Charles Ives's Concord : essays after a sonata

Charles Ives's Concord : essays after a sonata / Kyle Gann.

In 1921, insurance executive Charles Ives sent out copies of a piano sonata to two hundred strangers. Laden with dissonant chords, complex rhythm, and a seemingly chaotic structure, the so-called Concord Sonata confounded the recipients, as did the accompanying book, Essays before a Sonata . Kyle Ga...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gann, Kyle
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2017]
Series:Music in American life.
Subjects:
Ives, Charles, > 1874-1954. > Sonatas, > piano, > no. 2.
Ives, Charles, > 1874-1954. > Essays before a sonata.
Ives, Charles, > 1874-1954 > Criticism and interpretation.
Ives, Charles, > 1874-1954
Essays before a sonata (Ives, Charles)
Sonatas (Ives, Charles)
MUSIC > Printed Music > Artist Specific.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Table of Contents:
  • The story of the Concord sonata, 1911-1947
  • The programmatic argument and Henry Sturt
  • The human faith theme and the whole-tone hypothesis
  • "Emerson" the essay
  • "Emerson" the music
  • The "Emerson" concerto and its offshoots
  • Hawthorne and The celestial railroad
  • "Hawthorne"
  • "The Alcotts"
  • "Thoreau" the essay
  • "Thoreau" the music
  • A harmony of imperfections : The epilogue
  • The First piano sonata
  • Editions (1920 versus 1947) and performance questions
  • Epilogue
  • Appendix A. Correction of misattributed quotations in Essays before a sonata
  • Appendix B. Variants in available recordings of the Concord sonata
  • Appendix C. must a song always be a song? Keynote address to the 2009 Ives Vocal Marathon, Wesleyan University.

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