Ives: "Ragtime Dance No. 4"

Charles Ives: "Ragtime Dance No. 4" (1904) Orchestra New England, James Sinclair. The inspiration for Ives use of simultaneous (and contradictory) musical events was explained by him in his autobiographic ;Memos;: "As I remember some of the dances as a boy, and also from fathers description of some of the old dancing and fiddle playing, there was more variety of tempo than in the present-day dances. In some parts of the hall a group would be dancing in polka, while in another, a waltz. Some of the players in the band would, in an impromptu way, pick up with the polka, and some with the waltz, and some with a march. Often the piccolo or cornet would throw in asides. Sometimes a change in tempo, or a mixed rhythm would be caused by a fiddler who, after playing three or four house steadily, was getting a little sleepy. Or maybe another player was seated too near the hard cider barrel. Whatever the reason for these changes and simultaneous playing of things, I remember distinctly catching a kind of music that was natural and interesting and which was decidedly missed when everybody came down, blimp on the same beat again."

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[redhairedstepchild]

cool !!

[karoloandria]

@minirausch THANKS

[minirausch]

@karoloandria the piano version was incorporated into the first piano sonata (mvt IVb). i have a version of it on my channel.

[karoloandria]

if there is a piano version can you upload it?

[MFRedeemerp2]

oh man this is incredible

where can i get this recording? i cannot seem to find it anywhere

[Cumul0Nimbus]

Love Ives. :)

[karoloandria]

upload more, i need more