Twentieth Century Music: An Introduction
by Eric Salzman
Period: Early 20th
Century
Born: Tuesday, October 20, 1874 in Danbury, Connecticut
(USA)
Died: Wednesday, May 19, 1954 in New York, New York
(USA)
Nation of Origin: United States
Major Works:
Symphony No. 3 (The Camp Meeting)
The Unanswered Question (for chamber orchestra)
Concord Sonata (for piano)
Other Information:
Ives won the pulitzer prize for Symphony No. 3 in 1947. His
compositions are remarkable for their use of polytonality,
polyrhythms, and complex harmonies. He used popular music and hymns
of New England as an inspiration. Many avante-garde composers of
later years used techniques inspired by Charles Ives.
General Bibliography:
Kennedy, Michael, The Oxford Dictionary of
Music, Oxford University Press, 2nd Edition, 1997, ISBN:
0198691629
Sadie, Stanley and Tyrrell, John; Editors, The New Grove
Dictionary of Music and Musicians, Groves Dictionaries, Inc.,
January 2001, ISBN: 1561592390
Slonimsky, Nicolas and Kuhn, Laura; Editors,
Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians, Gale Group,
December 2000, ISBN: 0028655257
Slonimsky, Nicolas, Music Since 1900,
Schirmer Books, July 1994, ISBN: 0028724186
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