Charles Ives and His America

"When I decided to undertake serious research on Ives and began to delve into his papers, I became more and more convinced that the Ives Legend which has grown up around him gives a very imperfect picture of the man. I think that the key to an understanding of his place in American culture lies in his extreme artistic isolation. The creative artist in America has a tradition of being isolated, of lacking an audience. But nearly all such artists have had at least a small circle of friends who sustained them artistically and intellectually. Ives had nothing of the kind during his creative years; he was about as close to complete isolation as it is possible for a creative artist to be." --From the author's preface

• | Author: Frank R. Rossiter
• | Publisher: Liveright Publishing Corporation
• | Publication Date: Nov 01, 1975
• | Number of Pages: 448 pages
• | Binding: Paperback or Softback
• | ISBN-10: 0393332942
• | ISBN-13: 9780393332940