Modern American composer Charles Ives was born in 1874 and died in 1954. He was influenced by transcendentalist philosophy. His work is often bi-tonal and polyrhythmic. For much of his life, he was also a businessman.
Classical Music Pages article from The Grove Concise Dictionary of Music with companion essay on his father's influence and a picture gallery. w3.rz-berlin.mpg.de/cmp/ives.html
Biography noting paternal influence, early creativity, studies, continuation in business and composition, and summary list of works. From the Grove Concise Dictionary of Music entry at WQXR radio. www.wqxr.com/cgi-bin/iowa/cla/learning/grove.html?record=4581
Individual vocal works and cycles with English lyrics for non-copyright material from the Lied and Art Song Texts Page at REC Music. www.recmusic.org/lieder/i/ives.html
Birth, death, and burial information, portrait photographs and pictures of his and his wife's tombstone, and virtual memorial from Find a Grave. www.findagrave.com/../..
Overview and catalog of the comprehensive collection of Charles Ives' musical and literary manuscripts maintained at Yale's Irving S. Gilmore Music Library. webtext.library.yale.edu/xml2html/music/iv-d.htm
Filmography with movies and television programs using his works, trivia, and links to related material from the Internet Movie Database (IMDb). us.imdb.com/name/nm0412323
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