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Charles Ives

1874 - 1954

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Charles Edward Ives (; October 20, 1874 – May 19, 1954) was an American modernist composer, actuary and businessman. Ives was among the earliest renowned American composers to achieve recognition on a global scale. His music was largely ignored during his early career, and many of his works went unperformed for many years. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Charles Ives has received more than 1,214,794 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 38 in 2019). Charles Ives is the 323rd most popular composer (down from 286th in 2019), the 1,548th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,360th in 2019) and the 15th most popular American Composer.

Charles Ives is most famous for his use of polytonality and polyrhythm in his music.

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  • 59.77

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 40

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.35

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.81

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Charles Ives ranks 323 out of 1,451. Before him are Franz Benda, Vincent d'Indy, Giovanni Bononcini, Paul Abraham, Saverio Mercadante, and Pierre De Geyter. After him are Sylvius Leopold Weiss, Johann Adam Reincken, Ignaz Pleyel, John Dunstaple, Gustav Leonhardt, and Ludwig Ritter von Köchel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1874, Charles Ives ranks 44. Before him are Henri Guisan, Auguste Perret, Charles Lightoller, Ellery Harding Clark, Reynaldo Hahn, and Princess Elisabeth Marie of Bavaria. After him are Vagn Walfrid Ekman, John D. Rockefeller Jr., Otto Mueller, Prince Jean, Duke of Guise, D. F. Malan, and Henri Farman. Among people deceased in 1954, Charles Ives ranks 34. Before him are Duchess Cecilie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Sadriddin Ayni, Ivan Ilyin, Thea von Harbou, Marius Jacob, and Franco Alfano. After him are Vagn Walfrid Ekman, Archduke Eugen of Austria, Marianne Weber, Princess Margaret of Prussia, Jörg Lanz von Liebenfels, and Günther Quandt.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Charles Ives ranks 1,548 out of 20,380. Before him are Chris Cornell (1964), Richard Jenkins (1947), Jan-Michael Vincent (1944), Edwin S. Porter (1870), Edward C. Prescott (1940), and Juliet Anderson (1938). After him are Chesley Sullenberger (1951), Ed White (1930), Helen Hunt (1963), Art Blakey (1919), Frank Langella (1938), and Thomas A. Steitz (1940).

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Among COMPOSERS In United States

Among composers born in United States, Charles Ives ranks 15. Before him are Steve Reich (1936), Angelo Badalamenti (1937), James Horner (1953), Jerry Goldsmith (1929), Alan Silvestri (1950), and Bernard Herrmann (1911). After him are Elmer Bernstein (1922), Aaron Copland (1900), Cole Porter (1891), Richard Rodgers (1902), James Newton Howard (1951), and Bill Conti (1942).

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