Charles Ives

Charles Edward Ives (October 20, 1874–May 19, 1954) was an American composer of classical music. He is widely regarded as one of the first American classical composers of international significance. Ives's music was largely ignored during his life, and many of his works went unperformed for many years. Over time, Ives would come to be regarded as one of the "American Originals", a composer working in a uniquely American style, with American folk tunes woven through his music, and a reaching sense of the possibilities in music.

External links

• The Charles Ives Society
• A Descriptive Catalogue of the Music of Charles Ives, online edition
• Project Gutenberg e-text of Charles Ives's Essays Before a Sonata
• On the Second Piano Sonata (Concord, Mass. 1840–1860) at www.lichtensteiger.de
• The Charles Ives Center for the Arts. Inc

Listening

• Art of the States: Charles Ives two works by the composer