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生前,他主要以一位成功的实业家而不是以重要的作曲家而闻名。而今,他被认为是第一位真正的二十世纪美国作曲家,代表着他那时代的最基本精神。他就是查理·艾夫斯(Charles Ives.1874—1954)。查理·艾夫斯生于美国东北部新英格兰的康涅狄格州,其父乔治在美国内战期间当军乐队长,对各类奇特音响兴趣极浓。查理后来回忆父亲对他音乐上的影响时写道:“他常让我们全家在E~b调上唱支歌,而他用C调在钢琴上伴奏,以扩展和强化我们的音乐感。”十三岁那年,查理成为一座教堂的管风琴师,二十岁进耶鲁大学随霍拉提渥·巴克尔学作曲。在耶鲁的
Before his death, he was mainly known as a successful businesswoman rather than as an important composer. Today, he is considered the first true American composer of the twentieth century to represent the most basic spirit of his time. He is Charles Ives (1874-1954). Charlie Ives was born in Connecticut, New England, northeast of the United States. His father George was a military band captain during the American Civil War and was extremely interested in all kinds of exotic sounds. Charlie later recalled his father’s influence on his music and wrote: “He often makes our whole family sing a song on E ~ b and he accompanies it on the piano to expand and enhance our sense of music.” At the age of thirteen, Charlie became an organ organist at the church and was twenty-year-old at Yale University to study music with Horati Otto Barker. At yale