Charles Ives
New York, New York, New York
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Charles Ives 1874-1954 A revolutionary composer, Ives was also a traditional insurance executive. His innovative music builds on American popular and folk tunes, and expands the use of rhythm and tonality. His avant-garde works include Concord, Mass., 1840-1860, The Fourth Symphony, and New England Holidays. He lived here from 1908 to 1911.
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The Story
Charles Ives (1874–1954) led a double life at this address from 1908 to 1911: a successful insurance executive by day and one of America's most daring composers by night. Drawing on hymns, marches, and folk tunes, his adventurous works—like the Concord Sonata and the Fourth Symphony—stretched rhythm and tonality far beyond the conventions of his era. Long underappreciated, his music later won recognition as strikingly ahead of its time.
Why it matters
Ives forged a genuinely American concert music out of the sounds of small-town life, making him a founding figure of the nation's modernist tradition.
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- 81 Leonard Gallery2.0 mi away
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- Bureau2.1 mi away · 112 Duane Street
- Cloud Gallery2.2 mi away
- Hall des Lumières2.2 mi away · 49 Chambers Street, New York, NY
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- The River Project Wetlab1.3 mi away
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- FDNY Ladder 81.8 mi away · 14 North Moore Street, New York
- Dream house1.9 mi away
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- Sweetgreen2.6 mi away
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- Semicolon Cafe2.6 mi away
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- DoubleTree2.2 mi away · 455 Washington Boulevard, Jersey City, NJ
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