Charles Ives: A Good Dissonance Like a Man (1977)
A thoroughly researched biopic of Charles Ives, America's greatest and most innovative composer (and insurance executive), who combined strikingly futuristic experimentalism with gentle nostalgia. Includes narration taken directly from Ives's own writings, and reminiscence from those who knew him.
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Cast
- John Bottoms — Charles Edward Ives
- Josh Hamilton — Young Charles Ives
- Sandra Kingsbury — Harmony Ives
- John McIlwain — Horatio Parker
- Richard Russell Ramos — George Edward Ives
- Alan Shapiro — Delivery Boy
- Louis Turenne — Franz Milke
- Louis Zorich — George W. Chadwick
- Christina Swing — Mary Elizabeth Ives
- Ed Lynch — Minister
- Steve Katz
- Mary Carter
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