"I mean the public likes it more in Europe than they do here because the state supported organizations have felt that playing contemporary music was part of the education of the public."
- Elliott CarterThis observation regarding the reception of modern classical music was made by the well-known American composer and music theorist Elliott Carter. Carter, who was born in 1908 and died in 2012, had a remarkable career that lasted more than 80 years and produced over 100 pieces in a variety of genres…