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 of America
surface form: United States
depicts New England landscape
flowing motion of a river
misty atmosphere over the Housatonic River
firstPerformanceLocation United States of America
surface form: 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