Interweaving photographs, concert programs, scores, and drawings with the texts of more than fifty interviews with family, friends, neighbors, and colleagues, Charles Ives Remembered is a vivid memory portrait of an enigmatic American composer, told in the voices of the people who knew him best.

Charles Ives (1874-1954) was publicly an insurance executive but privately a composer whose eccentric works and paradoxical life would intrigue, perplex, and inspire generations to come after him. Moving from Ives's childhood and years at Yale to his business and musical careers, the memories and...

Whose fault is it that the artist counts for so little in the public mind? Has it always been thus? Is there something wrong, perhaps, with the nature of the art work being created in America? Is our system of education lacking in its attitude toward the art product? Should our state and federal governments take a more positive stand toward the cultural development of their citizens?

These are some of the provocative questions which Aaron Copland raises and answers in Copland on Music.

Whether they listen to Mozart or Duke Ellington, Aaron Copland invites readers to ask two basic questions: are they hearing everything that is going on? Are they really being sensitive to it. With his provocative suggestions, Aaron Copland guides readers through a deeper appreciation of the most rewarding of art forms.