String quartet no. 2 (1959)

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Name: Carter, Elliott, 1908-2012; Ditson Fund Recordings Archive; Composers String Quartet (Performer)
Title: String quartet no. 2 (1959)
Other Titles: Three string quartets of Elliott Carter with spoken commentary by the composer
Collection Name: Ditson Fund Recordings Archive
Subjects: String quartets; Carter, Elliott, 1908-2012; Quartets
Format: music; sound recordings
Genre: music; sound recordings
Date: Jan. 28, 1975

Physical Description: 1 online resource (3 audio files : 1496, 1320, 740 mb)
Note (Funding): Grammy Foundation Archiving & Preservation Grant
Note: The program was repeated on Jan. 30, 1975 with different commentary by the composer. For this performance see DITSON106.01-03.; Originally recorded under the auspices of The Alice M. Ditson Fund of Columbia University.; Forms part of: Ditson Fund Recordings Archive.; Digitization of original acetate sound recording (3 sound tape reels : analog ; 10 in.); File numbers: DIT.105.01-03.; CD identification no.:701221311824 (CD-ROM 1); 701221311825 (CD-ROM 2); 701221311826 (CD-ROM 3); Numbers on original item: 114 (tape 1); 113 (tape 2); 118 (tape 3); additional numbers: 246 (tape 1); 245 (tape 2); 250 (tape 3).; Recorded: Jan. 28, 1975
Note (Performers): Composers String Quartet.
Language: No linguistic content
Contents: File 1. String quartet no. 2 (1959) (01:16-21:53) ; Composer's general comments & comments on the 3rd quartet (22:10-45:22) -- File 2. Composer's comments on the 3rd quartet (con't) (00:01-05:52) ; String quartet no. 3 (1971) (07:21-26:34) ; Composer's comments on the 1st quartet (27:14-33:40) -- File 3. String quartet no. 1 (1951) (00:27-37:30)
Library Location: Gabe M. Wiener Music & Arts Library, Columbia University
Catalog Record: 14413044
Persistent URL: https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-b9cz-fj51