{"product_id":"23828-ives-charles-first-movement-from-a-symphony-holidays-first-edition","title":"Ives, Charles. (1874–1954) First Movement From A Symphony Holidays - FIRST EDITION","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\"Washington's Folio. Original publisher's stiff printed wrappers. 1f. (title), pp. 3-20, [i] (notes), [i] (blank). Publisher's catalogue to inner lower wrappers. Toning, front cover with some tears and small losses to upper edge and lower right corner, where creased throughout, ownership stamp to title, else fine. De Lerma H75.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt took Ives from 1897 to 1913 to complete all four movements of \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003ci\u003eA Symphony: New England Holidays\u003c\/i\u003e, also known as \u003ci\u003eA New England Holiday Symphony.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eThe first movement, \u003cem\u003eWashington's Birthday\u003c\/em\u003e, was finished in 1909, then rescored and published in 1913 and\u003c\/span\u003e takes place on George Washington's birthday and explores the snowed-in claustrophobia of winter. The piece begins like someone whistling aimlessly. Ives transforms this music into something mournful by harmonizing it with trembling strings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom this bleak, snowy moonscape, Ives brings his audience into the sweaty bustle of a barn dance. Fragments of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eCamptown Races\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eTurkey in the Straw\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ecan be heard in the din.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eComposers before Ives, notably Béla Bartók and Maurice Ravel, had referenced folk music in their work. In most cases, they \"corrected\" the roughness of folk performers to conform to art music expectations. Not Ives. He kept all the \"wrong\" notes and worked hard to notate the music so a classically trained musician could play it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe barn dance music gets wilder until it comes to a complete confrontational crunch. Then, a serene melody floats out, like sentimental parlor music. While that plays, a separate strand of music weaves into the composition, as if a musician on the back porch of the dance is playing something just for herself. The movement ends with more winter harmonies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53594221215903,"sku":"23828","price":175.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Ives_CharlesFirstMovementFromASymphonyHolidays23828a.jpg?v=1732564921","url":"https:\/\/www.schubertiademusic.com\/products\/23828-ives-charles-first-movement-from-a-symphony-holidays-first-edition","provider":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}