1874 - 1954
Charles Edward Ives (; October 20, 1874 – May 19, 1954) was an American actuary, businessman, and modernist composer. Ives was amongst the earliest American internationally renowned 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 1,131,794 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). Charles Ives is the 286th most popular composer (down from 246th in 2019), the 1,360th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,101st in 2019) and the 14th most popular American Composer.
Charles Ives is most famous for his use of polytonality and polyrhythm in his music.
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Among composers, Charles Ives ranks 286 out of 1,216. Before him are Andrew Lloyd Webber, Moritz Moszkowski, Josef Mysliveček, Stanisław Moniuszko, Nikolai Myaskovsky, and Eduard Hanslick. After him are Julius Fučík, Nicolaus Bruhns, Giovanni Battista Sammartini, Alan Silvestri, Jacques Arcadelt, and Antonio Soler.
1948 - Present
HPI: 60.29
Rank: 280
1854 - 1925
HPI: 60.20
Rank: 281
1737 - 1781
HPI: 60.20
Rank: 282
1819 - 1872
HPI: 60.18
Rank: 283
1881 - 1950
HPI: 60.17
Rank: 284
1825 - 1904
HPI: 60.13
Rank: 285
1874 - 1954
HPI: 60.10
Rank: 286
1872 - 1916
HPI: 60.08
Rank: 287
1665 - 1697
HPI: 60.08
Rank: 288
1700 - 1775
HPI: 60.02
Rank: 289
1950 - Present
HPI: 60.01
Rank: 290
1507 - 1568
HPI: 60.00
Rank: 291
1729 - 1783
HPI: 59.95
Rank: 292
Among people born in 1874, Charles Ives ranks 40. Before him are Josef Suk, Abbas II of Egypt, Auguste Perret, Joseph Erlanger, Prince Jean, Duke of Guise, and John D. Rockefeller Jr.. After him are Luigi Einaudi, Henri Guisan, Reynaldo Hahn, Charles Lightoller, D. F. Malan, and Emilie Louise Flöge. Among people deceased in 1954, Charles Ives ranks 27. Before him are Claude Cahun, Duchess Cecilie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Auguste Perret, Hannes Meyer, Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, and Martin Andersen Nexø. After him are Léon Jouhaux, Thea von Harbou, Clemens Krauss, Franco Alfano, Gideon Sundback, and Archduke Eugen of Austria.
1874 - 1935
HPI: 62.31
Rank: 34
1874 - 1944
HPI: 62.26
Rank: 35
1874 - 1954
HPI: 61.09
Rank: 36
1874 - 1965
HPI: 60.54
Rank: 37
1874 - 1940
HPI: 60.52
Rank: 38
1874 - 1960
HPI: 60.47
Rank: 39
1874 - 1954
HPI: 60.10
Rank: 40
1874 - 1961
HPI: 60.04
Rank: 41
1874 - 1960
HPI: 59.70
Rank: 42
1874 - 1947
HPI: 59.67
Rank: 43
1874 - 1952
HPI: 58.82
Rank: 44
1874 - 1959
HPI: 58.28
Rank: 45
1874 - 1952
HPI: 58.10
Rank: 46
1894 - 1954
HPI: 62.21
Rank: 21
1886 - 1954
HPI: 61.17
Rank: 22
1874 - 1954
HPI: 61.09
Rank: 23
1889 - 1954
HPI: 60.50
Rank: 24
1884 - 1954
HPI: 60.34
Rank: 25
1869 - 1954
HPI: 60.19
Rank: 26
1874 - 1954
HPI: 60.10
Rank: 27
1879 - 1954
HPI: 60.05
Rank: 28
1888 - 1954
HPI: 59.84
Rank: 29
1893 - 1954
HPI: 59.62
Rank: 30
1875 - 1954
HPI: 59.37
Rank: 31
1880 - 1954
HPI: 58.95
Rank: 32
1863 - 1954
HPI: 58.81
Rank: 33
Among people born in United States, Charles Ives ranks 1,360 out of 18,182. Before him are Viola Davis (1965), Oscar Robertson (1938), James Bond (1900), Susan Hayward (1917), Betty Ford (1918), and Andie MacDowell (1958). After him are Eugene Merle Shoemaker (1928), Jack Elam (1920), John Heard (1946), Anthony Fauci (1940), Ben Gazzara (1930), and George Armitage Miller (1920).
1965 - Present
HPI: 60.12
Rank: 1,354
1938 - Present
HPI: 60.11
Rank: 1,355
1900 - 1989
HPI: 60.11
Rank: 1,356
1917 - 1975
HPI: 60.11
Rank: 1,357
1918 - 2011
HPI: 60.11
Rank: 1,358
1958 - Present
HPI: 60.10
Rank: 1,359
1874 - 1954
HPI: 60.10
Rank: 1,360
1928 - 1997
HPI: 60.10
Rank: 1,361
1920 - 2003
HPI: 60.09
Rank: 1,362
1946 - 2017
HPI: 60.09
Rank: 1,363
1940 - Present
HPI: 60.08
Rank: 1,364
1930 - 2012
HPI: 60.07
Rank: 1,365
1920 - 2012
HPI: 60.07
Rank: 1,366
Among composers born in United States, Charles Ives ranks 14. Before him are Steve Reich (1936), Samuel Barber (1910), Jerry Goldsmith (1929), James Horner (1953), Cole Porter (1891), and Aaron Copland (1900). After him are Alan Silvestri (1950), Bernard Herrmann (1911), Angelo Badalamenti (1937), Leroy Anderson (1908), Elmer Bernstein (1922), and Alfred Newman (1900).
1936 - Present
HPI: 63.98
Rank: 8
1910 - 1981
HPI: 63.28
Rank: 9
1929 - 2004
HPI: 62.64
Rank: 10
1953 - 2015
HPI: 62.28
Rank: 11
1891 - 1964
HPI: 60.58
Rank: 12
1900 - 1990
HPI: 60.41
Rank: 13
1874 - 1954
HPI: 60.10
Rank: 14
1950 - Present
HPI: 60.01
Rank: 15
1911 - 1975
HPI: 59.89
Rank: 16
1937 - 2022
HPI: 59.39
Rank: 17
1908 - 1975
HPI: 58.85
Rank: 18
1922 - 2004
HPI: 58.77
Rank: 19
1900 - 1970
HPI: 58.46
Rank: 20