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Charles Edward Ives (October 20, 1874 – May 19, 1954) was an American modernist composer. He is one of the first American composers of
international renown, though Ives' music was largely ignored during his life, and many of his works went unperformed for many years. Over time, Ives
came to be regarded as an "American Original". Ives combined the American popular and church-music traditions of his youth with European art music,
and was among the first composers to engage in a systematic program of experimental music, with musical techniques including polytonality,
polyrhythm, tone cl ...read more
Charles Edward Ives (October 20, 1874 – May 19, 1954) was an American modernist composer. He is one of the first American composers of
international renown, though Ives' music was largely ignored during his life, and many of his works went unperformed for many years. Over time, Ives
came to be regarded as an "American Original". Ives combined the American popular and church-music traditions of his youth with European art music,
and was among the first composers to engage in a systematic program of experimental music, with musical techniques including polytonality,
polyrhythm, tone clusters, aleatoric elements, and quarter tones, foreshadowing many musical innovations of the 20th century.
Sources of Ives' tonal imagery are hymn tunes and traditional songs, the town band at holiday parade, the fiddlers at Saturday night dances, patriotic
songs, sentimental parlor ballads, and the melodies of Stephen Foster. « hide |
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