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The Unanswered Ives - Wunderkind. Wall-Street-Gigant. Klangpionier backdrop
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The Unanswered Ives - Wunderkind. Wall-Street-Gigant. Klangpionier

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Released:September 22, 2019
Runtime:53m
Status:Released

The Unanswered Ives is the first film about Charles Ives (1874-1954), an American modernist composer, one of the first American composers of international renown. The 60-minute documentary sheds light on Ives' life and work in all its facets and inconsistencies. American singer and composer Frank Zappa included Charles Ives in a list of influences that he presented in the liner notes of his debut album Freak Out! (1966). Ives continues to influence contemporary composers, arrangers and musicians. Planet Arts Records released Mists: Charles Ives for Jazz Orchestra. Ives befriended and encouraged a young Elliott Carter. In addition, Phil Lesh, bassist of the Grateful Dead, has described Ives as one of his two musical heroes.

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Cast

John Adams

John Adams

Frank Arnold

Charles Ives (voice)

Mark D. Boughton

Jack Cooper

Stephen Drury

Charron Fullerton

James Sinclair

Nancy Sudike

Jan Swofford

Charles Tyler

Sarane Wilkes

A relative

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The Unanswered Ives is the first film about Charles Ives (1874-1954), an American modernist composer, one of the first American composers of international renown. The 60-minute documentary sheds light on Ives' life and work in all its facets and inconsistencies. American singer and composer Frank Zappa included Charles Ives in a list of influences that he presented in the liner notes of his debut album Freak Out! (1966). Ives continues to influence contemporary composers, arrangers and musicians. Planet Arts Records released Mists: Charles Ives for Jazz Orchestra. Ives befriended and encouraged a young Elliott Carter. In addition, Phil Lesh, bassist of the Grateful Dead, has described Ives as one of his two musical heroes.

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