Universe Symphony, for large orchestra divided in to smaller ensembles & percussion (Reinhard edition), S. 6 (K. 1A9)
The Universe Symphony is an unfinished work by American classical music composer Charles Ives.
The date of composition is unknown, but he probably worked on it periodically between 1911 and 1928. Intended to be a spatial composition for two or more orchestras, it is in three sections:
Formation of the waters and mountains"
Earth, evolution in nature and humanity"
Heaven, the rise of all to the Spiritual"
Movements
- Fragment: Earth Alone
- Prelude # 1: Pulse of The Cosmos
- Prelude # 2: Birth of the Oceans
- Prelude # 3: And Lo, Now It Is Night
- Section A: Wide Valleys and Clouds
- Section B: Earth and the Firmament
- Section C: Earth Is of the Heavens