San Francisco Bach Choir: Charles Ives

An organist who entered the insurance business, Charles Ives composed music advanced in style, anticipating some of the innovations of Arnold Schoenberg and Igor Stravinsky, but generally unpublished. In 1939 performance of his second piano sonata, Concord (1909-15), won him recognition. His works, which include chamber, orchestral, and choral pieces and about 150 songs, draw on American folk music.

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Charles Ives (1874-1954)

Instrumental Works Performed by SFBC



		Repertoire Composers Charles Ives (1874-1954) An organist who entered the insurance business, Charles Ives composed music advanced in style, anticipating some of the innovations of Arnold Schoenberg and Igor Stravinsky, but generally unpublished. In 1939 performance of his second piano sonata, Concord (1909-15), won him recognition. His works, which include chamber, orchestral, and choral pieces and about 150 songs, draw on American folk music. Instrumental Works Performed by SFBC Variations on “America” (1891)