Listening to Charles Ives: Variations on His America


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Award-winning music historian J. Peter Burkholder explores Charles Ives's diverse musical output and unusual career, discussing about thirty of the best and most characteristic pieces framed with biographical sketches. Offering readers of any background a guide to listening, this book is an ideal introduction to the iconic, American composer.

Author: J. Peter Burkholder
Publisher: Amadeus
Published: 02/10/2021
Pages: 366
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.45lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.81d
ISBN13: 9781442247949
ISBN10: 1442247940
BISAC Categories:
- Music | Individual Composer & Musician
- Music | Genres & Styles | Classical
- Music | History & Criticism | General

About the Author
J. Peter Burkholder is Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Musicology at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music. He is the author of the recent editions of A History of Western Music (2019, with Donald Jay Grout and Claude V. Palisca) and Norton Anthology of Western Music (2019, with Claude V. Palisca). He has served as president of the American Musicological Society and of the Charles Ives Society.

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