Baseball and the Music of Charles Ives: A Proving Ground

ISBN: 9780810849990 (0810849992)
Edition Type: Paperback
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Pages: 216
Date Published: 15th Sep 2004

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Chapter 1 Musical Examples and Illustrations
Chapter 2 Preface
Chapter 3 Introduction
Chapter 4 An American Sport-An American Composer
Chapter 5 Constant Change-The Growth of Major League Baseball
Chapter 6 A Life of Baseball-A"Manly" Game
Chapter 7 Playing the Game-Baseball in Completed Compositions
Chapter 8 Musical Sketches of Ballplayers-A Baseball Fan's Record
Chapter 9 Baseball Techniques-From Sketch to Compositional Language
Chapter 10 Notes
Chapter 11 Bibliography
Chapter 12 Index
Chapter 13 About the Author

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Through intelligent discussion of Ives's musical compositions combined with solid research on the composer's lifelong love of the American pastime, Ives's pioneering spirit and unique creativity are highlighted most clearly in this fascinating work. After a useful review of the development of baseball in Ives's time coupled with a succinct biography, Johnson examines the heavy influence of the game and some of its players on Ives's development as a composer. The observations made here are fresh and insightful, and are further elucidated by musical examples and photographs of pertinent ball players and venues. Music professionals, baseball historians, and baseball scholars will all find this a fascinating and useful resource.

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