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What Are Charles Ives Major Accomplishments

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Charles Ives was a very important modernist composer he received many awards. He was also highly revered in the musical world and the business world. Charles Ives has been considered to be one of America’s greatest composer. He came from music and was a part of it for his whole life. He is very important to the entire world of music. He is known for many innovations in music that anticipated most of the later musical developments of the 20th century. Charles Edward Ives was born on October 20th, 1874 in the then small town of Danbury, Connecticut which had a population of about 8,753 per the U.S. Decennial Census. Charles Ives was born into a musical family with his father being a bandleader, musician, and acoustian. His father was also of importance in the Musical realm because of his experimentation with quarter notes. Charles Ives was a gifted musical student and his father was his first formal instructor. When Charles Ives was twelve years old he was an organist for his church, two years later his first musical composition was played by the town band. In 1893 or 1894 he composed “Song for the Harvest Season” in which he demonstrated his musical mastery, because in the four parts voice, trumpet, violin, and organ were played in different keys. That year Charles Ives began studying at Yale University under Horatio …show more content…

Charles Ives wrote many musical pieces that covered numerous genres. Charles Ives wrote his music into 1915 and would considered a prolific composer. Charles Ives wrote the “Robert Brown Overture” and his “Holiday Symphony”. Charles Ives also wrote shorter and more unnerving pieces alike to his pieces “The Unanswered Question” or the “Central Park in the Dark”. Charles Ives “114 Songs” which was published in 1922, covered a large range of musical genres. Charles Ives also sent along his 1921 “Concord Sonata” for no extra

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