Hawkes Pocket Scores HPS 1341-The complete set of Elliott Carter's String Quartets in a sturdy hardback study score edition - Hawkes Pocket Scores 1341. An ideal study copmpanion for enthusiasts of this challenging and important American master.

Score-String Quartet No. 3 was commissioned in 1971 by the Julliard School for the Julliard String Quartet. It subdivides the ensemble into two duos which play contrasting movements both individually and at the same time exploring feelings of rivalry and cooperation. Elliott Carter (1908-2012) was a highly regarded American composer who continued writing innovative music into his 11th decade. His early influences included Charles Ives Gustav Holst Aaron Copland and Nadia Boulanger with whom he studied in Paris in the 1930s. He was known for always adapting and changing with the times and became more and more popular as his stature grew throughthe decades.

Set of Parts-First performed by the Julliard String Quartet in 1960. Awarded the 1960 Pulitzer Prize the 1960 New York Music Critics Circle Award and the 1961 International Rostrum of Composers Award (UNESCO).