This Saturday, May 19th, we celebrate the death anniversary of one of America’s most original composers Charles Ives (1874-1954). Ives was known even during his lifetime as an “American original” although the last 30 years of his life were not spent composing. During...
“…was a prolific 19th-century Hungarian composer, virtuoso pianist, conductor, music teacher, arranger, organist, philanthropist, author, nationalist and a Franciscan tertiary.” From the first several characteristics, one could probably guess that...
