title: List of compositions by Elliott Carter
text: # 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)
  * Concerto for Orchestra (1969)
  * 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)
  * 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)
  