Charles Ives Remembered by Vivian Perlis

Charles Ives Remembered by Vivian Perlis

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Charles Ives Remembered by Vivian Perlis

Interweaving photographs, concert programs, scores, and drawings with the texts of more than fifty interviews with family, friends, neighbors, and colleagues, Charles Ives Remembered is a vivid memory portrait of the enigmatic American composer, told in the voices of the people who knew him best. Charles Ives (1874-1954) was publicly an insurance executive but privately a composer whose eccentric works and paradoxical life would intrigue, perplex, and inspire generations to come after him. Moving from Ives's childhood and years at Yale to his business and musical careers, the memories and reflections assembled in this Kinkeldey Award-winning volume provide a multifaceted and humanizing view of an American musical icon.
"A marvelously orchestrated portrait of this utterly singular American"--New York Times
"Charles Ives Remembered found a wide and enthusiastic audience when it appeared in 1974, and was awarded the Kinkeldey Prize of the American Musicological Society. Thanks to the University of Illinois Press, it is now back in print and accessible to a new generation of readers as well as its original fans. Over the intervening years, the book has become recognized as a classic of its kind."--Chamber Music
Vivian Perlis (1928-2019) was the founder and former director of the Oral History of American Music at Yale University and the writer-producer of documentaries of Eubie Blake, Aaron Copland, and John Cage.
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ISBN 13 9780252070785
ISBN 10 025207078X
Title Charles Ives Remembered
Author Vivian Perlis
Series Music In American Life
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher University of Illinois Press
Year published 2002-07-24
Number of pages 264
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.