Interweaving photographs, concert programs, scores, and drawings with
the texts of more than fifty interviews with family, friends, neighbors,
and colleagues, Charles Ives Remembered is a vivid memory portrait of
the enigmatic American composer, told in the voices of the people who
knew him best.
Charles Ives (1874-1954) was publicly an insurance executive but
privately a composer whose eccentric works and paradoxical life would
intrigue, perplex, and inspire generations to come after him. Moving
from Ives's childhood and years at Yale to his business and musical
careers, the memories and reflections assembled in this Kinkeldey
Award-winning volume provide a multifaceted and humanizing view of an
American musical icon.