One of only 500 copies printed of "114 Songs" for Charles Ives by Schirmer in August 1922. Not commercially available, Ives sent copies of this privately printed collection, free of charge, to friends and musicians who he knew or admired.
American original, who experimented with advanced techniques decades before they became fashionable. Listen to our 'Best of Charles Ives' playlist and discover all of his symphonies with @GustavoDudamel and the @LAPhil: https://t.co/Se92r1E1bl
On this day... in 1954, composer Charles Ives died in New York. Here's a selection from his 'Concord' sonata, performed by Jeremy Denk. https://t.co/xiuKuA0f5T
#DYK that Charles Ives’s Symphony No. 3, “The Camp Meeting,” had its world premiere at #CarnegieHall on April 5, 1946? When the #CHArchives received the lacquer discs of this performance, which were unknown even to Ives scholars, they were badly deteriorated & damaged.
After more than a year of development, research, and editing, we are so excited to share with you our latest project over at https://t.co/4p1rAeY90t, the Charles Ives Discography! The Discography webpage is a comprehensive and searchable collection... https://t.co/nUhmWQdOoJ
Charles Ives died on 19 May 1954.
The devices that Ives introduced into his music – atonality, dissonance, multiple rhythms, jazz, collage – were way in advance of the Stravinskys, Schoenbergs and Debussys of this world.
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"Charles Ives devoured the cake of contemporary music before the rest of us even had a seat at the same table" - Stravinsky on the great Charles Ives: https://t.co/oRnKvHtCYE #ives#classicalmusic