The Life of Charles Ives

by Stuart Feder

Book Overview

Charles Ives grew up in the nineteenth century and composed chiefly in the twentieth. His nostalgia for a simpler life in the New England country town of his youth is revealed in his frequent musical quotation of songs of that earlier time: parlor and patriot songs, hymns and gospel music. He had learned these songs early in his life through his father, a village bandmaster, who remained the most important influence in his life and music. Ives absorbed...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521599318
• ISBN13: 9780521599313
• Release Date: September 1999
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 214 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"