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The Greatest Man (1921) is a folksy, affectionate setting of a poem Ives read in the New York Evening Sun for 7 June 1921. Like its author, Ives had idolized his father, so the boy’s sentiments struck a ready chord.

from notes by Calum MacDonald © 2005

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Recording details: November 2004
All Saints' Church, East Finchley, London, United Kingdom
Produced by Mark Brown
Engineered by Julian Millard
Release date: September 2005
Total duration: 1 minutes 40 seconds

The Greatest Man
First line:
My teacher said us boys should write
composer
Charles Ives (1874-1954)
author of text
Anne Timoney Collins (fl1920-1930)

Copyright holder as reported by MCPS: United Music Publishers

Gerald Finley (baritone), Julius Drake (piano)
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