| Description |
xviii, 347 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
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unmediated n rdamedia |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
A most unusual career and a recital of songs. Memories ; The circus band ; Walking ; The cage ; Down east ; General William Booth enters into heaven -- An American musical childhood. Holiday quickstep ; Variations on "America" -- Apprenticeship. Feldeinsamkeit ; Ich grolle nicht ; Symphony no. 1 in D minor -- Weaving the threads. String quartet no. 1 ; Psalm 67 ; Yale-Princeton Football Game -- Seeking and finding. Central Park in the Dark ; The Unanswered Question -- Synthesizing American and European music. Symphony no. 2 -- A new form. Symphony no. 3: The Camp Meeting ; The violin sonatas -- American holidays. A Symphony: New England Holidays -- American histories. Orchestral set no. 1: Three Places in New England ; Orchestral set no. 2 -- American literature. Piano sonata no. 2: Concord, Mass., 1840-1860 -- Transcendent journeys. String quartet no. 2 ; Symphony no. 4 -- Collecting songs and late works. 114 songs ; Psalm 90. |
| Summary |
"Music historian J. Peter Burkholder explores Charles Ives's diverse musical output and unusual career, discussing about thirty of the best and most characteristic pieces framed with biographical sketches."-- Provided by publisher. |
| Subject |
Ives, Charles, 1874-1954 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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| ISBN |
9781442247949 hardcover |
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1442247940 hardcover |
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