These wealthy people were very interested in contemporary music. They wanted to help diffuse it and get it to be known to other people.
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The Quartets have been a major part of my work.
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Well when I was young, when I was very young, when I was a little boy I don't remember the music I heard, but there was an article in the Brooklyn Daily written by my Aunt about how I could choose phonograph records.
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An auditory scenario for the players to act out with their instruments.
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In any case, Ives encouraged me to go into music even though he himself had such a hard time being a composer.
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Yes, I get a report from BMI about the frequency of performances, and it is very surprising. They played one of my most advanced pieces, and one of my most unusual ones on the radio.
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