Post-War · Open Opus catalog

Elliott Carter

1908 – 2012

Chord Barn does not yet hold an IMSLP-sourced piano score collection for Elliott Carter. This page presents the composer and work catalog data published by Open Opus, a public-domain (CC0) classical-music metadata project, so the work list below is bibliographic — titles, subtitles, and genre classifications — not a set of downloadable PDF editions.

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Works by Elliott Carter in the Open Opus catalog

84 works · Data from Open Opus (openopus.org), released into the public domain (CC0) — fetched 2026-09-11. Catalog entries only: title, subtitle, and genre classification as published by Open Opus. These are not downloadable score editions.

By genre, from Open Opus’s own classification on this composer’s work records: 7 Keyboard · 12 Orchestral · 51 Chamber · 13 Vocal · 1 Stage.

  • 3 Poems of Robert Frost, for mezzo-sopranoVocal
  • 4 Lauds, for violinChamber
  • 8 Etudes and a Fantasy, for woodwind quartetChamber
  • 8 Pieces for 4 TimpaniChamber
  • 90+Keyboard
  • A 6 Letter Letter, for solo oboe or english hornChamber
  • A Sunbeam's Architecture, for chamber orchestraChamber
  • A Symphony of Three OrchestrasOrchestral
  • Asko ConcertoOrchestral
  • Bariolage, for harpChamber
  • Brass QuintetChamber
  • Canon for 3 Equal Instruments: in Memoriam Igor StravinskyChamber
  • Canon for Four: Hommage to William, for flute, bass clarinet, violin, and celloChamber
  • CaténairesKeyboard
  • Cello ConcertoOrchestral
  • Cello SonataChamber
  • Changes, for guitarChamber
  • Clarinet ConcertoOrchestral
  • Con Leggerezza Pensosa, Omaggio a Italo Calvino, for clarinet, violin and celloChamber
  • Concerto for OrchestraOrchestral
  • Dialogues for Piano and Chamber OrchestraOrchestral
  • Double Trio, for chamber ensembleChamber
  • ElegyChamber
  • Emblems, for male chorus and pianoVocal
  • Enchanted Preludes, for flute and celloChamber
  • Esprit Rude; Esprit Doux, for flute and clarinetChamber
  • Figment II, for celloChamber
  • Figment IV, for violaChamber
  • Figment no. 1, for celloChamber
  • Figment no. 2, 'Remembering Mr. Ives', for celloChamber
  • Figment no. 4, for violaChamber
  • Figment V, for marimbaChamber
  • Figment, for celloChamber
  • Harvest HomeVocal
  • HBHH, for solo oboeChamber
  • Heart not so heavy as mineVocal
  • Hiyoku, for two clarinetsChamber
  • Holiday OvertureOrchestral
  • Immer Neu, for oboe and harpChamber
  • Inner Song, in Memory of Stefan Wolpe, for oboeChamber
  • IntermittancesKeyboard
  • Let's Be Gay, for female chorus and 2 pianosVocal
  • Luimen, for trumpet, trombone, vibraphone, mandolin, guitar and harpChamber
  • MatributeKeyboard
  • Mnemosyne, for violinChamber
  • Mosaic, for harp and 7 instrumentsChamber
  • Musicians Wrestle Everywhere, for chorus and stringsVocal
  • Night FantasiesKeyboard
  • Oboe Quartet, for oboe and string trioChamber
  • Of Challenge and of Love, song cycle for soprano and pianoVocal
  • Pastorale, for english horn and pianoChamber
  • Piano ConcertoOrchestral
  • Piano SonataKeyboard
  • Quintet for Piano and WindsChamber
  • Retracing, for bassoonChamber
  • RetrouvaillesKeyboard
  • Rhapsodic Musings, for violinChamber
  • Riconoscenza, for violinChamber
  • Rigmarole, for bass clarinet and celloChamber
  • Scrivo in Vento, for fluteChamber
  • Shard, for guitarChamber
  • Sonata for Flute, Oboe, Cello and HarpsichordChamber
  • Steep Steps, for clarinetChamber
  • String Quartet no. 1Chamber
  • String Quartet no. 2Chamber
  • String Quartet no. 3Chamber
  • String Quartet no. 4Chamber
  • String Quartet no. 5Chamber
  • String TrioChamber
  • Symphonia: sum fluxae pretium speiOrchestral
  • Symphony no. 1Orchestral
  • Tarantella, for male chorus and orchestraVocal
  • Tempo e tempi, for soprano, oboe, clarinet, violin, and celloVocal
  • The Defense of Corinth, for chorus, for speaker, male chorus and piano, 4 handsVocal
  • Tintinnabulation, for percussion sextetChamber
  • To MusicVocal
  • Trije glasbeniki, for flute, bass clarinet, and harpChamber
  • Triple Duo, for ensembleChamber
  • Two Controversies and a Conversation, for piano, percussion and orchestraOrchestral
  • Variations for OrchestraOrchestral
  • Voyage, for medium voice and pianoVocal
  • Warble for Lilac-Time, for voice and pianoVocal
  • What Next? — OperaStage
  • Woodwind QuintetChamber