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"[My Father] would occasionally have
us sing, for instance, a tune like The Swanee River
in the key of E, but play the accompaniment in the key of
C. This was to stretch our ears and strengthen our musical
minds, so they could learn to use and translate things that
might be used and translated (in the art of music) more than
they had been."
—Charles E. Ives, Memos
This rich, unique resource contains source readings that
cover all areas of American music history. Many of these are
excerpted from larger works, and all are prefaced with thorough
introductions by the editor, J. Heywood Alexander. Issued
in conjunction with Richard Crawford’s Introduction
to America’s Music, To Stretch Our Ears
can be used as a supplement or as a primary text.
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