Did Charles Ives include elements of randomness in his work?
Yes, he used aleatory elements
No
Only occasionally
He contemplated it, but ultimately did not
Answer
Charles Ives used elements of randomness in his music, called aleatory elements. He did this by having musicians improvise parts of the music, or by notating the music in a way that gave the musicians some freedom to interpret it. This gave his music a sense of spontaneity and unpredictability, which was unusual for classical music at the time.
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