"Essays Before a Sonata."
New York: The Knickerbocker Press, 1920. First edition. 124 pp. Publisher’s maroon cloth, lettered and ruled in gilt on the spine and ruled in blind on the front board. Board edges slightly rubbed at the head and tail of the spine and the corners.
“These prefatory essays were written by the composer for those who can’t stand his music- and the music for those who can’t stand his essays; to those who can’t stand either, the whole is respectfully dedicated.” Like Wallace Stevens, his Connecticut compatriot in the insurance industry, Ives created a new, distinctly American modernist voice. Item #2620
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