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Elliott Carter (b. 1908) American composer

 

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Term and technique introduced by Amer. composer Elliott Carter for changing the rhythm (not necessarily the metre) from one section to another.

Subjects: Music

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in The Oxford Companion to Music (1 rev) Length: 37 words
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in The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music (5) Length: 24 words

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