The Unanswered Ives: American Pioneer of Music
01/05/2018
The Unanswered Ives is the first film about Charles Ives (1874-1954), an American modernist composer, one of the first American composers of international renown. The 60-minute documentary sheds light on Ives' life and work in all its facets and inconsistencies. American singer and composer Frank Zappa included Charles Ives in a list of influences that he presented in the liner notes of his debut album Freak Out! (1966). Ives continues to influence contemporary composers, arrangers and musicians. Planet Arts Records released Mists: Charles Ives for Jazz Orchestra. Ives befriended and encouraged a young Elliott Carter. In addition, Phil Lesh, bassist of the Grateful Dead, has described Ives as one of his two musical heroes.
Movie Information
John Adams
as
Frank Arnold
as Charles Ives (voice)
Mark D. Boughton
as
Jack Cooper
as
Stephen Drury
as
Charron Fullerton
as
Charles Ives
as
James Sinclair
as
Nancy Sudike
as
Jan Swofford
as
Charles Tyler
as
Sarane Wilkes
as A relative
