Did anybody ever get this book by Philip Lambert? Frankie ... "It is conceivable that what is unified form to the author or composer may of necessity be...
Why, yes, I have a personal copy. Johnny ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com [Non-text portions of this message have...
Seems like the years are starting to fly by - but happy Thanksgiving to those on this list for which it pertains. Remember to dust off the Holidays today and...
Just done exactly the same, Frank! - I chose the MTT/Chicago 1986 recording
this year...............Tony ... From: Frank Camiola Date: 11/22/07 19:55:35 To:...
Which of Ives' works depicts two different marching bands playing different pieces at the same time? With it, Ives creates a metaphor for our times. Thank you....
No one seems to have replied to this, so I'll belatedly do so. There is more than one such passage in Ives, but the quintessential example is the second...
Hello everyone, Well, I thought it was George Ives who organized it, climbing at the top of the church tower, and listening to his town band, divided in 4 ...
Hi Folks, I believe that Pzdlre is quite correct about George Ives and the town bands. It's a notion that has had influence on my own thoughts about the appeal...
To me the quintessential Ives piece depicting the two bands etc is Decoration Day" ..........by the way, this was apparently Stravinsky's
favourite among the...
Thank you all, very much, for your thoughtful replies. The George Ives story provides fascinating background, and I will look forward to listening to both...
James, Thank you for sending on this sad news. Apart from the immense debt
of gratitude which we all owe to Wiley, I especially will remember his great...
Ives' music constantly evolves to my ears. I have heard The Holidays countless times, but yesterday was a bit different. I haven't listened to this piece since...
... middle "Americana" proto-Copland-eque is just a minature masterpiece in itself. How much influence (if any) did this brief, yet very important section of...
I'm sure I have missed some of the Ives releases that have been released within the last 5 years or so.......thus, my question (should you wish you to play...
... Absolutely! I never met the guy, but I really enjoyed his discussions here and still enjoy his reviews on Amazon. He had a fine way with words, and had ...
My thanks to Anne, Frank, and Scott for reminding us of what a great and insightful Ives enthusiast the late Bob Zeidler was! Bob and I exchanged some...
Well, Frank, I think there have been some v.g. recent recordings..........
so in no particular order (and without trying to be comprehensive) I'd list: ...
As far as I know, neither of Kirkpatrick's Concord recordings has been reissued on CD--a glaring omission. Used copies of both occasionally turn up on eBay...
... I was afraid that was the case. I heard an LP that my friend bought on ebay. A completely different perspective; the Concord through a Debussyian lens....
Both John K's recordings come up for sale now and again on Ebay, Douglas
(the later one much more frequently of course) - I managed to get a spare
copy of the...
... Yeah, so I'm learning, ebay is where my friend got his. A vital recording IMO. Kirkpatrick was alone, he had to blaze a trial. It's also valuable to hear...
Hi, I have digitized Kirkpatrick's stereo version, and also Alois Kontarsky's, someone who knew well the XX century language, but had nevertheless ;-) been...
Sorry, apologies to all ivesians, I wrote too fast. After checking, I don't have the Kirkpatrick second version nor Adrienne Albert's collection of songs here...
... Not sure if I saw this one....? ... Interesting! Is this another realization of Ives manuscripts? Is it the entire 4 movements? I'm very curious. Thanls...
Annual Microtonal Bach Christmas Day radio broadcast, 10 am to 2 pm on WKCR radio, 89.9 FM in NYC, or on the Internet. _http://www.columbia.edu/cu/wkcr/_...
Dear All, I'd be really grateful if somebody could advise me a book or an article, where I could read about Ives's home library, particularly about the scores...
I think I have read somewhere that Vivian Perlis's students one year did an inventory of Ives's personal library. This might have been mentioned in her Ives...