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Charles Ives
Donald Macleod explores the work of the 20th century modernist American composer, whose work gained in significance after his death in 1954. Son of an army bandleader, he experimented with bitonality
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Composer of the Week
Including two of Ives's works, The Unanswered Question and Central Park in the Dark.
Jul 2008
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Composer of the Week
Ives's life and music were intertwined, as in his General William Booth Enters into Heaven
Jul 2008
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Composer of the Week
Ives's patriotism verged on the jingoistic, but his music tells a more nuanced story.
Jul 2008
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Composer of the Week
We meet Ives's adopted daughter Edie and the Transcendentalist writer Nathaniel Hawthorne.
Jul 2008
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Composer of the Week
Ives's invigorating Three Quarter-Tone Pieces for Two Pianos, and his majestic Psalm 90.
Jul 2008