Charles Ives
Died: 19th May, 1954Born: 20th October, 1874Age: 152Birthplace: Danbury, Connecticut, USABiography: 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.
