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charles ives' string quartet is about to beat the shit out of you

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sean:
i made this thread cause i thought the title was funny.

i am pretty sure i am the most useless poster on this forum, (CONTINUE THOUGHT PROCESS HERE DO IT I DARE YOU)

Edit: this thread was made while severely intoxicated, please disregard the above rambling and use this space to discuss how thuggin' charles ives is. or other 20th century music, whatever yr into.

pwhodges:
No, but you are currently the drunkest.

However, a thread about Charles Ives has little wrong with it.  Just to stir it up, I'll ask: when Ives wrote the title of his organ piece "Adeste fidelis in an organ prelude", was the mis-spelling of "fideles" deliberate or a mistake?

David_Dovey:
Maybe he was spelling "fiddles" wrong.

Joseph:
Does anyone have a piece of Ives music and a particular recording of it to recommend? I've been looking for an entry point after reading superlative essays by Guy Davenport on his work. If no one has anything though, I'll continue to try to hunt out a Paul Zukofsky recording, purely based on his relation to Louis.

IronOxide:
I don't think anyone would really say bad things about starting with 3 Places in New England and The Unanswered Question, the two pieces that people almost universally accept as invaluable additions to the repertoire regardless of their general feelings towards Ives, and just about every major orchestra has a recording of both together in their IVES COMBO PAX.

Edit: Again, this is in my experience, and I quite like them what have you, your results may vary.

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