Charles Edward Ives

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An American composer who mixed different musical keys at the same time

proper noun
/ˈtʃɑrlz ˈɛd.wərd aɪvz/

: Charles Edward Ives

The symphonies of Charles Edward Ives are still performed around the world today.

Examples

Many historians consider Charles Edward Ives to be one of the first true American modernist composers.
Musicians admire Charles Edward Ives for his daring innovations and complex harmonies.
Charles Edward Ives was a genius.
Listen to Charles Edward Ives!
Many historians consider Charles Edward Ives to be one of the first true American modernist composers.
Musicians admire Charles Edward Ives for his daring innovations and complex harmonies.
The symphonies of Charles Edward Ives are still performed around the world today.

Synonyms

Charles Ives

vsCharles Edward Ives

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An American classical composer who makes music with unusual sounds and overlapping parts

is the full formal name used instead of the shorter familiar version

Surface Forms

Charles Edward Ives main

Morphology

Charles + Edward + Ives

This is a full proper name referring to a specific individual; the biographical meaning (that he was an American composer, dates, stylistic traits) cannot be derived from the component given names. Proper names are arbitrary referents requiring world knowledge or exposure, so a B1 learner who knows the constituent name-words would not infer the MWE's meaning.

Etymology

Charles Edward Ives mixed church hymns, marching-band tunes and street noises into layered pieces he often wrote in his spare time. That's why people call him one of the first true American 'modernist' 'composers'.