Essays Before a Sonata by Charles Ives
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About this eBook
| Author | Ives, Charles, 1874-1954 |
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| Title | Essays Before a Sonata |
| Note | Reading ease score: 53.6 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. |
| Contents | Prologue -- Emerson -- Hawthorne -- "The Alcotts" -- Thoreau -- Epilogue. |
| Credits |
Produced by John Mamoun with help from the Online Distributed Proofreading Team of Charles Franks. HTML version by Al Haines. |
| Summary | "Essays Before a Sonata" by Charles Ives is a collection of essays written in the early 20th century serving as program notes for Ives' second piano sonata, titled "Concord, Mass., 1845." The book explores the intersection of music and the philosophical ideas of American Transcendentalists such as Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Henry David Thoreau, analyzing how their thoughts influence the compositions of Ives and highlighting the deep connections between music, art, and the human experience. The opening of this work presents a detailed introduction to Charles Ives as an innovative composer whose revolutionary musical concepts were ahead of their time and reflects the spirit of Transcendentalism. Ives states that the essays are intended to elucidate the themes of his sonata and to invite readers to consider how music can articulate complex emotions and philosophies. He poses questions about the nature of music, its emotional impact, and how subjective experiences can be expressed through sound. This prelude effectively sets the stage for an in-depth exploration of both Ives' musical ideas and the philosophical narratives that underpin them, encouraging a reflective engagement from the reader as they delve into the subsequent essays. (This is an automatically generated summary.) |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature |
| Subject | Music |
| Subject | Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882 |
| Subject | Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864 |
| Subject | Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862 |
| Subject | Alcott family |
| Subject | Ives, Charles, 1874-1954. Sonatas, piano, no. 2 |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 3673 |
| Release Date | Jan 1, 2003 |
| Most Recently Updated | Jan 8, 2021 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 302 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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