Charles Ives: Biography

Charles Ives
Born:
Dec 31, 1969 in Danbury, CT

Died:
May 19, 1954 in New York, NY

Genres:
Music, Classical Music, General Classical Music, Modern Classical Music

Decades Active:
1910's|1920's|1930's|1940's


Artistic Quality
High
Cultural Impact
High
Popularity
High



Highly original American composer of orchestral, chamber, and solo vocal and piano music who used and anticipated polytonality, atonality, and polymeter/polytone clusters. A unique quality of his music is the combination of well-known hymns and popular tunes with a complex dissonant accompaniment. Notable works include Three Places in New England (1914) and the Sonata for Piano no. 2, "Concord, Mass" (1920).

- Mary K. Scanlan, All Music Guide

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