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Article: Charles Ives: Variations on "America," For Flute and Piano

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Charles Ives: Variations on "America," For Flute and Piano, arranged by Daniel Dorff. Theodore Presser Co., (www.presser.com; 1(800) 854-6764), 2006. Flute: 4pp., Score: 8pp. $9.95.

Daniel Dorff is a successful and experienced composer and arranger of music who has published a large number of works. This piece, originally composed for solo organ by Charles Ives (1874-1954) when he was 17 years old, is a new and welcome addition to the flute repertoire.

The arrangement is quite faithful to the Ives score, and Dorff expertly altered the articulations in Variations 1 and 3 to more closely resemble the sound that would have been created by the organ. The addition of these slurs improves the ...

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