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Charles Ives was unprecedented at suiting his musical style to the story he wanted to tell, and he created dozens of surprising “snapshots in song” of what it was like to be alive in America during his lifetime.
Related Educational ResourcesSong listings with composer / poet, performers, CD label, and CD number:
Memories
Charles Ives
Charles Ives
Record#: Warner Classics 2564 60297-2 (Susan Graham, mezzo-soprano; Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano)
The Circus Band
Charles Ives
Charles Ives
Record#: Albany Records TROY 077 (William Sharp, baritone; Steven Blier, piano)
Song Collection: Five Street Songs
1, 2, 3
Charles Ives
Charles Ives
Record#: CRI CD 675 (Helen Boatwright, soprano; John Kirkpatrick, piano)
Remembrance (A Sound of a Distant Horn)
Charles Ives
Charles Ives
Record#: Hyperion CDA 67516 (Gerald Finley, baritone; Julius Drake, piano)
Thoreau
Charles Ives
Charles Ives
Record#: Tanglewood recital recording 22 July 2009 (Thomas Hampson, baritone; Craig Rutenberg, piano)
Feldeinsamkeit
Charles Ives
Record#: Teldec 9031-72168-2 (Thomas Hampson, baritone; Armen Guzelimian, piano)
The Camp Meeting
Charles Ives
Charles Ives
Record#: Albany Records TROY 079 (Mary Ann Hart, mezzo-soprano; Dennis Helmrich, piano)
Serenity
Charles Ives
John Greenleaf Whittier
Record#: Nonesuch 9-71325-2 (Jan DeGaetani, mezzo-soprano; Gilbert Kalish, piano)
The Things Our Fathers Loved
Charles Ives
Charles Ives
Record#: RCA 9026-63703-2 (Thomas Hampson, baritone; Michael Tilson-Thomas, piano)
General William Booth Enters Into Heaven
Charles Ives
Vachel Lindsay
Record#: Phoenix USA 178 (Donald Gramm, baritone; Richard Cumming, piano)
Mists
Charles Ives
Charles Ives
Record#: Decca 466 841-2 (Susan Narucki, soprano; Alan Feinberg, piano)
Ann Street
Charles Ives
Maurice Morris
Record#: DG (LP) 2530 696 (Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, baritone; Michael Ponti, piano)
The Cage
Charles Ives
Charles Ives
Record#: EMI 2 06631-2 (Marni Nixon, soprano; John McCabe, piano)
The Children's Hour
Charles Ives
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Record#: Tanglewood recital recording 22 July 2009 (Thomas Hampson, baritone; Craig Rutenberg, piano)
Two Little Flowers
Charles Ives
Charles Ives
Record#: DG (LP) 2530 696 (William Sharp, baritone; Steven Blier, piano)
Tom Sails Away
Charles Ives
Charles Ives
Record#: Tanglewood recital recording 22 July 2009 (Thomas Hampson, baritone; Craig Rutenberg, piano)
Song Collection: Three Songs of the War
On the Counter
Charles Ives
Charles Ives
Record#: Etcetera KTC 1020 (Roberta Alexander, soprano; Tan Crone, piano)
In the Mornin'
Charles Ives
Record#: Nonesuch 9-71325-2 (Jan DeGaetani, mezzo-soprano; Gilbert Kalish, piano)
Throughout our history, America has gone to war with bravado and with anguish. Songs have helped shape those emotions, and express them—inspiring us to battle, sustaining our courage, giving us a way to lament our losses.
Over the course of the 20th century, our classical singers were enthusiastic advocates for songs by American composers. In this program, we hear the music they brought to far-flung audiences through recitals, phonograph records, and radio broadcasts.
