Episode of Series “The Rise of Modernism in Music 1890-1935”.
A profile of Charles Ives, one of America’s most important twentieth century composers, including interviews with composers Aaron Copland and Elliot Carter, performances by the Chilingirian String Quartet and BBC Symphony Orchestra, dramatised sequences of Ives childhood, an extract from Ives’ “Concord Sonata” played by John Kirkpatrick and filmed in Ives own studio.
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ACMI Identifier
014231
Language
English
Audience classification
G
Subject categories
Music & Performing Arts → Composers
Music & Performing Arts → Music - United States
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)