The Life of Charles Ives

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Cambridge University Press, Sep 9, 1999 - Biography & Autobiography - 199 pages
Charles Ives grew up in the nineteenth century and composed chiefly in the twentieth. His nostalgia for a simpler life in the New England country town of his youth is revealed in his frequent musical quotation of songs of that earlier time: parlor and patriot songs, hymns and gospel music. He had learned these songs early in his life through his father, a village bandmaster, who remained the most important influence in his life and music. Ives absorbed these influences within an innovative and modern musical style of composition. Stuart Feder's account of Ives's life clarifies the complexities of the man and his music, while his straightforward discussion of this uniquely autobiographical music in turn illuminates the narrative.
 

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White City green hills
1
American Arcady
9
The greatest war and remembrance
22
Born in America
37
The Gilded Age was the golden age
45
Bright college years and dreary
61
Manhood at Yale and Poverty Flat
75
Giving up musictaking up business
88
The creative decade19081918
119
Trilogy
135
World and cosmos
149
Shadow and sunrise
163
Notes
179
Select bibliography
188
Index
189
Copyright

Ives in love
103

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