Charles Ives

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface and Acknowledgments vii
4. Part I ESSAYS
5. Ives and the Four Musical Traditions 1
6. Innovation and Nostalgia: Ives, Mahler, and the Origins of Twentieth-Century Modernism 35
7. Ives's Concord Sonata and the Texture of Music 75
8. Charles Ives and the American Democratic Tradition 118
9. Of Men and Mountains: Ives in the Adirondacks 161
10. Part II LETTERS
11. Selected Correspondence 1881-1954 197
12. Part III REVIEWS
13. Selected Reviews 1888-1951 271
14. PART IV CONTEMPORARY VIEWS OF IVES AND HIS MUSIC! PROFILES 1932-1955
15. Charles E. Ives 361
16. Charles Ives 368
17. Charles Ives: The Man and His Music [Excerpt] 373
18. An American Innovator, Charles Ives 377
19. Ives Today: His Vision and Challenge 390
20. Four Symphonies by Charles Ives 394
21. Tardy Recognition: Emergence of Charles Ives as Strongly Individual Figure In American Music 403
22. On Horseback to Heaven: Charles Ives 408
23. Posterity Catches Up with Charles Ives 423
24. Charles Ives—America's Musical Prophet [Excerpt] 430
25. Charles E. Ives: 1874-1954 433
26. Index 443
27. List of Contributors 451