A Brief Biography of Elliot Cook Carter Jr. - 1127 Words

Elliot Cook Carter, Jr. is an American classical composer. He was born on December 11th, 1908 into a wealthy family of lace importers, in Manhattan, New York. He became involved in music initially as a teen, and was encouraged in this regard by family friend Charles Ives, who was also a composer. At the age of 15, he had the opportunity to sit in the audience of the Boston Symphony Orchestra’s New York Premiere of The Rite of Spring. It was then 1924Í ¾ the experience would prove to be a major influence on the remainder of his life. Carter received his undergraduate degree in English at Harvard University, but he also studied music there, as well as at the nearby Longy School of Music. At Harvard, influential composers such as Gustav Holst and American composer Walter Piston were among his teachers. He was inheriting a knowledge base from a strong pedigree in the music world, and it would come to shape his style and breadth throughout his career. He also sang with Harvard’s Glee Club and did graduate work in music there. Eventually he received his master’s degree in music there in 1932. Following his stints in the higher learning institutions of Massachusetts, he made the pilgrimage to Paris, France in the year he he had received his master’s to study under noted composer Nadia Boulanger. This apprenticeship was keyÍ ¾ Nadia Boulanger taught a great many of the most important and influential composers in the twentieth century. He studied with Boulanger from 1932 to 1935, andShow MoreRelatedOne Significant Change That Has Occurred in the World Between 1900 and 2005. Explain the Impact This Change Has Made on Our Lives and Why It Is an Important Change.163893 Words   |  656 PagesTwentieth-Century World Bonnie G. Smith 83 4 The Gendering of Human Rights in the International Systems of Law in the Twentieth Century †¢ Jean H. Quataert 116 5 The Impact of the Two World Wars in a Century of Violence †¢ John H. Morrow Jr. 161 6 Locating the United States in Twentieth-Century World History †¢ Carl J. Guarneri 213 7 The Technopolitics of Cold War: Toward a Transregional Perspective †¢ Gabrielle Hecht and Paul N. Edwards 271 8 A Century of EnvironmentalRead MoreStephen P. Robbins Timothy A. Judge (2011) Organizational Behaviour 15th Edition New Jersey: Prentice Hall393164 Words   |  1573 Pagesed. p. cm. Includes indexes. ISBN-13: 978-0-13-283487-2 ISBN-10: 0-13-283487-1 1. Organizational behavior. I. Judge, Tim. II. Title. HD58.7.R62 2012 658.3—dc23 2011038674 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 ISBN 10: 0-13-283487-1 ISBN 13: 978-0-13-283487-2 Brief Contents Preface xxii 1 2 Introduction 1 What Is Organizational Behavior? 3 The Individual 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Diversity in Organizations 39 Attitudes and Job Satisfaction 69 Emotions and Moods 97 Personality and Values 131 Perception andRead MoreLibrary Management204752 Words   |  820 PagesReview 52 (September–October 1974): 90–102. 10. G. Edward Evans, â€Å"Management Education for Archivists, Information Managers and Librarians: Is There a Global Core?† Education for Information 2 (December 1984): 295–307. 11. Thomas Wolf and Barbara Carter, Managing a Non-Profit Organization in the 21st Century (New York: Fireside, 1999), 19. 12. Peter Drucker, Managing the Non-Profit Organization: Principles and Practices (New York: Harper Collins, 1990). 13. Information about Drucker’s self-assessment