Charles Ives
- Born
- 20 October 1874 (79 years old)
- Died
- 19 May 1954
- Place of birth
- Danbury, Connecticut, USA
- Gender
- Male
Charles Edward Ives was an American modernist composer, one of the first American composers of international renown. Sources of Ives' tonal imagery included hymn tunes and traditional songs; he also incorporated melodies of the town band at holiday parade, the fiddlers at Saturday night dances, patriotic songs, sentimental parlor ballads, and the melodies of Stephen Foster.