Charles Ives (1874-1954)

The Masses (Majority) (1916)

for unison choir and orchestra

  • General information
    • Composition date : 1916
      Revision dates : 1920 - 1921
    • Duration : 5 mn 15 s
    • Publisher : Merion Music
Detailed formation
  • unspecified choir [à l'unisson, divisé]
  • piccolo, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, contrabassoon, 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, percussionist, glockenspiel, piano, strings

Premiere information

  • Date : 16 October 1967
    Location :

    États-Unis, New York, Carnegie Hall


    Performers :

    Raymond Buckingham : basse, American Symphony Orchestra, the Gregg Smith Singers, Ithaca College Concert Choir,  Choir School of St. Thomas Church, direction : Leopold Stokowski.