One hundred-fifty years ago, a mild-mannered insurance man was born in the small Connecticut town of Danbury. On nights and weekends, he composed music, most of which went unperformed in his lifetime.

This question is among many ideas that the “Charles Ives at 150: Music, Imagination, and American Culture” festival seeks to explore. From Monday, Sept. 30 to Tuesday, Oct. 8, the Jacobs School of ...

In 1921, Charles E. Ives, a wealthy co-proprietor of the New York life-insurance firm Ives & Myrick, launched a bid to rebrand himself as an American Beethoven. He sent copies of his Second Piano ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Essay This pioneering composer is not the easiest to love. But while he explores the poison of American nationalism, his music also offers an antidote ...