Charles Ives's Piano Trio displays his familiar hallmarks: masses of quotations from American folk culture, references to jazz, polyrhythms, polytonality, and transcendentalist beliefs.
Composer Biography
Charles Ives, born in 1874, pursued composing only on weekends and evenings after work, as he believed a living could not be made from it.
Composer Biography
Amy Beach, born in 1867, was recognized during her lifetime as one of the most acclaimed American composers in both the US and Europe.
Composition History
Rebecca Clarke's Viola Sonata (1919) and Piano Trio (1921) were both composed for competitions sponsored by Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge, a patron of chamber music.
Compositional Technique
The second movement of Charles Ives's Piano Trio, titled 'TSIAJ,' stands for 'This Scherzo is a joke,' and evokes male comradeship with Yankee tunes and college fraternity songs.
Compositional Technique
Amy Beach's Piano Trio, Op. 150, incorporates two Inuit folk songs: 'The Returning Hunter' and the 'Song of a Padlimio.'
Critical Reception
Rebecca Clarke's Piano Trio was described as the finest work in the genre by any British composer, despite its jarring tone delaying its publication until 1928.
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