Piano Sonata No. 2 (Ives)
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The Piano Sonata No. 2, Concord, Mass., 1840–60 is a piano sonata by Charles Ives. It is one of the composer's best-known and most highly regarded pieces. A typical performance of the piece lasts arou
Charles Ives c. 1913
Essays Before a Sonata, written by Ives and published in 1920 to explain the sonata to listeners
Amos Bronson Alcott
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Amos Bronson Alcott was an American teacher, writer, philosopher, and reformer. As an educator, Alcott pioneered new ways of interacting with young students, focusing on a conversational style, and av
Piano Sonata No. 2 (Ives)
…Hawthorne" (after Nathaniel Hawthorne) "The Alcotts" (after Bronson Alcott and Louisa May Alcott) "Thoreau" (after Henry David Thoreau…
Bronson Alcott from NYPL gallery
Abby May Alcott in her later years
Record of a School, a chronicle of Alcott's Temple School, was published in 1835.
Alcott and Charles Lane founded "Fruitlands" in 1843.