Charles Ives and Aaron Copland - A Listener's

This book explains-in vivid picturesque detail-why we still listen with admiration to the work of these men, and how their personalities and the era in which they lived affected their music. The accompanying CD includes a sampling of their music from masterworks such as Appalachian Spring and The Unanswered Question to less common gems and includes guided listenings of exactly how the pieces work.

Acknowledgments

ix

Introduction

1

(4)

How to Listen

5

(8)

Part 1: Biographical Sketches

Aaron Copland

Young American

13

(3)

Copland the Cosmopolitan

16

(3)

Native Son

19

(2)

Modernist, Populist, and All the Steps Between

21

(4)

The Wild West and Hollywood

25

(3)

The War Years

28

(2)

From Folk Songs to Tone-Rows

30

(5)

Charles Ives

``Don't Pay Too Much Attention to the Sounds, You May Miss the Music''

35

(5)

Ives at Yale: ``As Good a Song As You Could Write''

40

(5)

Life in Poverty Flat

45

(6)

The New Life

51

(2)

Insurance and the Development of Modern Music

53

(3)

``Watchman, Tell Us of the Night''

56

(6)

Part 2: Listening to the Music

Aaron Copland

Concerto for Clarinet and String Orchestra, with Harp and Piano

62

(4)

Appalachian Spring (Ballet for Martha)

66

(5)

El Salon Mexico

71

(5)

Piano Variations

76

(6)

Billy the Kid (Suite)

82

(6)

Charles Ives

The Unanswered Question

88

(4)

``Memories''

92

(5)

``General William Booth Enters into Heaven''

97

(6)

Three Places in New England: II. ``Putnam's Camp''

103

(4)

The Concord Sonata

107

(10)

Part 3: Aspects of Copland and Ives

117

(26)

Copland the Progressive

119

(4)

Copland and Identity

123

(3)

Copland's Patriotism Questioned

126

(5)

Ives vs. Rollo

131

(4)

The Case of Mr. Ives

135

(4)

The Composers as Authors

139

(4)

Afterword

143

(4)

Suggested Further Listening

147

(2)

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Charles Ives and Aaron Copland - A Listener's Guide Parallel Lives Series No. 1: Their Lives and Their Music

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