Ives
[aivz]
Definition
(noun.) United States lithographer who (with his partner Nathaniel Currier) produced thousands of prints signed `Currier & Ives' (1824-1895).
(noun.) United States composer noted for his innovative use of polytonality (1874-1954).
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Examples
- Ives of Philadelphia has invented the _Photochromoscope_ for producing pictures in their natural colours. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Was it not he of St Ives whom they tied to an oak-tree, and compelled to sing a mass while they were rifling his mails and his wallets? Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
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