On 1999-08-03 DJ Rix, NJ USA wrote: A highly original writer, Ives can be a tough read. He follows his asides & digressions in prose much the same way as he does in music. But he dragged Transcendentalism (moaning & groaning) into the 20th Century, wrote a philosophy of insurance sales that is still consulted today, & was not afraid to call for a national referendum prior to the United States committing to war. His ideas about creativity remain, at the core, uncomfortably radical for most of his admirers. Bob Rixon, WFMU-FM. And summed up by saying A highly original writer. Currently Essays Before a Sonata, The Majority, and Other Writings has an overall rating of 10 over 10.
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W. W. Norton & Company claimed Ives´s second piano sonata, Concord, Mass., 1845, stands among the masterpieces of American music. The Essays Before a Sonata was conceived by Ives as a preface of sorts to the composition. Ives´s musings also explore the nature of music, discuss the source of a composer´s impulses and inspiration, and offer some biting comments on celebrated masters. The writings in this collection-now featuring a comprehensive index-allow readers entry into the brilliant mind that produced some of America´s most innovative musical works.
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