Charles Ives

General Questions:
How deeply rooted into society was this music or person at the time it was created (or when the person was alive and producing?)

- His music is very successful, people play his music while he’s still alive.

How important or relevant is this music now in 2009? Who listens to it?

It’s still very important, the music he wrote is still playing. People who listen to
classical music know his music.

Is this music universal in appeal or is it very specific to a particular time, place, and culture, or audience?

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Is it easy to hear that this music is directly related to music that came before it, or is it difficult to find a connection to the past?


To be honest, I don’t know the different between Old and New classical music.


Is this music related to or influenced by other art forms, or is it's content related to non-musical things (such as politics, society, race, class)

- Unanswered.