List of compositions by Elliott Carter

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

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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)

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)

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)

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^[2])
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) [1]
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)

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

^ Doering, William, "Elliot Carter Jr. (1908– )", in Sitsky, Larry (ed.), Music of the Twentieth-Century Avant-Garde: A Biocritical Sourcebook (ABC-CLIO, 2002), p. 105.
^ Sax, Mule, Jean-Pierre Thiollet, H & D, 2004, p. 109