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A collection of essays on the life and music of American composer Charles Ives.Ives Studies is a collection of essays on the life and music of American composer Charles Ives (1874-1954). In it, scholars address significant issues in Ives scholarship, including the hotly debated chronology of his work, the nature of his compositional philosophy and style, and his place in music history. The essays take their place in an Ives literature that understands and demythologizes a most complex man, and that has brought enlightenments to a stunningly original body of music.Review quote:"...is a comprehe...
A collection of essays on the life and music of American composer Charles Ives.
Ives Studies is a collection of essays on the life and music of American composer Charles Ives (1874-1954). In it, scholars address significant issues in Ives scholarship, including the hotly debated chronology of his work, the nature of his compositional philosophy and style, and his place in music history. The essays take their place in an Ives literature that understands and demythologizes a most complex man, and that has brought enlightenments to a stunningly original body of music.
Review quote:
"...is a comprehensive and provocative survey of research by ten prominent Ives scholars...this collection grapples with many critical issues in Ives research and will invigorate interest in this unique American voice".
Institute for Studies in American Music Newsletter
Table of contents:
Preface; Bibliographical notes; Part I. Tradition, Revision and Chronology: 1. 'The Things our Fathers Loved': Charles Ives and the European tradition Robert P. Morgan; 2. Remembrance of dissonances past: the two published editions of Ives's Concord Sonata Geoffrey Block; 3. Editing Ives's 129 Songs H. Wiley Hitchcock; 4. Redating Ives's choral sources Gayle Sherwood; Part II. Historical and Biographical Contexts: 5. The idea of potentiality in the music of Charles Ives Wolfgang Rathert; 6. Charles Ives and the politics of direct democracy Judith Tick; 7. Charles Ives and Henry David Thoreau: 'a transcendental tune of Concord' Stuart Feder; Part III. The Universe Symphony: 8. The realization and first complete performance of Ives's Universe Symphony Larry Austin; 9. Ives's Universe Philip Lambert; Part IV. Envoi: 10. Ives today J. Peter Burkholder; Index.
Ives Studies is a collection of essays on the life and music of American composer Charles Ives (1874-1954). In it, scholars address significant issues in Ives scholarship, including the hotly debated chronology of his work, the nature of his compositional philosophy and style, and his place in music history. The essays take their place in an Ives literature that understands and demythologizes a most complex man, and that has brought enlightenments to a stunningly original body of music.
Review quote:
"...is a comprehensive and provocative survey of research by ten prominent Ives scholars...this collection grapples with many critical issues in Ives research and will invigorate interest in this unique American voice".
Institute for Studies in American Music Newsletter
Table of contents:
Preface; Bibliographical notes; Part I. Tradition, Revision and Chronology: 1. 'The Things our Fathers Loved': Charles Ives and the European tradition Robert P. Morgan; 2. Remembrance of dissonances past: the two published editions of Ives's Concord Sonata Geoffrey Block; 3. Editing Ives's 129 Songs H. Wiley Hitchcock; 4. Redating Ives's choral sources Gayle Sherwood; Part II. Historical and Biographical Contexts: 5. The idea of potentiality in the music of Charles Ives Wolfgang Rathert; 6. Charles Ives and the politics of direct democracy Judith Tick; 7. Charles Ives and Henry David Thoreau: 'a transcendental tune of Concord' Stuart Feder; Part III. The Universe Symphony: 8. The realization and first complete performance of Ives's Universe Symphony Larry Austin; 9. Ives's Universe Philip Lambert; Part IV. Envoi: 10. Ives today J. Peter Burkholder; Index.