Thank you Prof. Burkholder, and thank you CIS - these videos are fantastic contributions to the discussion of Charles Ives and his music. More, please! Forty years ago, when my Music Literature Prof - NOT an Ives fan - played us a sample from the “Comedy” (4th Symphony, 2nd movement) and abruptly cut it short after about a minute with needle-scraping disdain, I knew I’d found my Patron Saint. So nice to see interest in Ives continue to expand and inspire new generations of players and listeners.
Thank you Prof. Burkholder, and thank you CIS - these videos are fantastic contributions to the discussion of Charles Ives and his music. More, please!
Forty years ago, when my Music Literature Prof - NOT an Ives fan - played us a sample from the “Comedy” (4th Symphony, 2nd movement) and abruptly cut it short after about a minute with needle-scraping disdain, I knew I’d found my Patron Saint. So nice to see interest in Ives continue to expand and inspire new generations of players and listeners.
This is simply the best and most lucid short(ish) explanation of what Ives was about, musically, that I've ever seen. Bravo, J. Peter Burkholder!
Agree with all of vrkoven's comments below. An absolutely outstanding presentation and talk.
This is simply brilliant!!!!