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artist: biography
Charles Ives
Place of birth: Danbury, CT
Period: Modern
Intractably original, American composer Charles Ives (1874-1954) carved out a timeless legacy of innovation in music while holding down a regular job as an insurance executive. Educated by his bandmaster father and in Horatio Parker's class at Yale, the poor reception to Ives' highly experimental music led him to eschew a career as a composer. Ives composed six symphonies, Three Places in New England, the "Concord" Piano Sonata, string quartets, and some 250 songs, several of which are regarded as central to American art song literature. Ives' work continues to inspire -- and baffle -- musicians into the twenty-first century. ~ Uncle Dave Lewis , All Music Guide
