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Presents a volume of 453 letters written by and to composer Charles Ives (1874-1954). This book provides insight into one of the most paradoxical careers in American music history. It offers a view on Ives's personality and his creative process. It includes correspondence with musicians and critics such as John Cage, Aaron Copland, and others.

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"This is the most informative and revealing direct line to Charles Ives and his context since John Kirkpatrick's edition of the Memos came out in 1972." -- Peter Dickinson Gramophone

Table of Contents
list of illustrations acknowledgments introduction 1. childhood, hopkins, and yale (1881--1903) 2. courtship and marriage (1907--1908) 3. call and response (1911--1936) 4. health (1907--1954) 5. collaborators and champions (1923--1933) 6. travel (1930--1938) 7. editors and performers (1933--1944) 8. final years (1945--1954) appendix: list of letters and formats selected bibliography index

Selected Correspondence of Charles Ives

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      Publisher: University of California Press
      Publication Date: 14/06/2007
      ISBN13: 9780520246065, 978-0520246065
      ISBN10: 0520246063
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Presents a volume of 453 letters written by and to composer Charles Ives (1874-1954). This book provides insight into one of the most paradoxical careers in American music history. It offers a view on Ives's personality and his creative process. It includes correspondence with musicians and critics such as John Cage, Aaron Copland, and others.

      Trade Review
      "This is the most informative and revealing direct line to Charles Ives and his context since John Kirkpatrick's edition of the Memos came out in 1972." -- Peter Dickinson Gramophone

      Table of Contents
      list of illustrations acknowledgments introduction 1. childhood, hopkins, and yale (1881--1903) 2. courtship and marriage (1907--1908) 3. call and response (1911--1936) 4. health (1907--1954) 5. collaborators and champions (1923--1933) 6. travel (1930--1938) 7. editors and performers (1933--1944) 8. final years (1945--1954) appendix: list of letters and formats selected bibliography index

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