Charles Ives in the mirror : American histories of an iconic composer /

Paul, David C., 1973-

Charles Ives in the mirror : American histories of an iconic composer / David C. Paul. - Urbana ; Chicago ; Springfield : University of Illinois Press, (c)2013. - 1 online resource. - Music in American Life .



Conservative transcendentalist or modernist firebrand? : Ives and his first publics, 1921-1934 -- Songs of our fathers : the advocacy of Henry Cowell and the appeal of the American past, 1927-1947 -- Winning hearts and minds : Ives as Cold War icon, 1947-1965 -- The prison of culture : Ives, American studies, and intellectual history, 1965-1985 -- Musicology makes its mark : Ives and the history of style, 1965-1985 -- Ives at century's turn.

A unique reception history charting the composer's hard-fought rise to preeminence.



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Ives, Charles, 1874-1954 --Appreciation--History.


Musicology--History--United States--20th century.


Electronic Books.

ML410 / .C437 2013