Charles Ives (1874-1954) once described the poetic genesis of one of his best-known compositions: “The ‘Housatonic at Stockbridge’ … was suggested by a Sunday morning walk that Mrs. Ives and I took ...

The iconoclastic American composer become cultural monument Charles Ives was born 150 years ago last Sunday. Ulysses S. Grant was then in the midst of his second term as president. Ives’s father ...

Many music lovers consider Ives, who died in 1954, to be the first truly great American composer. A new recording by pianist Donald Berman is a major addition to the Ives discography. This is FRESH ...

One hundred-fifty years ago, a mild-mannered insurance man was born in the small Connecticut town of Danbury. On nights and weekends, he composed music, most of which went unperformed in his lifetime.

To mark the 150th anniversary of the maverick American composer’s birth, pianist Jeremy Denk releases an Ives tribute album that educates,... Charles Ives’ vision of America still strikes an ...