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Twelve Songs by Charles Ives

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Twelve Songs by Charles Ives
Twelve Songs by Charles Ives

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Twelve Songs by Charles Ives

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As much as the music industry has evolved over the years, one thing has never changed: even some of the most talented musicians and composers find it necessary to have jobs outside of music. That remains true in the 21st century, and it was certainly true during the lifetime of
Charles Ives
(b. 1874, d. 1954).
Ives
did a considerable amount of composing in the 1890s, 1900s, and 1910s, but he also had a successful "day gig" in the insurance industry for many years.
' songs were underappreciated when he was alive; some of his biggest admirers are people who discovered his music long after his death -- and one of them is New York singer
Theo Bleckmann
, who pays tribute to the American composer on
Twelve Songs by Charles Ives
. This 2008 recording could have easily become blatantly nostalgic, but
Bleckmann
(who is joined by the group
Kneebody
) doesn't sound like he is longing for the days of acoustical recordings and cylinders. Combining avant-garde jazz with elements of cabaret and avant-garde classical,
puts his own spin on
' compositions and gives them 21st century makeovers.
opens with a song that
wrote in 1895 (
"Songs My Mother Taught Me"
), but
never pretends that this is anything other than a 21st century recording. In fact, someone who heard this 58-minute CD without knowing anything about
' life might be surprised to find out that
"Weil auf Mir"
goes back to 1902 or that
"At the River"
was written in 1916;
puts a lot of effort into making the material sound contemporary by 2008 standards, and it works.
is not only one of
's most intriguing albums -- it is also one of his most consistent. ~ Alex Henderson

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