Charles Ives - 'The Unanswered Question'

[SwanJunior108]

Beautiful

[TheToddzillaw]

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[missnasty246]

perfect example of a Wall of Sound

[elsalaete]

beautiful. I am sure I will hear this when I die.

[oliverdavidhill]

the first two seconds is identical to vaughan williams' thomas tallis fantasia?

[Edbrad]

@oliverdavidhill

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Sounds exactly the same hehe!

[Skraps2010]

It was mysterious I liked it.

[chikito72]

This was used in "The Thin Red Line", the movie by Terrence Malick and I thought it was composed by Hans Zimmer. Thanks.

[Jonnyvpa]

amazing usage of overtones

[mcrhythm2]

Listen or refuse 2!

[hamasburi]

Score & Parts for Ives: The Unanswered Question at SheetMusicX [dot[ com

[OnurNariN]

In the background a quiet and hauntingly beautiful chorale of strings represents, said Ives, "the silence of the Druids." Over that silence a solo trumpet proclaims, again and again, an enigmatic phrase representing "the perennial question of existence." In response to each question, a quartet of winds Ives called the "fighting answerers" runs around in search of a reply, becoming more and more frustrated until they reach a scream of rage.

[OnurNariN]

@OnurNariN

Then the trumpet proclaims the question once more, to be answered by silence.

[kdsf12]

This piece has three parts: the strings representing the passage of time and history; the trumpet asking the question repeatedly; the woodwinds representing humanity descending in to bickering, never actually "Answering the Question".

[supernova11000]

capolavoro totale



[Bobbert153]

Please, who is the conductor (wonderful) and the orchestra (equally fine)?

Thanks

[olivierochanine]

@Bobbert153 conductor is Olivier Ochanine and orchestra is the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music's Concert Orchestra.  :)

[johndega]

IVES IS SO BALLSY. THIS IS UTTERLY BEATIFUL FOR THE EARS.

[Jeffotos]

Excellent form for an excellent composition.