Charles Edward Ives (October 20, 1874 – May 19, 1954) was an American compo… Read Full Bio ↴Charles Edward Ives (October 20, 1874 – May 19, 1954) was an American composer of classical music. He is widely regarded as one of the first American classical composers of international significance. Ives's music was largely ignored during his life, and many of his works went unperformed for many years. Over time, Ives would come to be regarded as one of the "American Originals", a composer working in a uniquely American style, with American tunes woven through his music, and a reaching sense of the possibilities in music.
The Housatonic at Stockbridge
Charles Ives Lyrics
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Slow March One evening just at sunset We laid him in the grave Although…
West London Crouch′d on the pavement, Close by Belgrave Square. A tramp!…
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@choirboyfromhell1
This guy was so far ahead of his time....deeply electrifying......
@MsPandaRosa
This piece still haunts me like so: it sounds like the view of a meadow by the Housatonic at sunset, one once the sight of a bloody battle in the Revolution; a stream of birds cross the sky, there are no living people seen, the sun sets, getting redder, the spirits of long-ago soldiers echo, getting stronger, the sun and sky turn red.... the quiet sorrow of history descends.
@anthonycaira-carnell2583
Thank you for sharing this. The first time I have heard it. I sense that a new musical adventure is about to begin; this is so inspiring 💜
@walexwetchina487
best recording of this piece
@Chesterton7
Beautiful.
@SeladorCellardoor
This is, I believe, the first recorded performance of this work, and is IMO the best. Miles better than the Michael Tilson Thomas travesty, in which he has the chorus singing the words. Another example of people taking Ives' notes for performers as notes for perfomance. I love the inner parts of this, especially the string parts, and the wonderful shimmering chord at the climax, which changes as you listen, in the way that light on the water changes.
@mangott
@harryslide Thank you so much for watching and your insightful comments. I'm sure everyone can probably interpret this piece in their own way,,, but as you say, I also have to imagine Ives strolling along the river with his wife, throught the forest, listening to the sounds from the village, an unexplainable perception, a moment of spiritual revelation?
@sophiesometimessews
We were listen to this in a music appreciation class, and then everybody got flood warnings right after the flood warnings in the piece I swear.
@harryslide
@mangott He seems to have been a deeply spiritual man, and certainly deeply introspective. Always thinking, observing, always listening for music, or ideas for more music to write. I think we who worship music have at least an inkling of what it must be to be a composer. As an improviser, I'm always going over heads (themes), and endless variations on them. What fun!
@harryslide
What a fabulous assemblage this is! Many thanks! I wonder if this music means as much to people who are not familiar with the hymns Ives loved and used, or with his amazing love for his wife, and her love for him? I thank Jan Swafford for his most excellent book on Ives. 'never thought I'd be an Ives fan, but I now am. What a wonderful discovery!