Ives' Second Symphony Study

By analyzing and studying Ives′s Symphony No. 2,we can try to find out the particular conception of him, and unscramble the meaning of the works from the background of the composer. By analyzing Symphony No. 2 via historiography is conjunct with aesthetics .We can unscramble it, and ensure the status of the history.I will mostly introduce the origin of the thesis in introduction, and the status of the research inside and outside of the country, as well as method, order and meaning. I will introduce the background of Ives′s symphony No.2 in ChapterⅠ, and study the collage skill under the transcendentalism in ChapterⅡ, and discuss the transcendentalism of Ives′s Symphony No. 2, particular talk about the optimism, self-awareness and the view of the nature in ChapterⅢ. In epilogue of the essay, I will appraise Ives′s Symphony No. 2 and unscramble what He thought of them.