Biographies, Classical Composers, Charles Ives

In Charles Ives's Concord: Essays After a Sonata Gann's analysis takes the form of a kind of biblical exegesis, where canonical texts are pored over by ever-new generations. He achieves a balance... — The TimesMore…

This is the most informative and revealing direct line to Charles Ives and his context since John Kirkpatrick's edition of the Memos came out in 1972 — Gramophone MagazineMore…

The depth of Paul's historical perspective speaks for itself — Gramophone MagazineMore…

Starred Review. A superb writer. . . . [Swafford has] brought the old curmudgeon . . . to vivid life, at once a comic and a tragic figure and in terms of his significance in American artistic... — Publishers WeeklyMore…