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Ives worked in insurance. Until ill health forced him to retire in his late forties he worked on his music at the weekend and he considered much of his music to have little chance of public performance. Only late in his life did appreciation come.
Ives worked in insurance. Until ill health forced him to retire in his late forties he worked on his music at the weekend and he considered much of his music to have little chance of public performance. Only late in his life did appreciation come.
==List of Works==
*''Concord Sonata'' for piano
*''Three Places in New England''
*''Washington's Birthday''
*''The Unanswered Question'' (tone poem)
*Five Symphonies
*Five Sonatas for Violin and Piano
*Over 200 Songs
==Sources==
"Ives, Charles Edward." The New College Encyclopedia of Music. 1976.
Groves Dictionary of Music
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[[Category: Composers]]
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