Charles Ives
Sound
October 20, 1874
Died at age 79
May 19, 1954
Date of Death
Danbury, Connecticut, USA
1 Credits
Biography
Charles Edward Ives was an American modernist composer, one of the first American composers of international renown. Sources of Ives' tonal imagery included hymn tunes and traditional songs; he also incorporated melodies of the town band at holiday parade, the fiddlers at Saturday night dances, patriotic songs, sentimental parlor ballads, and the melodies of Stephen Foster.