Charles Ives
October 20, 1874 (150 years old) in 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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- 2018 · The Unanswered Ives: American Pioneer of Music as
- 1979 · Are My Ears on Wrong?: A Profile of Charles Ives as Self - Subject (archive footage)