Charles Ives [1826326]
Gender: Male
Popularity: 0.2299
Birthplace: Danbury, Connecticut, USA
Birthday: 1874-10-20
Deathday: 1954-05-19
Age: 79 years
Movies: 2
Links: Homepage, IMDB
Biography: 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.