Work
Charles Edward Ives Composer
From the Steeples and the Mountains, for 1 or 2 trumpets, trombone, 4 sets of bells and 2 pianos, S.65
Performances: 2
Tracks: 2
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Musicology:
Charles Ives's "From the Steeples..." is basically an experiment in outdoor acoustics and an attempt to recreate the sound of church bells coming from different steeples.
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From the Steeples and the Mountains, for 1 or 2 trumpets, trombone, 4 sets of bells and 2 pianos, S.65Year: 1901
Genre: Other Chamber
Pr. Instrument: Trumpet
The piece is scored for two sets of church bells or chimes, and four trombones and trumpets, each playing in unison. Ives commented in the score: " After the brass stops, the chimes sound on until they die away.....From the Steeples-the Bells!-then the Rocks on the Mountains begin to shout!"
It took sixty years for the composition to be heard when finally premiered at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in July, 1965 by the New York Philharmonic under the baton of Lukas Foss.
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