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Ives the Chronicler


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Charles Ives was unprecedented at suiting his musical style to the story he wanted to tell, and he created dozens of surprising “snapshots in song” of what it was like to be alive in America during his lifetime.

Songs

Memories1897Charles IvesCharles IvesThe Circus Band1894 · Five Street SongsCharles IvesCharles Ives1, 2, 31921Charles IvesCharles IvesRemembrance (A Sound of a Distant Horn)1921Charles IvesCharles IvesThoreau1915Charles IvesCharles IvesFeldeinsamkeit1900Charles IvesThe Camp Meeting1912Charles IvesCharles IvesSerenity1919Charles IvesJohn Greenleaf WhittierThe Things Our Fathers Loved1917Charles IvesCharles IvesGeneral William Booth Enters Into Heaven1914Charles IvesVachel LindsayMists1910Charles IvesCharles IvesAnn Street1921Charles IvesMaurice MorrisThe Cage1906Charles IvesCharles IvesThe Children’s Hour1901Charles IvesHenry Wadsworth LongfellowTwo Little Flowers1921Charles IvesCharles IvesTom Sails Away1917 · Three Songs of the WarCharles IvesCharles IvesOn the Counter1920Charles IvesCharles IvesIn the Mornin’1929Charles Ives

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