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