Charles Ives - Canon

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Oh, the days are gone, when beauty bright
My heart's chain wove;
When my dream of life, from morn till night
Was love, still love
New hope may bloom
And days may come
Of milder, calmer beam
But there's nothing half so sweet in life
As love's young dream:
No, there's nothing half so sweet in life
As love's young dream

Release Date: January 01, 1922

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"Canon" by Charles Ives is a hauntingly beautiful piece that captures the bittersweet nostalgia of lost love. The melancholic melody weaves a tapestry of emotions, reminiscing on the days when love was all-consuming and life was filled with beauty and hope. As the music unfolds, it evokes a sense of longing and yearning for a love that once was, creating a poignant and tender atmosphere. With its delicate harmonies and poignant lyrics, "Canon" is a timeless ode to the enduring power of love's young dream.

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Arguably the first modernist composer, Charles Ives (1874-1954) was a solitary figure who composed in obscurity for most of his life. The son of a U.S. Army bandleader, Ives enjoyed a wildly successful career as an insurance executive. In his spare time, he composed music in a wide variety of genres that combined popular song, church hymns, military marches, and European art music in ways that used tone clusters, polytonality, and other techniques decades before they were adopted by European composers.