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Charles Ives

1874 - 1954

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Charles Edward Ives (; October 20, 1874 – May 19, 1954) was an American modernist composer, actuary and businessman. Ives was among the earliest renowned American composers to achieve recognition on a global scale. His music was largely ignored during his early career, and many of his works went unperformed for many years. Later in life, the quality of his music was publicly recognized through the efforts of contemporaries like Henry Cowell and Lou Harrison, and he came to be regarded as an "American original". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Charles Ives is the 314th most popular composer (up from 323rd in 2019), the 1,646th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,548th in 2019) and the 15th most popular American Composer.

Charles Ives is most famous for his use of polytonality and polyrhythm in his music.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Charles Ives ranks 314 out of 1,451. Before him are Niccolò Jommelli, Gustav Leonhardt, Antonio Lotti, Johann Mattheson, Cipriano de Rore, and Johann Kuhnau. After him are Thomas Tallis, Pietro Della Valle, Georges Auric, Johann Georg Pisendel, Moritz Moszkowski, and Nikolai Myaskovsky.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1874, Charles Ives ranks 43. Before him are Inessa Armand, Luigi Einaudi, Vsevolod Meyerhold, Henri Guisan, Reynaldo Hahn, and Charles Lightoller. After him are Princess Marie of Hesse and by Rhine, Princess Elisabeth Marie of Bavaria, Auguste Perret, André-Louis Debierne, Reginald Johnston, and Otto Mueller. Among people deceased in 1954, Charles Ives ranks 27. Before him are Andrey Vyshinsky, Maximilian von Weichs, The French Angel, Léon Jouhaux, Clemens Krauss, and Martin Andersen Nexø. After him are Prince Ernst of Hohenberg, Sadriddin Ayni, Duchess Cecilie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Auguste Perret, Ivan Ilyin, and Hannes Meyer.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Charles Ives ranks 1,646 out of 20,380. Before him are Aileen Wuornos (1956), Gloria Gaynor (1947), Roy O. Disney (1893), Rodney Alcala (1943), John B. Kelly Sr. (1889), and Dirk Benedict (1945). After him are Mike Portnoy (1967), Mike DeWine (1947), Hal Holbrook (1925), Brian Thompson (1959), Murray Bookchin (1921), and Irving Stone (1903).

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Among COMPOSERS In United States

Among composers born in United States, Charles Ives ranks 15. Before him are Scott Joplin (1868), Angelo Badalamenti (1937), Jerry Goldsmith (1929), James Horner (1953), Steve Reich (1936), and Stephen Schwartz (1948). After him are Alan Silvestri (1950), Aaron Copland (1900), Bernard Herrmann (1911), Cole Porter (1891), Richard Rodgers (1902), and Elmer Bernstein (1922).

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