Essays Before a Sonata, and Other WritingsW. W. Norton & Company, 1962 - 258 pages The Essays Before a Sonata was conceived by Ives as a preface of sorts to the composition. Ives's musings also explore the nature of music, discuss the source of a composer's impulses and inspiration, and offer some biting comments on celebrated masters. The writings in this collection--now featuring a comprehensive index-allow readers entry into the brilliant mind that produced some of America's most innovative musical works. |
Contents
TWO Emerson II | 11 |
THREE Hawthorne | 39 |
FOUR The Alcotts | 45 |
ONE Some Quartertone Impressions | 105 |
Two Postface to 114 Songs and Letter to the Sun | 120 |
THREE Stand by the President and the People | 134 |
SIX Letter to Franklin D Roosevelt and Memoranda | 215 |
SEVEN A Peoples World Nation | 225 |
EIGHT The Amount to Carry and Correspondence with | 232 |
Notes | 243 |
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