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Baseball and the Music of Charles Ives
Timothy A. Johnson
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Description for Baseball and the Music of Charles Ives
Paperback. Num Pages: 216 pages, Illustrations, music, ports. BIC Classification: AVG; WSJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 13. Weight in Grams: 349.
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, ... Read more
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, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
Number of Pages
216
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780810849990
SKU
V9780810849990
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About Timothy A. Johnson
Timothy Johnson teaches music theory at Ithaca College in Ithaca, N.Y.
Reviews for Baseball and the Music of Charles Ives
Johnson's style is direct and readable without being esoteric, even when discussing some of the weightier elements of music theory....Inasmuch as Johnson's stated intent is to show Ives' love of baseball as a 'proving ground' for later developments in his musical evolution, it would be a fair assessment to say that he achieves this goal well.
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