Another of his pieces pays homage to Robert Gould Shaw and his black regiment.
This composer parodied "polite salon music" with an interlude for solo viola and piano in one of his symphonies, which calls for a "distant choir" of strings in its fourth movement. Optional parts for the flute and viola appear in a piano sonata by this composer, which was published immediately after the explanatory "Essays Before a Sonata." In another piece by him, increasingly dissonant woodwinds represent "Fighting Answerers" struggling in vain against a solo trumpet. Writers such as the Alcotts, Thoreau, and Emerson title the movements of this composer's Concord Sonata. Another of his pieces pays homage to Robert Gould Shaw and his black regiment. For 10 points, name this composer of The Unanswered Question and Three Places in New England.
This composer parodied "polite salon music" with an interlude for solo viola and piano in one of his symphonies, which calls for a "distant choir" of strings in its fourth movement.
Charles Ives