The Unanswered Ives: American Pioneer of Music

The Unanswered Ives: American Pioneer of Music

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Documentary
Runtime
53 mins
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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.

Cast

  • John Adams
  • Frank Arnold
  • Mark D. Boughton
  • Jack Cooper
  • Stephen Drury
  • Charron Fullerton
  • Charles Ives
  • James Sinclair
  • Nancy Sudike
  • Jan Swofford
  • Charles Tyler
  • Sarane Wilkes

Director

  • Anne-Kathrin Peitz

Producers

  • Paul Smaczny

Screenwriter

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