Ebook The Evolving Perception of Charles Ives And His Music
Charles Ives is regarded as the first great American composer of art music. He is famous for incorporating characteristics of American vernacular music into cultivated music and for evoking the sounds and life style of the American people. As I began to investigate this composer, a number of questions were raised. The primary issue was the differing, and at times controversial, perspectives on Ives. According to some critics, he was an American original whose music represented independence from the European tradition. Others believed him to be a composer whose music was deeply rooted in European musical practice. Given such incongruous, contradictory views, Ives appears to be a musical paradox. For someone who has no previous knowledge of him, these analyses areconfusing. Which perception appropriately describes Ives? How can we obtain a basic understanding of a composer whose critics have been so discrepant in their understanding of the nature of his musical style?
There are plenty of studies written on Ives. nfortunately, most of the sources provide an analysis of only one of his multiple facets. If one reads only one book about Ives, one would learn one side of his story without knowing about the existence of other interpretations. It was with this in mind that I decided to research the various perspectives on Ives. The problem inherent to this subject is Ives’s status as a controversial figure in music history; there has been no definite and systematic approach to evaluating his complex and diverse body of work. I propose to solve this problem by surveying what scholars have said about him and his music. My strategy will be to summarizes scholars’various interpretations, investigate each perspective by examining its sources, and analyze the arguments and evaluate the
evidence that supports each one.
CONTENTS
ABSTRACT
PREFACE
CHAPTER
1. THE ROLE HENRY COWELL PLAYED IN IVES’S MUSICAL
CAREER AND INITIAL REPUTATION
2. THE EARLY BIOGRAPHIES
3.A DIFFERENT VIEW OF IVES: HIS AESTHENTICS AND MUSICAL DEVELOPMENT
4.THE STORY BEHIND THE UNIQUE MUSICAL LANGUAGE OF IVES
CONCLUSION
BIBLIOGRAPHY
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Ebook The Evolving Perception of Charles Ives And His Music
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