remembrance"
   * "Anniversary"
* Symphonia: sum fluxae pretium spei (1993–96)
   * Partita
   * Adagio Tenebroso
   * Allegro Scorrevole
* Three Illusions for Orchestra (2002–04)
   * "Micomicón"
   * "Fons Juventatis"
   * "More's Utopia"
* Sound Fields for string orchestra (2007)
* Instances for chamber orchestra (2012)

## Large ensemble

* Penthode for ensemble (1985)
* Asko Concerto for sixteen players (2000)
* Réflexions for ensemble (2004)
* Wind Rose for wind ensemble (2008)

## Chamber

* Pastoral for english horn and piano (1940, revised 1982, arrangements for clarinet, viola and alto saxophone exist)
* Canonic Suite for four alto saxophones or four clarinets (1939, published in 1945, revised in 1981)
* Elegy for viola and piano, also version for string quartet (1943, revised 1961)
* Cello Sonata (1948)
* Woodwind Quintet (1948)
* Eight Etudes and a Fantasy for wind quartet (1949)
* String Quartet No. 1 (1951)
* Sonata for flute, oboe, cello, and harpsichord (1952)
* String Quartet No. 2 (1959)
* Canon for 3 (1971)
* String Quartet No. 3 (1971)
* Brass Quintet (1974)
* Duo for violin and piano (1974)
* Birthday Fanfare for three trumpets, vibraphone, and glockenspiel (1978)
* Triple Duo (1983)
* Esprit rude/esprit doux for flute and clarinet (1984)
* Canon for 4 (1984)
* String Quartet No. 4 (1986)
* Enchanted Preludes for flute and cello (1988)
* Con leggerezza pensosa for clarinet, violin, and cello (1990)
* Quintet for piano and winds (1991)
* Trilogy for oboe and harp (1992)
   * Bariolage for harp
   * Inner Song for oboe
   * Immer Neu for oboe and harp
* Esprit rude/esprit doux II for flute, clarinet, and marimba (1994)
* Fragment I for string quartet (1994)
* String Quartet No. 5 (1995)
* Luimen for ensemble (1997)
* Quintet for piano and string quartet (1997)
* Fragment II for string quartet (1999)
* Oboe Quartet, for oboe, violin, viola, and cello (2001)
* Hiyoku for two clarinets (2001)
* Au Quai for bassoon and viola (2002)
* Call for two trumpets and horn (2003)
* Clarinet Quintet (2007)
* Tintinnabulation for percussion sextet (2008)
* Tre Duetti for violin and cello (2008, 2009)
   * Duettone
   * Adagio
   * Duettino
* Nine by Five for wind quintet (2009)
* Trije glasbeniki for flute, bass clarinet, and harp (2011)
* String Trio (2011)
* Double Trio for trumpet, trombone, percussion, piano, violin and cello (2011)
* Rigmarole for cello and bass clarinet (2011)
* Epigrams for violin, cello, and piano (2012)

## Voice

* My Love Is in a Light Attire for voice and piano (1928)
* Tell Me Where Is Fancy Bred for voice and guitar (1938)
* A Mirror on Which to Dwell for soprano and ensemble (1975)
* Syringa for mezzo-soprano, bass-baritone, guitar, and ensemble (1978)
* Three Poems of Robert Frost for baritone and ensemble (1942, orchestrated 1980)
* In Sleep, in Thunder for tenor and ensemble (1981)
* Of Challenge and of Love for soprano and piano (1994)
* Tempo e Tempi for soprano, oboe, clarinet, violin, and cello (1998–99)
* Of Rewaking for mezzo-soprano and orchestra (2002)
* In the Distances of Sleep for mezzo-soprano and chamber orchestra (2006)
* Mad Regales for six solo voices (2007)
* La Musique for solo voice (2007)
* Poems of Louis Zukofsky (2008) for mezzo-soprano and clarinet
* On Conversing with Paradise (2008) for baritone and chamber orchestra
* What Are Years (2009) for soprano and chamber orchestra
* A Sunbeam's Architecture (2010) for tenor and chamber orchestra
* Three Explorations (2011) for bass-baritone, winds, and brass
* The American Sublime (2011) for baritone and large ensemble

## Piano

* Piano Sonata (1945–46)
* Night Fantasies (1980)
* 90+ (1994)
* Two Diversions (1999)
* Retrouvailles (2000)
* Two Thoughts about the Piano (2005–06)
   * "Intermittences"
   * "Caténaires"
* Tri-Tribute (2007–08)
   * "Sistribute"
   * "Fratribute"
   * "Matribute"

## Solo instrumental

* Eight Pieces for Four Timpani (1949/66)
* Changes for guitar (1983)
* Scrivo in Vento for flute (1991)
* Gra for clarinet, also version for trombone (1994)
* Figment for cello (1994)
* A 6-letter Letter for English horn (1996)
* Shard for guitar (1997)
* Four Lauds for solo violin (1999, 1984, 2000, 1999)
* "Statement – Remembering Aaron"
* "Riconoscenza per Goffredo Petrassi"
* "Rhapsodic Musings"
* "Fantasy – Remembering Roger"
* Figment II for cello (2001)
* Steep Steps for bass clarinet (2001)
* Retracing for bassoon (2002)
* HBHH for oboe (2007)
* Figment III for contrabass (2007)
* Figment IV for viola (2007)
* Figment V for marimba (2009)
* Retracing II for horn (2009)
* Retracing III for trumpet (2009)
* Retracing IV for tuba (2011)
* Retracing V for trombone (2011)
* Mnemosyné for violin (2011)
* Figment VI for oboe (2011)