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Charles Edward Ives (/aɪvz/; October 20, 1874 – May 19, 1954) was an American modernist[1] composer. He is one of the first American composers of international renown,[2] though his music was largely ignored during his life, and many of his works went unperformed for many years. Over time, he came to be regarded as an "American original."[3][4][5] He combined the American popular and church-music traditions of his youth with European art music, and was among the first composers to engage in a systematic program of experimental music, with musical techniques including polytonality, polyrhythm, tone clusters, aleatoric elements, and quarter tones,[6] foreshadowing many musical innovations of the 20th century.
Sources of Ives' tonal imagery are hymn tunes and traditional songs, the town band at holiday parade, the fiddlers at Saturday night dances, patriotic songs, sentimental parlor ballads, and the melodies of Stephen Foster.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Ives
Symphony No. 2 (Ives) The Second Symphony was written by Charles Ives between 1897 and 1901. It consists of five movements and lasts approximately 40 minutes. [....]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symphony_No._2_(Ives)
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I played quite a bit of Ives in my time, mostly under the baton of Ives expert James Sinclair.
I grew up in Danbury, CT, and thought Charles Ives was merely a local hero. It wasn’t until I moved West, that I came to realize how renown he was. Thanks for the post !