"... Ives’s experiments in ‘Decoration’ Day set off some explosive reactions, even among the musicians who attempted to perform his pieces. Typical was that of Paul Eisler, Assistant Conductor of the Metropolitan Opera, as we see in a letter he wrote to Ives in 1920: 'After reading over your score carefully, I have come to the conclusion that it is absolutely impossible for us to play this composition at our rehearsal, as it is much too difficult to read at sight, and inasmuch as the time limit for our rehearsal period would not allow more than a reading. I trust, however, that the opportunity for us to play it will present itself in the future.'”
Keeping Score
W - A Symphony: New England Holidays
Anglican Curmudgeon
Pandemonium: Charles Ives by Alex Ross, The New Yorker, June 7, 2004
vimeo: "Decoration Day"
2008 September: Charles Ives
2010 December: Holidays Symphony
2011 November: Three Places in New England
2012 August: Symphony No. 2
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