A Communication
Summer 1955
The Music of Charles Ives
Sirs: Robert Evett’s “A Post-mortem for Mr. Ives” was not only harsh (“a composer whoring after novelty”) and offensive (Ives “smelled like Whitman’s armpits”), but also heedless of truth. I […]
Read the winning piece of our 2025 Nonfiction Contest “Through the Mirror” by Jessie Cato selected by Lucy Ives.
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Summer 1955
Sirs: Robert Evett’s “A Post-mortem for Mr. Ives” was not only harsh (“a composer whoring after novelty”) and offensive (Ives “smelled like Whitman’s armpits”), but also heedless of truth. I […]