... That kinda sums it up. I play it a lot - when I don't want to think. To me it sounds like Copland movie music. Elevator music. I'm too lazy this morning...
For what it's worth, there were two Columbia double-LP albums produced in the '70s (which I seem to have hung on to) - "Andre Kostalanetz - the Spirit of '76"...
... I think Thanksgiving (that was 1904, the third was composed around 1903, I think). Thanksgiving is a great leap forward from the Third and anticipates...
Have you noticed in this symphony,and in many three-movements Works(Third symphony,First and Second Orchestral Set,Piano Trio,Set for Theater,Three Quarter...
... It has a great maturity to it - a soundscape from the 1870's seen thru his eyes of the next generation -- very authentic -- ... it's hard to think of the...
... And yet, ironically, it is not a work of Ives's maturity, but of his middle period. ... prize ... Then maybe I felt it more of a "guilt" prize, like when...
I have forgotten the Second String Quartet of course, and also the Second and Third Violin Sonatas. On the other hand, somes others three-movements works are...
... In those where it does apply, I think Ives was reacting against the classic chamber piece sequence of movements--fast-slow-fast. He did the opposite....
... I happen to love the Third. Besides being just a lovely piece, and well-wrought, there is also a lot of humor in the treatment of the tunes in the 1st and...
Yes ,but both slow movements are not composed in the same spirit, often the first is an elegy inspired by the things his father loved (like in the song) or the...
Spiritual composer -- he liked transcendence and New England is a place that has that -- that's why Emerson -- nobody knows why -- he was beyond trinities --...
... beyond ... place of ... The trinity idea, however, could have been used to symbolize the non-Emersonian religious thought of the common New Englanders Ives...
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At the beginning of his carrer Ives was more religious than transcendentalist,when he had composed the Nine Psalms, and he was Organist at the Central...
I came to the Third after already having fanatically memorized the Fourth, the Holidays, the Concord... I don't know what it was about it but I loved it...
Here is the Discography of the Third Symphony 1950 Premiere Recording Richard Bales/ National Gallery Orchestra. Station WCFM, LP-1 1955- Reginald Stewart/The...
Plus: 1946/7 CBS SO, B. Herrmann (Rec. by WCBS, NYC) 1952 (date uncertain) Yaddo Orch, Fennell 1954 Yale Univ. Orch., Howard Boatwright 1956 same as above nb:...
That, to me, may be my problem. I have never been overly fond of Beethoven's even numbered symphony's either (exception, No. 8). Sort of change of topic: I...
I think we have to remember that the first champion of CEI before all the important musicians was his wife who told him "write what you want to. Thank God for...
Sorry to contradict you Michael ,but the first champion of CEI was George Ives ,the first to perform the music of his son. Patrick ... all the ... Schuman ... ...
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Hello On Amazon http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000AARL1Q/qid=1128378946/sr=1-24/ref=sr_1_24/104-1449192-2249513?v=glance&s=classical I have...
... In short... The Third is THE WORK that allowed me to access Ives' musical universe and ultimately fall in love with his music. It is a wonderfully intimate...
One question I've had for quite a while is where do Ives's melodies come from? It's taken me a while to get used to the idea not to look for pretty little...
Hi Mike, Both pentatonic scales sound identical except for being an eighthtone apart. The C# is the sharper set. Johnny In a message dated 10/5/2005 2:04:26...
Johnny, in the interview that Mike did with you for the College 500 site, you talk about the Universe Symphony's three separate orchestras being three...
Hi All! Mike, I guess you are asking me for my aperceptive response to listening to the piece. To me the idea of eclipse is really a formal extension of...
I am *really* looking forward to hearing this Johnny - I just ordered it a few days ago. I await patiently (but growing a bit impatient as the hours drift........
Thank you, Frank. I think Ligeti's "Atmospheres" would be good preparation for the Universe in that each violin is a different part. I've had the pleasure of...
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