Charles Ives
Known for: Sound
Born: 1874-10-20 – 1954-05-19 (aged 79)
From: Danbury, Connecticut, USA
Charles Edward Ives was an American modernist composer, one of the first American composers of international renown. Sources of Ives' tonal imagery included hymn tunes and traditional songs; he also incorporated melodies of the town band at holiday parade, the fiddlers at Saturday night dances, patriotic songs, sentimental parlor ballads, and the melodies of Stephen Foster.