1874-10-20 Danbury, Connecticut, USA
Charles Edward Ives was an American modernist composer, one of the first American composers of international renown. Sources of Ives' tonal imagery included hymn tunes and traditional songs; he also incorporated melodies of the town band at holiday parade, the fiddlers at Saturday night dances, patriotic songs, sentimental parlor ballads, and the melodies of Stephen Foster.
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The Unanswered Ives: American Pioneer of Music | 2018-05-01 | |
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Are My Ears on Wrong?: A Profile of Charles Ives | Self - Subject (archive footage) | 1979-03-04 |