The Unanswered Question (1908)

The Unanswered Question (1908) Charles Ives raised this question about the great American Experiment and left it to subsequent generations to answer. For this 4^th of July, 2021, take the time to listen. I have always felt that the question itself is more in tune with the universe than any of the raucous answers that the orchestra proposes, but I leave it up to you, after a time of chaos and plague, to reach your own conclusion.

Ives: The Unanswered Question / Premil Petrovic / No Borders Orchestra

 

Independence Day

Gunpowder and tea.

“U. S., Where are your children?”

Pop goes the weasel.

[Disposable Haiku 4^th of July, 2021]

Dr. Mike

Behind the Music: Charles Ives Biography

 

Bernstein: The Twentieth Century Crisis · Ives: “The Unanswered Question”