Charles Ives
Charles Edward Ives, an American composer of classical music, was born October 20th, 1874. His father, George Ives, a bandmaster, was the most influential musician in Danbury. At that time, Danbury was known as the most musical town in Connecticut. George Ives had a big influence on his son Charles. At the age of fourteen, Charles Ives became the youngest church organist in the region. He went to Yale to study music as an ambitious young man. When he graduated from Yale, he accepted a clerical job in a life insurance company in New York City. Later Charles formed his own insurance agency. He was a business man by day and composer by night. He was also an organist in Danbury. Charles devoted himself to his music after his retirement in 1930. In 1947, he was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for his Symphony No. 3. Charles Ives passed away in 1954. If you would like to read more…