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...
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pzdlre
Dec 6, 2007 9:38 am
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 ...
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Malcolm
malkieshort
Dec 6, 2007 10:35 am
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...
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anthony cole
coletony43
Dec 7, 2007 4:41 pm
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...
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dvb2dob
Dec 9, 2007 5:41 pm
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...
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mira
zene_bona
Dec 11, 2007 8:12 am
....and do you know, Ives-experts, anything about my previous question?... nobody? :_(...
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anthony cole
coletony43
Dec 12, 2007 7:30 am
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...
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Frank Camiola
jeffreyhammo...
Dec 13, 2007 1:28 pm
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...
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Anne Ozorio
mskahuna2002
Dec 13, 2007 3:26 pm
... 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...
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Scott Mortensen
scottkmort
Dec 13, 2007 10:12 pm
I'll drink to that. Lift your glasses high and let's all toss one back for Bob!!! And YES it is strange that's he's no longer with...
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Frank Camiola
jeffreyhammo...
Dec 16, 2007 1:42 pm
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...
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Frank Camiola
jeffreyhammo...
Dec 16, 2007 1:43 pm
... 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 ...
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Georgie
gmatusk
Dec 16, 2007 5:55 pm
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...
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anthony cole
coletony43
Dec 16, 2007 7:17 pm
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: ...
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Douglas Jordon
douglas_jordon
Dec 17, 2007 4:42 pm
Is this available on CD? I've been poking around the web without luck....
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David O'Dette
rcnante1
Dec 17, 2007 4:50 pm
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...
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Douglas Jordon
douglas_jordon
Dec 17, 2007 7:23 pm
... 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....
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anthony cole
coletony43
Dec 19, 2007 5:10 pm
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...
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Douglas Jordon
douglas_jordon
Dec 19, 2007 6:37 pm
... 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...
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Daniel Pérez
pzdlre
Dec 20, 2007 5:01 am
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...
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Daniel Pérez
pzdlre
Dec 20, 2007 8:47 am
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...
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Frank Camiola
jeffreyhammo...
Dec 24, 2007 1:18 pm
... 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...
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Afmmjr@...
afmmjr
Dec 24, 2007 5:05 pm
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/_...
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mira
zene_bona
Jan 10, 2008 8:48 pm
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...
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David O'Dette
rcnante1
Jan 18, 2008 3:21 pm
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...
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mira
zene_bona
Jan 22, 2008 10:09 pm
Dear David, Thanks for the information. I have the oral history book, I'll page that to find some further knowledge in the subject. mira...
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gene05boston
Jan 24, 2008 3:48 am
The long OOP LP recording on MHS 1240 "Charles Ives: Vocal Music" with Alden Gilchrist conducting the Berkeley Chamber Singers is being offered in an auction...
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gene05boston
Jan 31, 2008 12:17 am
For me, the best recording of the 'Holidays Symphony'is the one on Berlin Classics conducted by the subject conductor. I've tried to find out more about him...
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Kirk McElhearn
kirkfrance
Feb 13, 2008 7:01 pm
I was browsing iTunes, and they have four volumes of Ives' songs by William Sharp et al. I know that Scott likes these a lot. I'm curious - is this the...
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Scott Mortensen
scottkmort
Feb 13, 2008 9:55 pm
Kirk, For Ives' song texts, go here: http://www.recmusic.org/lieder/i/ives/ I'm not sure if every single song is collected on those Albany/Troy discs, but --...
