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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

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Elliott Carter
Age: 103 †
Born: 1908
Born: December 11
Died: 2012
Died: November 5
Composer
Music Pedagogue
University Teacher
Manhattan borough
New York City
Elliott Cook Carter
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Elliott Carter
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Elliot Carter
Music
Problems
Writing
Pieces
Choral
Good
Style
Mendelssohn
Study
Brahms
Bigs
Distressing
Write
Harvard
Ends
Studying
Problem
Realized

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