Elliott Carter

When I was in Paris, all of the German refugees began to flow in and it was a very sad time. ”

In any case, Ives encouraged me to go into music even though he himself had such a hard time being a composer. ”

Then, when the Depression came, all of this changed completely. Since that time, the entire public is of a very different sort and there was not so much support for contemporary music in a direct way. ”

The Quartets have been a major part of my work. ”