Brandon Burke Posted May 27, 2005 Report Share Posted May 27, 2005 I stumbled upon this in the music library a few months ago and checked it out. Never had enough time to start it -- hey, imagine that -- and it eneded up getting recalled by a grad student. So now I'm back to square one... To the point though, I love the topic, Ives and baseball are two of my bigger passions, but isn't all of this just a simple case of Ives having incorporated the sport into a handful of his song titles? Are there really enough things to say about this to fill 216 pages? Believe me, I'd love to be wrong about this... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Nessa Posted May 28, 2005 Report Share Posted May 28, 2005 I stumbled upon this in the music library a few months ago and checked it out. Never had enough time to start it -- hey, imagine that -- and it eneded up getting recalled by a grad student. So now I'm back to square one... To the point though, I love the topic, Ives and baseball are two of my bigger passions, but isn't all of this just a simple case of Ives having incorporated the sport into a handful of his song titles? Are there really enough things to say about this to fill 216 pages? Believe me, I'd love to be wrong about this... ← No time, and I want to keek the topic alive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazzmoose Posted May 29, 2005 Report Share Posted May 29, 2005 A quick link... Sounds interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalo Posted June 1, 2005 Report Share Posted June 1, 2005 As I recall, there's even an Ives piano piece where he indicates that the last chord may be struck with a baseball bat! Yet it's hard to believe that you could fill a book with this topic. I don't recall the Swafford biography spending much time on baseball, for instance. Still, the book sounds intriguing and worth a perusal. Now, Buster Keaton and baseball... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandon Burke Posted June 3, 2005 Author Report Share Posted June 3, 2005 As I recall, there's even an Ives piano piece where he indicates that the last chord may be struck with a baseball bat! Correct. I can't recall the name if it right now either, but I remember reading about that in the liners. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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