一查理斯·艾夫斯(Charles Ires 1874—1954)是美国音乐史上的一位重要作曲家。他出生在美国东都的康涅狄克州。这是美国文化的摇篮,也是19世纪上半叶具有民主倾向的“超验主义”(Tramscendentaliat)思潮曾经活跃的地区。这里产生过著名的文学家如爱默生(Emerson)、梭罗(Thoreau)、朗费罗(Longfellow)、霍桑(Howtharne)、 A Charles Ires (1874-1954) is an important composer in the history of American music. He was born in Connecticut in the eastern capital of the United States. This is the cradle of American culture and the once active Tramscendentalism trend of democratic tendencies in the first half of the nineteenth century. Here are the famous writers such as Emerson, Thoreau, Longfellow, Howtharne,