Elliott Carter's Mosaic Wins First Prize Paul Revere Award
(July 2011)
Boosey & Hawkes is proud to announce Elliott Carter's Mosaic for ensemble was recently awarded the First Prize Paul Revere award for publishing excellence at the Music Publishers Association of the United States annual meeting. The award was given for graphic excellence in a full score, David Nadal was the editor for the work.
Each year publishers are acknowledged for their efforts in all aspects of the publishing process, which includes music typesetting, printing and materials in printing, art and typography, and overall use and practicality.
Composer's Note Carlos Salzedo, the extraordinary harpist, was a member of the small group of modernists who surrounded Varese and Ives in the 1920's and 30's. It has remained a memory which I cherish. His unusual developments in harp technique always seems to be too infrequently explored in recent times. So in writing Mosaic, commissioned by the Nash Ensemble, I decided to explore many of his exciting inventions to recall his friendship in the early 1930's. The score is formed by many short mosaic-like tessera that I hope make one coordinated impression.
Britten's pacifist masterwork, combining war poetry by Wilfred Owen with the Latin Requiem Mass, is included in the Masterworks Library of full scores, ideal for conductors, students and music lovers.
