Charlie Ives Influence On War

“One thing I am certain of is that, if I have done anything good in music, it was first, because of my father, and second, because of my wife,” quoted by Charles Ives. Music played a significant role Ives’ family from generations to generations which were carried down to Charles. The family oriented American composer, Charles Edward Ives (also known as Charlie) was born on October 20th, 1874 at Danbury, Connecticut to George Ives and Mary Parmelee. He spent most of his childhood with his father as he hung out with him during his band rehearsals and admired his father’s music, creativity, character, and etcetera.
George Ives was a young, ambitious musician himself, who went to New York at the age of fifteen to live on his own and study music. …show more content…
He said, “… this war started by rich degenerates fought for rich degenerates, but fought by the people against the people- people who the stupider they act the braver they are called…” (Swafford 277). However, his spirit as an antiwar extremist did not last long. When United States entered the war, he became a supporter of the war. Ives donated money for an ambulance and even volunteered to drive it for six months in France with the YMCA. A few days after Wilson declared the war, he wrote a document called “Stand By the President and the People.” He wrote this document because a fee advocates of national military power in the United States Senate were trying to embarrass Wilson and “get control of the war machinery in order to solidify their control of this country.” The purpose of this document is unclear but the author of Charles Ives and His America; Frank R. Rossiter made an assumption that he probably just wanted to get things off his chest about the war. Charlie believes that Wilson have voiced the sentiment of people more than other Presidents. Ives became a true Wilsonian when Wilson dealt with the European war between 1914 and