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December 10, 2005

The Unanswered Question (1908). Charles Ives /clarity/

Andrew Woodrow on Ives' The Unanswered Question:

The Unanswered Question (the Ives they played) is written for a string orchestra, a trumpet, and a few woodwinds. The strings repeat the same thing over and over again (and the thing they repeat reminded me of Barber's Adagio), and the trumpet and woodwinds interject interrogative phrases here and there. It's clear. And beautiful.

Posted at 07:12 AM in ives, charles :: the unanswered question, ~1886-1908 era :: third great awakening |

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