艾略特.卡特不仅是著名器乐作曲家,而且是出色的合唱指挥和合唱音乐大师。不容忽略的史实是,1948年之前他的大部分作品是合唱音乐,在合唱音乐的创作中,他在传承的基础上不断创新,形成特色。本文通过探讨其代表性合唱作品的创作特色,展现卡特合唱音乐多样的创作手法和炫目的艺术风采。 Elliott Carter is not only a famous instrumental composer, but also a great chorus conductor and choral music master. The historical fact that can not be ignored is that most of his works before 1948 were choral music. In the creation of choral music, he constantly innovated and formed distinctions on the basis of inheritance. This paper explores the creative features of its representative chorus works and presents various creative techniques and dazzling artistic features of Carter chorus music.