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The Charles Ives House, also known as Charles Ives Birthplace, is located on Mountainville Avenue in Danbury, Connecticut, United States. It is a wooden frame structure built in 1780 and expanded on since.
“In the old Ives house, in the middle of Danbury, Connecticut, in 1874, among the warren of rooms smelling of beeswax and fruit, these sounds were familiar: the intimate patter of rain, the measureless pealing of thunder; the jingle of sleighs in the winter, the chirr of spring peepers from streams and ponds; the clatter and clop of buggies ...
Charles Ives purchased this property for a summer retreat and built a home which became the family residence. Although he was often influenced by his childhood memories of Danbury, this quiet, serene location offered conditions conducive to composing prolifically.
Mar 5, 2014 · In the summer of 2012, there was much alarm among fans of the iconic American composer Charles Ives. The house in West Redding, Connecticut that Ives built in 1912 as a summer retreat – including the studio where he composed some of his greatest works – was for sale, for a reported $1.5 million.
Aug 28, 2009 · The house where Charles Ives had been born was moved from its first location, on Main Street, to Chapel Place in 1923 and again to Mountainville Avenue in 1966. It was later restored by the Danbury Museum and opened to the public in 1992.
CHARLES IVES HOUSE, 1780. 5 Mountainville Avenue, Danbury. There is a tradition in Connecticut of super-artists- souls that are completely indifferent to the marketability in their works.
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This was the birthplace and childhood home of Charles Ives, from which he drew inspiration for his musical compositions.
