Charles Ives
Known For: Sound
Gender: Male
Date of Birth: October 20, 1874
Day of Death: May 19, 1954 (80 years old)
Place of Birth: Danbury, Connecticut, USA
Charles Edward Ives was an American modernist composer, one of the first American composers of international renown. Sources of Ives' tonal imagery included hymn tunes and traditional songs; he also incorporated melodies of the town band at holiday parade, the fiddlers at Saturday night dances, patriotic songs, sentimental parlor ballads, and the melodies of Stephen Foster.
