Charles Ives

Born: 1874-10-20 in Danbury, Connecticut, USA

Died: 1954-05-19

Known For: Sound

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.

Filmography

2015

Valley of Love ... (Original Music Composer)

1979

Are My Ears on Wrong?: A Profile of Charles Ives as Self - Subject (archive footage)

1977

Charles Ives: A Good Dissonance Like a Man ... (Original Music Composer)
The Red Tapes ... (Music)

1971

Ach Viola ... (Music)