New York: Classical composer Elliott Carter, whose challenging, rhythmically complex works earned him widespread admiration and two Pulitzer Prizes, has died at age 103.
Music publishing company Boosey and Hawkes didn't give a cause of death that occurred yesterday.
In a 1992 Associated Press interview, Carter described his works as "music that asks to be listened to in a concentrated way and listened to with a great deal of attention. It's not music that makes an overt theatrical effect, but it assumes the listener is listening to sounds and making some sense out of them."...
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12:06 PM, Nov 06, 2012
The Bombay High Court ruling that music companies own the rights has composers and lyricists up in arms. ...
10:01 AM, Aug 03, 2011
The Bombay High Court rules that it's the music company and not composers who own the rights for songs. ...
09:22 PM, Aug 02, 2011
Mumbai: After the success of "Dhinka Chika" song from Salman Khan starrer "Ready", southern composer Devi Sri Prasad, who was always keen to work in Bollywood, is now keen to sign new projects and take forward his alliance with Hindi films. "There are lots of offers started pouring in from Mumbai. I am definitely keen on taking them but I am not jumping into them right away as I am...
04:59 PM, Jul 31, 2011
SP Balasubramanian talks about his favourite RD Burman compositions as he releases the book 'RD Burman -The man, The Music' on the legend. ...
04:50 PM, Jun 15, 2011
A tribute to film composer, singer and lyricist Gnanadesikan Ilaiyaraaja on his 68th birthday. ...
09:48 AM, Jun 06, 2011
Lloyd Webber is behind hit musicals including
Jesus Christ Superstar. ...
10:29 PM, Oct 25, 2009
Rahman was in Delhi on Tuesday to celebrate 50 years of DoorDarshan TV. ...
02:48 AM, Aug 12, 2009
Their list of demand also includes the right to retain copyright of soundtracks. ...
02:08 AM, May 27, 2009
New Delhi: The 3rd match of the West Indies-Pakistan ODI series will get underway at the Kensington Oval, Barbados on Thursday. The home team who are trailing 2-0 in the series will be hoping for a resurrection as another loss would mean giving the series away as souvenir to the tourists. The charged up Pakistan team would be looking to establish an unassailable lead. A series win is the need ...
05:24 PM, Jan 19, 2008
Peters is making his debut as a composer with the Malayalam film
Heartbeats. ...
01:48 AM, Jul 25, 2007
Composer Louiz Banks has finally succumbed to the lure of the big screen and has composed an item number. ...
01:38 AM, Feb 24, 2007
Music runs in the family of most music composers but GV Prakash has none other than AR Rahman as his uncle and mentor. ...
06:33 PM, Sep 28, 2006
