Charles Ives and the American mind / Rosalie Sandra Perry.
| Author/creator | Perry, Rosalie Sandra |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Kent, Ohio : Kent State University Press, [1974] |
| Description | xx, 137 pages : music ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | C.E.I.: the personal past. Ives' family background ; Ives' academic past ; Yale, Horatio Parker's influence ; Ives in business, the first World War ; Recognition and the "cult" of Ives -- Ives and the transcendental tradition. Emerson and Ives ; The transcendentalists and music ; The elements of transcendentalism in music -- The stream of consciousness in Ives' works. Transcendentalism paves the way ; Creating consciousness in music ; The two parts of consciousness ; Mechanical devices to represent the movement of consciousness in music ; Texture and meaning of consciousness in music -- Looking backward: realism reinvented. The four points of realism -- Ives, revivalism, and the social gospel. An escape from the present ; Ives and insurance -- The middle-class conscience: pragmatism. Forerunners of pragmatism ; Experimentalism -- Conclusion: Charles Ives and the American mind. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references. |
| LCCN | 74620003 |
| ISBN | 0873381521 : |