The Life of Charles Ives

The Life of Charles Ives

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This biography of the American composer Charles Ives (1874–1955) clarifies the complexity of the man and his music. Ives's music is uniquely autobiographical, and Feder's straightforward discussion of the music itself illuminates the narrative.

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The Life of Charles Ives by Stuart Feder

Charles Ives grew up in the nineteenth century and composed chiefly in the twentieth. His nostalgia for a simpler life in the New England country town of his youth is revealed in his frequent musical quotation of songs of that earlier time: parlor and patriot songs, hymns and gospel music. He had learned these songs early in his life through his father, a village bandmaster, who remained the most important influence in his life and music. Ives absorbed these influences within an innovative and modern musical style of composition. Stuart Feder's account of Ives's life clarifies the complexities of the man and his music, while his straightforward discussion of this uniquely autobiographical music in turn illuminates the narrative.
' … full of musical insights' Michael Church, The Independent
'Feder sensitively charts the tragedies and disappointments of Ives's life …' The Musical Times
'Feder charts the course of Ive's life and work with obvious empathy … listeners new to Ives will come away with a real sense of the composer drawing on his idealised past to create music of a utopian future.' Gramophone

Stuart Feder, M.D., is a practicing psychoanalyst and a faculty member of the New York Psychoanalytic Institute. He holds an advanced degree in music from Harvard University.

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ISBN 13 9780521599313
ISBN 10 0521599318
Titel The Life of Charles Ives
Autor Stuart Feder
Serie Musical Lives
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Bindungsart Paperback
Verlag Cambridge University Press
Erscheinungsjahr 1999-09-09
Seitenanzahl 214
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