One hundred-fifty years ago, a mild-mannered insurance man was born in the small Connecticut town of Danbury. On nights and weekends, he composed music, most of which went unperformed in his lifetime.

My favorite Charles Ives quote dates from 1931, when the composer was in New York for the first public performance of his "Three Places in New England." It was hissed and booed, but Ives seemed ...

Regarded as the founder of the art music tradition in America, Charles Ives is arguably the most important composer the U.S. ever produced. Which means that anytime the man’s work receives a stage, ...

Ives the man was a solid, if peculiarly crusty, citizen. Ives the composer was always exasperatedly adamant about assuring his music copyist "the wrong notes are right." A lifelong apostle of musical ...

NORMAL — The works of classical music composer Charles Ives shall be revered this week at an Illinois State University-hosted festival in Normal.