Charles Ives
from Danbury, CT
October 20, 1874 - May 19, 1954 (age 79)
Biography
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, Rovi
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