Charles Ives

Charles Ives

Born

October 20, 1874

Died

May 19, 1954 (79 years old)

Known For

Sound

Place of Birth

Danbury, Connecticut, USA

Charles Edward Ives was an American modernist composer, one of the first American composers of international renown. Sources of Ives' tonal imagery included hymn tunes and traditional songs; he also incorporated melodies of the town band at holiday parade, the fiddlers at Saturday night dances, patriotic songs, sentimental parlor ballads, and the melodies of Stephen Foster.