James Thompson BixbyĪnd day by day and night by night, unconsciously,Ĭlick here for Gerald's performance of "Religion." Two of these songs–“Religion” and “The Cage”–are models of economy, brevity, and harmonic expressiveness. There is a pronounced nostalgia in many Ives songs, and sometimes a humorous or ironic note. In more than 100 songs, Ives wove together original melodies, fragments of popular songs and hymns, and harmonies of sweet simplicity or crashing dissonance. Ives was one of the most original of twentieth century American composers. (Links to performance videos of two songs appear below.) For our recent AMERICAN PILGRIMAGE concert, tenor Gerald Seminatore and pianist Mark Salters offered songs by Charles Ives ( 1874-1954).
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