Charles Ives

"Charles Edward Ives (/aɪvz/; October 20, 1874 – May 19, 1954) was an American modernist composer, one of the first American composers of international renown. His music was largely ignored during his early life, and many of his works went unperformed for many years. Later in life, the quality of his music was publicly recognized, and he came to be regarded as an 'American original.' He was also among the first composers to engage in a systematic program of experimental music, with musical techniques including polytonality, polyrhythm, tone clusters, aleatory elements, and quarter tones. His experimentation foreshadowed many musical innovations that were later more widely adopted during the 20th century. Hence, he is often regarded as the leading American composer of art music of the 20th century. Sources of Ives' tonal imagery included hymn tunes and traditional songs; he also incorporated melodies of the town band at holiday parade, the fiddlers at Saturday night dances, patriotic songs, sentimental parlor ballads, and the melodies of Stephen Foster. ..."
Wikipedia, W - Charles Ives House
***NY Times: At 150, Charles Ives Still Reflects the Darkness and Hope of America (Audio)
The Charles Ives Society
A Charles Ives Website: Works
A Charles Ives Website
Pandemonium: Charles Ives by Alex Ross, The New Yorker, June 7, 2004
The Atlantic: The Many Faces of Ives
NPR: An American Maverick Turns The Symphony On Its Head
How Ives Composed: The Geiringer Lecture By Kyle Gann (Audio)
Discogs (Video)

Charles Ives, Intercollegiate March, 1892. Performed at William McKinley's Inauguration, March 4, 1897
YouTube: The Best of Charles Ives (Video)
0:00 The Unanswered Question 6:07 Violin Sonata No. 1. II: Largo cantabile 12:03 Violin Sonata No. 3. I. Adagio - Andante - Allegretto - Adagio 24:24 Three Places in New England: Putnam's Camp II 29:46 Three Places in New England: The Housatonic at Stockbridge III 33:54 Symphony No. 2. I: Andante moderato 40:10 Symphony No. 2. V: Allegro molto vivace 50:27 Symphony No. 4. III: Fugue: Andante moderato con moto 57:04 Central Park in the Dark 1:04:21 The Things Our Fathers Loved 1:06:08 Memories 1:08:38 The Circus Band 1:11:40 They are There! 1:14:32 Tom Sails Away 1:17:21 Tone Roads No. 1 1:20:42 Psalm 100 1:22:17 Hallowe'en (from "Three Outdoor Scenes") 1:24:18 Piano Sonata No. 2, Concord, Mass, 1840–60 IV: "Thoreau" (after Henry David Thoreau)

W - A Symphony: New England Holidays
The Holidays Symphony
Keeping Score (Audio/Video)
Decoration Day According to Charles Ives
YouTube: Keeping Score | Charles Ives: Holidays Symphony (FULL DOCUMENTARY AND CONCERT) 1:48:58
 W - Symphony No. 2
Symphony No. 2
YouTube: Charles Ives - Symphony No. 2 (Leonard Bernstein) 1/3, 2/3, 3/3

W - Central Park in the Dark
Transcendentalism in Charles Ives' Central Park in the Dark
Central Park in the Dark
YouTube: Central Park in the Dark (1906) Symphony Orchestra of Bartók Conservatory Budapest
 W - Three Places in New England
Three Places in New England
Eda Kuhn Loeb Music Library: Three Places in New England: II. Putnam’s Camp, Redding, Connecticut
YouTube: Three Places in New England - Ensemble intercontemporain (Live)

amazon: Ives Plays Ives The Complete Recordings of Charles Ives
NY Times: That Grumpy Old Pianist Is Ives By Kyle Gann (Feb. 20, 2000)
allmusic (Audio)
W - Piano Sonata No. 2
Piano Sonata No. 2, Concord, Mass., 1840-60
YouTube: Piano Sonata No.2, "Concord, Mass., 1840-1860" 48:11 Jordan Hall at New England Conservatory

W - Universe Symphony
Universe Symphony
Brooklyn Rail: Charles Ives’s Universe Symphony, Finally
W - The Unanswered Question (lecture series)
YouTube: Leonard Bernstein - The Unanswered Question 1973 1 1:45:37, 2 1:36:32, 3 2:23:06, 4 2:23:24, 5 2:13:57, 6 2:52:17
YouTube: Universe Symphony 1:04:31