Better Know a Composer - Ives

Charles Edward Ives

Basic Info
Lifetime: October 20, 1874 - May 19, 1954
Birthplace: Danbury, CT (United States)
Family Status: Married parents and one brother (J. Moss)

Composer Info

Style: American-Modernist
Compositional Techniques: 12-tone scale, polyrhythm, polytonality, avant-garde, quarter tones, & tone clusters
Works to Know:

The Unanswered Question

Central Park in the Dark

Three Places in New England

3 Quarter-Tone Pieces

Symphony No. 3

Symphony No. 4

Piano Sonata No. 2

Fun Facts
Charles Ives Prize: Scholarship for young composer, awarded by  the American Academy of Arts and Letters, ranging from $7,500-$15,000
Ives Concert Park: An outdoor auditorium that hosts world-renowned group from across the globe throughout the summer. It is named after Ives, the Danbury native, and located in Danbury, CT (on the west-side campus of Western Connecticut University).
Career: Ives was actually only a composer "by night". His day job was as an insurance agent ...top that Christian Bale.


Sources
The Charles Ives Society, Inc.
A Descriptive Catalogue of The Music of Charles Ives
Ives Concert Park
Charles Ives Prize (Facebook)