<p>Many music lovers consider Ives, who died in 1954, to be the first truly great American composer. A new recording by pianist Donald Berman is a major addition to the Ives discography.</p><img src='https://media.npr.org/include/images/tracking/npr-rss-pixel.png?story=g-s1-26737' /><br /><br /> <a href="https://www.npr.org/2024/10/07/g-s1-26737/150-years-after-his-birth-composer-charles-ives-remains-a-maverick" target="_blank" style="font-style: italic">* This article was originally published here</a>