Charles Edward Ives

That's the American grandeur, folks, and you can only find it in good ole American music, which we can now trace "classically" back to 1874 with the birth of Charles Edward Ives in Danbury, Connecticut.

"Classical" American Music, cont'd from July 5 post The Daily Growler 2006

When Charles Edward Ives was born, George was the Danbury town band leader, directed the town choir and church choirs and singing, including the yearly campground get-togethers at Redding, Connecticut, led a choral society in Brewster, New York, and had a brace of music students in Danbury.

"Classical" American Music The Daily Growler 2006

I discovered that Charles Edward Ives is the greatest classical composer ever produced in America, and to me, in the world; the most original composer ever.

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