String Quartet No. 1

Ives Society Critical Edition
Ives began his String Quartet No. 1 while in college at Yale and finished it by 1902. It is in a late-romantic tonal style influenced by Brahms and Dvorák, but it uses themes paraphrased from the hymn tunes he sang in church and played as an organist (From Greenland’s Icy Mountains, Beulah Land and Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing among them). By infusing the sound and character of American hymnody into the romantic European string quartet, Ives united two of the musical traditions he loved and claimed a place among the nationalist composers of his day.

Additional Information

SKU: 00327834
UPC: 888680992170
ISBN-10: 1540081966
ISBN-13: 9781540081964
Series: Peermusic Classical
Format: Score and Parts
Page Count: 24