Selected Correspondence of Charles Ives

Zusatztext "This is the most informative and revealing direct line to Charles Ives and his context since John Kirkpatrick's edition of the Memos came out in 1972." Informationen zum Autor Tom C. Owens is Associate Professor of Music at George Mason University. Klappentext "This is an extremely important work that makes available many hard-to-access primary resources. Owens writes clearly in a straightforward and uncluttered style; his editorial remarks are fresh and insightful. The book expands our understanding of Ives's works within the context of early twentieth century modern musical culture as it humanizes the man and reveals the complexities of his personality."-Denise Von Glahn! author of Sounds of Place: Music and the American Cultural Landscape (2004 ASCAP-Deems Taylor Award winner) Zusammenfassung Presents a volume of 453 letters written by and to composer Charles Ives (1874-1954). This book provides insight into one of the most paradoxical careers in American music history. It offers a view on Ives's personality and his creative process. It includes correspondence with musicians and critics such as John Cage, Aaron Copland, and others. Inhaltsverzeichnis list of illustrations acknowledgments introduction 1. childhood! hopkins! and yale (1881-1903) 2. courtship and marriage (1907-1908) 3. call and response (1911-1936) 4. health (1907-1954) 5. collaborators and champions (1923-1933) 6. travel (1930-1938) 7. editors and performers (1933-1944) 8. final years (1945-1954) appendix: list of letters and formats selected bibliography index

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Charles Ives, Ives Charles
• Mitarbeit: Tom Owens (Herausgeber), Tom C. Owens (Herausgeber)
• Verlag: University Of California Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 14.06.2007
• EAN: 9780520246065
• ISBN: 978-0-520-24606-5
• Seiten: 414
• Abmessung: 178 mm x 260 mm x 32 mm
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Musik > Monografien; Individual composers & musicians, specific bands & groups, MUSIC / Individual Composer & Musician, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Classical, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Composers and songwriters, 20th Century & Contemporary Classical Music, Art music, orchestral and formal music