What does "ivesian" mean?

Of or pertaining to American composer Charles Ives (1874-1954), whose music is characterized by its innovative use of dissonance, quotation, polytonality, polyrhythm, and polyphony.

Ivesian

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Of or pertaining to American composer Charles Ives (1874-1954), whose music is characterized by its innovative use of dissonance, quotation, polytonality, polyrhythm, and polyphony.

Etymology

From Ives + -ian.

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