{"product_id":"the-life-of-charles-ives-paperback-9780521599313","title":"The Life of Charles Ives (Paperback) 9780521599313","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Life of Charles Ives\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA biography of the great American composer, Charles Ives (1874–1955).\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eStuart Feder (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521599313, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 9 September 1999\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e214 pages, 20 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 1.2 cm, 0.28 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'Feder charts the course of Ive's life and work with obvious empathy … listeners new to Ives will come away with a real sense of the composer drawing on his idealised past to create music of a utopian future.' Gramophone\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eCharles Ives grew up in the nineteenth century and composed chiefly in the twentieth. His nostalgia for a simpler life in the New England country town of his youth is revealed in his frequent musical quotation of songs of that earlier time: parlor and patriot songs, hymns and gospel music. He had learned these songs early in his life through his father, a village bandmaster, who remained the most important influence in his life and music. Ives absorbed these influences within an innovative and modern musical style of composition. Stuart Feder's account of Ives's life clarifies the complexities of the man and his music, while his straightforward discussion of this uniquely autobiographical music in turn illuminates the narrative.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. White city, green hills\u003cbr\u003e 2. American arcady\u003cbr\u003e 3. Memory and the greatest war\u003cbr\u003e 4. Born in America\u003cbr\u003e 5. The gilded age was the golden age\u003cbr\u003e 6. Bright college years and dismal\u003cbr\u003e 7. Manhood at Yale and beyond\u003cbr\u003e 8. Giving up music - taking up business\u003cbr\u003e 9. Ives in love\u003cbr\u003e 10. The creative decade\u003cbr\u003e 11. Trilogy\u003cbr\u003e 12. World and cosmos\u003cbr\u003e 13. Shadow and sunrise.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Individual composers \u0026amp; musicians, specific bands \u0026amp; groups [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Individual composers \u0026amp; musicians, specific bands \u0026amp; groups\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Individual%20composers%20\u0026amp;%20musicians,%20specific%20bands%20\u0026amp;%20groups%20%5BAVH%5D%22\"\u003eAVH\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46003326157080,"sku":"9780521599313","price":21.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521599313i_80214ce5-2c9d-4247-8c27-6bff03b0c794.jpg?v=1691370343","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-life-of-charles-ives-paperback-9780521599313","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}