IVES, Charles
(1874–1954)
IVES, Charles (20 October 1874–19 May 1954). It is perhaps typically American that an avant-garde composer so neglected in his own time should be so widely acclaimed by later generations. Though Ives's works were so rarely played during his lifetime that he never heard some of his major pieces, nearly all of his music is currently available on disc; and though he taught no pupils and founded no school, Ives is generally considered the progenitor of nearly everything distinctly American in…