American Composer Charles Ives Died On This Day in 1954 [ON-THIS-DAY]

American composer Charles Ives died on this day in 1954 - aged 79

American composer Charles Ives died on this day in 1954 - aged 79.

He is remembered as America's first composer of international renown – credited with pioneering a number of experimental techniques such as polytonality, polyrhythm, tone clusters, aleatoric elements & quarter tones.

TIMOTHY FAIN & JEREMY DENK | CHARLES IVES | VIOLIN SONATA NO. 3

Symphony No.2 |CD|

Charles Ives

Leonard Bernstein

New York Philharmonic

Release Date: August 14, 1990

Deutsche Grammophon