Aspects of Form and Aesthetics in Charles Ives's Piano Sonata
Author: Carolyn U. So
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Published: 1986
Total Pages: 200
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Author: Carolyn U. So
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Published: 1986
Total Pages: 200
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Kyle Gann
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: 2017-05-16
Total Pages: 457
ISBN-13: 0252099362
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn 1921, insurance executive Charles Ives sent out copies of a piano sonata to two hundred strangers. Laden with dissonant chords, complex rhythm, and a seemingly chaotic structure, the so-called Concord Sonata confounded the recipients, as did the accompanying book, Essays before a Sonata . Kyle Gann merges exhaustive research with his own experience as a composer to reveal the Concord Sonata and the essays in full. Diffracting the twinned works into their essential aspects, Gann lays out the historical context that produced Ives's masterpiece and illuminates the arguments Ives himself explored in the Essays . Gann also provides a movement-by-movement analysis of the work's harmonic structure and compositional technique; connects the sonata to Ives works that share parts of its material; and compares the 1921 version of the Concord with its 1947 revision to reveal important aspects of Ives's creative process. A tour de force of critical, theoretical, and historical thought, Charles Ives's Concord provides nothing less than the first comprehensive consideration of a work at the heart of twentieth century American music.
Author: Ruth Wolkowsky Greenfield
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Published: 1977
Total Pages: 146
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Published: 1974
Total Pages: 392
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1997
Total Pages: 332
ISBN-13: 9780521582773
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA collection of essays on the life and music of American composer Charles Ives.
Author: Charles Ives
Publisher: New York : Knickerbocker Press
Published: 1920
Total Pages: 152
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Geoffrey Block
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1996-11-13
Total Pages: 128
ISBN-13: 9780521496568
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCharles Ives' massive Concord Sonata, his second sonata for piano, named after the town of Concord in Massachusetts, is central to his output and clearly reflects his aesthetic perspective. Geoffrey Block's wide-ranging account of the work thus provides an ideal introduction to this fascinating composer. This handbook discusses the Sonata's reception history and its compositional genesis, as well as providing a detailed account of the work's thematic content, its use of borrowed material, and the degree to which the program is influenced by the Concord Transcendentalists.
Author: Charles Ives
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Published: 2012-01-01
Total Pages: 115
ISBN-13: 0486488632
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIves' famous work features four movements inspired by Concord, Massachusetts–based literary figures. This edition includes essays on Emerson, Hawthorne, the Alcotts, and Thoreau from the 1920 Knickerbocker edition plus an informative Introduction.
Author: John Warthen Struble
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Published: 1978
Total Pages: 204
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Published: 1983
Total Pages: 792
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