orchestral piece "The Housatonic at Stockbridge" by Charles Ives

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"The Housatonic at Stockbridge" is an impressionistic orchestral piece by American composer Charles Ives that evokes the misty, flowing atmosphere of the Housatonic River landscape.

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instanceOf orchestral piece ⓘ
tone poem ⓘ
basedOn Housatonic River ⓘ
composer Charles Ives ⓘ
composerNationality American ⓘ
composerStyle modernist ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
depicts New England landscape ⓘ
flowing motion of a river ⓘ
misty atmosphere over the Housatonic River ⓘ
firstPerformanceLocation United States ⓘ
follows Putnam’s Camp, Redding, Connecticut ⓘ
genre classical music ⓘ
impressionism in music ⓘ
orchestral music ⓘ
hasPart brass section ⓘ
percussion section ⓘ
string section ⓘ
woodwind section ⓘ
hasSubject New England ⓘ
nature ⓘ
river ⓘ
inspiredBy a walk Charles Ives took with his wife along the Housatonic River ⓘ
landscape near Stockbridge, Massachusetts ⓘ
language none (instrumental) ⓘ
movementOf Three Places in New England ⓘ
notableFor atmospheric orchestration ⓘ
evocation of natural landscape ⓘ
subtle rhythmic complexity ⓘ
partOf Three Places in New England ⓘ
period 20th-century classical music ⓘ
positionInSeries third movement ⓘ
relatedWork Putnam’s Camp, Redding, Connecticut ⓘ
The ‘St. Gaudens’ in Boston Common ⓘ
setInLocation Housatonic River valley ⓘ
Stockbridge, Massachusetts ⓘ
style impressionistic ⓘ
uses complex harmonies ⓘ
delicate orchestral textures ⓘ
orchestra ⓘ
polytonality ⓘ
workTitleLanguage English ⓘ

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Housatonic River → influencedWork → orchestral piece "The Housatonic at Stockbridge" by Charles Ives ⓘ