Composer and author John Link is Professor of Music at William Paterson University. He is editor of Carter's Harmony Book (with Nicholas Hopkins, 2002) and Elliott Carter Studies (with Marguerite Boland, Cambridge University Press, 2012), and the author of Elliott Carter: A Guide to Research (2000).

'… absorbing, frequently demanding but always rewarding reading.' Richard Whitehouse, Gramophone

• Part I. Context: 1. Carter's career and reception history; 2. The elements of an aesthetic; 3. Harmony; 4. Rhythm and form; Part II. A Literary Imagination (Text Settings): 5. Sense and sensibility- opera; 6. A kind of light -song cycles and other text settings; Part III. Instrumental Music: 7. Illusions -music for orchestra; 8. Social aspirations -music for instrumental soloist and ensemble; 9. A free society- music for large chamber ensemble; 10. Social relations- music for small chamber ensemble; 11. Reflections- short instrumental pieces.

Composer and author John Link is Professor of Music at William Paterson University. He is editor of Carter's Harmony Book (with Nicholas Hopkins, 2002) and Elliott Carter Studies (with Marguerite Boland, Cambridge University Press, 2012), and the author of Elliott Carter: A Guide to Research (2000).

'… absorbing, frequently demanding but always rewarding reading.' Richard Whitehouse, Gramophone

• Part I. Context: 1. Carter's career and reception history; 2. The elements of an aesthetic; 3. Harmony; 4. Rhythm and form; Part II. A Literary Imagination (Text Settings): 5. Sense and sensibility- opera; 6. A kind of light -song cycles and other text settings; Part III. Instrumental Music: 7. Illusions -music for orchestra; 8. Social aspirations -music for instrumental soloist and ensemble; 9. A free society- music for large chamber ensemble; 10. Social relations- music for small chamber ensemble; 11. Reflections- short instrumental pieces.

Composer and author John Link is Professor of Music at William Paterson University. He is editor of Carter's Harmony Book (with Nicholas Hopkins, 2002) and Elliott Carter Studies (with Marguerite Boland, Cambridge University Press, 2012), and the author of Elliott Carter: A Guide to Research (2000).

'… absorbing, frequently demanding but always rewarding reading.' Richard Whitehouse, Gramophone

• Part I. Context: 1. Carter's career and reception history; 2. The elements of an aesthetic; 3. Harmony; 4. Rhythm and form; Part II. A Literary Imagination (Text Settings): 5. Sense and sensibility- opera; 6. A kind of light -song cycles and other text settings; Part III. Instrumental Music: 7. Illusions -music for orchestra; 8. Social aspirations -music for instrumental soloist and ensemble; 9. A free society- music for large chamber ensemble; 10. Social relations- music for small chamber ensemble; 11. Reflections- short instrumental pieces.