I know four other vocal renditions. Nicolas Isherwood - Not convincing ,he sings out of tune, but i think it's unintentional. Henry Herford - Too mannered,...
Agree that none of the recordings seems to hit C.R. off quite right.......as I've mentioned before, the best (most natural) performance I've ever heard was...
Hello Is someone can tell me which are the best book about CEI and his music. Charles Ives and his Music, by Henri & Sydney Cowell ? Charles Ives: A Life with...
I've read them all and they all have merit for different reasons -- there are also a few others in the works -- Ives is such a complex subject, especially...
... I do not have the Burkholder book, but have the others you mention, as well as: Charles Ives Memos - Edited by Kirkpatrick American Composers on American...
Patrick - My take on this question is that no one book yet written is sufficient........I still warm to the Cowells' book because it was the first one I read...
- the only book I keep as a reminder of the worst sort is Wooldridge's notorious "From the Steeples and Mountains" Tony Tony, do you know what happened to...
Agree absolutely Gene,it's a wonderful recording.I like especially the Largo Risoluto 1 & 2. Infortunately the Mondriaan did not include the First SQ in his ...
I met Wooldridge once - this was in ''74 and he was Roger Hannay's guest at Chapel Hill - he appeared and made a short speech at a concert which Roger's...
I actually have a hardcover copy of this book -- I'm selling it on eBay for $10,000 - no offers yet -- I'm holding out -- ms ... No virus found in this...
I think the reason why Charlie Rutlage seems so hard to do is because it doesn't sound like a lied, it sounds like an old country and western song. Not...
So have I - mine's a snip at $7,500............Tony ... From: Michael Shaffer To: charlesives@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, December 03, 2005 6:28 PM ...
and I thought I was the only one lucky enough -- I tried to pass it on to Bob Ziedler -- but he already had six -- he said he got them off the Connecticut...
I imagine the late Johnny Cash or a famous folk singer like Woody Guthrie, Burl Ives or Pete Seeger singing Charlie Rutlage . Patrick ... remain, as ... ...
Tex Ritter perhaps..................................Tony ... From: Patrick Petit To: charlesives@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, December 04, 2005 1:52 AM ...
Hello I submit this post to the group:Which are your ten (and only Ten- yes i know it's hard to choose) favorites Ives' songs (Vocal or Chorus version)? Here...
Gene Ten seems a good number ,for example we have already chosen the ten best performers in Ives'music. I know it's difficult to choose between 180 songs, but...
... From the top of my head, in no particular order: 1. Gen. Wm. Booth 2. The Greatest Man 3. Ann Street 4. William Will! 5. Charlie Rutlage 6. The Things our...
Which rendering of "Curtain!" (at the end of "Very Pleasant Memories") do you like the most? Of the six I have, I must confess I really do like Thomas...
With the very notable exception of Anne Ozorio and a few others, I could not help but notice that the membership of this group is overwhelmingly male. Is there...
I think that classical music (modern or otherwise) is overwhelmingly male -- one only has to watch the difficulty that female conductors have in securing...
... The most notable recent example being Marin Alsop and the Baltimore Symphony. ... Agree totally regarding Ms. Coleman's playing. It, and Pierre ...
... That's the one that came to my mind too -- ... Hear, hear -- ... As the husband of a Methodist (female) pastor in Southern Georgia, you should only...
Agree Donna Coleman is the best female performer in Ives piano music,but not the only one .Nina Deutsch had recorded a famous piano anthology in VoxBox, and...