02166nam 2200433 450 991081407780332120230809224217.00-252-09936-2(CKB)3710000001380566(MiAaPQ)EBC4983599(StDuBDS)EDZ0001803640(OCoLC)962025870(MdBmJHUP)muse57018(EXLCZ)99371000000138056620170923h20172017 uy 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierCharles Ives's Concord essays after a sonata /Kyle GannUrbana, [Illinois] :University of Illinois Press,2017.©20171 online resource (389 pages)Music in American lifePreviously issued in print: 2017.0-252-04085-6 Includes bibliographical references (pages 423-430) and index.In 1921, insurance executive Charles Ives sent out copies of a piano sonata to 200 strangers. Laden with dissonant chords, complex rhythm, and a seemingly chaotic structure, the so-called Concord Sonata confounded the recipients, as did the accompanying book, 'Essays Before a Sonata.' Kyle Gann merges exhaustive research with his own experience as a composer to reveal the Concord Sonata and the essays in full. Diffracting the twinned works into their essential aspects, Gann lays out the historical context that produced Ives's masterpiece and illuminates the arguments Ives himself explored in the essays. Gann also provides a movement-by-movement analysis of the work's harmonic structure and compositional technique; connects the sonata to Ives works that share parts of its material; and compares the 1921 version of the Concord with its 1947 revision to reveal important aspects of Ives's creative process.Music in American life.786.2/183 Gann Kyle1605284MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910814077803321Charles Ives's Concord3958741UNINA