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Transcript: Profile: Composer Charles Ives
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- May 19, 2004
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STEVE INSKEEP
Morning Edition (NPR)
05-19-2004
Profile: Composer Charles Ives
Host: STEVE INSKEEP
Time: 11:00 AM-12:00 Noon
STEVE INSKEEP, host:
Fifty years ago today American composer Charles Ives died in New York City. He's considered one of this country's greatest composers, though during his most creative period, Ives didn't have a single public performance. And when he showed his music to people, they told him he was crazy. Biographer Jan Swafford says the music of Charles Ives manages to be both nostalgic and prophetic.
Mr. JAN SWAFFORD (Biographer): There are lots of definitions of genius, and one is this: somebody who puts together unlikely things and makes them stick. No ...