Charles Ives's Concord: Essays After a Sonata

by Kyle Gann

Book Overview

In 1921, insurance executive Charles Ives sent out copies of a piano sonata to two hundred strangers. Laden with dissonant chords, complex rhythm, and a seemingly chaotic structure, the so-called Concord Sonata confounded the recipients, as did the accompanying book, Essays before a Sonata.

Kyle Gann merges exhaustive research with his own experience as a composer to reveal the Concord Sonata and the essays in full. Diffracting...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0252086309
• ISBN13: 9780252086304
• Release Date: September 2021
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 464 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"