The Minotaur (1947) | Compositions | Elliott Carter, composer

Instrumentation

2(II=picc).2(II=corA).2(II=bcl).2-4.2.2.0-timp.perc-pft-strings

Dedication

To Lincoln Kirstein whose Ballet Society commissioned this score

Buy Score

Associated Music Publishers

Manuscripts

Library of Congress
Paul Sacher Stiftung (two pages of sketches)

Premiere: Mar 26, 1947/ Ballet Society: Elise Reiman (Pasiphae, Queen of Crete), Edward Bigelow (Minos, King of Crete), Tanaquil LeClerq (Ariadne), Leon Barzin (cond), John Taras (choreographer and Theseus), Joan Junyer (scenery and costumes)/ Central High School of Needle Trades, New York, NY

News

New Ballet Recordings on BMOP/sound

March 17, 2021

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Recordings (3)

Elliott Carter: Ballets
BMOP/sound 1077 (2021)
Boston Modern Orchestra Project, Gil Rose, conductor
Elliott Carter: A Nonesuch Retrospective
Nonesuch 510893-2 (2009)
Paul Jacobs, piano | Jan DeGaetani, mezzo-soprano | Gilbert Kalish, piano | New York Chamber Symphony, Gerard Schwarz, conductor | Joel Krosnick, cello | The Composers Quartet (+21)
Elliott Carter: The Minotaur; Piano Sonata; Two Songs
Elektra Nonesuch 79248-2 (1990)
New York Chamber Symphony, Gerard Schwarz, conductor | Jan DeGaetani, mezzo-soprano | Gilbert Kalish, piano | Paul Jacobs, piano