Transcendentalism and Intertextuality in Charles Ives's War Songs of 1917
Description:
This thesis examines a collection of three songs, "In Flanders Fields," "He Is There!," and "Tom Sails Away," written by Charles Ives in 1917, from primarily a literary perspective involving Transcendentalism and intertextuality. Ives's aesthetic builds upon the principles of Transcendentalism. I examine these songs using the principles outlined by the nineteenth-century Transcendentalists, and Ives's interpretations of these beliefs. Another characteristic of Ives's music is quotation. "Intert…
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Date:
December 1998
Creator:
Brandt, R. Lynne (Rebecca Lynne)
Partner:
UNT Libraries