Charles Ives (1874-1954)

Set No. 5: The Other Side of Pioneering, or Side Lights on American Enterprise (1925)

for chamber orchestra

  • General information
    • Composition date: 1925
    • Duration: 6 mn 30 s
    • Publisher: Associated Music Publishers
Detailed formation
  • piccolo, oboe (also English horn), Eb clarinet, bassoon, 2 saxophones, 2 trumpets, trombone, tuba, percussionist, piano, strings

Premiere information

  • Date: 3 March 1974
    Location:

    États-Unis, New Haven, CT, Sprague Memorial Hall, Yale University


    Performers:

    l'Orchestre du théâtre de Yale, direction : James Sinclair.

Table of contents

  • I. The New River (Fast and rough; 1 min) ;
  • II. The Indians (Very slowly; 2 min) ;
  • III. Charlie Rutlage (In moderate time; 2:30 min).