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> On the opposite end of the spectrum is Elliott Carter. He intentionally tried to avoid repetition in his works.

Aha! So this is what the local classical radio station was playing during its avant garde sets.

Elliott Carter - String Quartet No. 1 is, I find, a deeply deeply irritating work, moreover its advocates are pretentious in the same vein that avant garde jazz muzos are, witness the comment, "Carter always wrote such visceral, intense music for strings. I suspect he really loved the physicality of string instruments." Yeah, right, sure. Call me a philistine, I don't care. Spare me.