艾夫斯(Charles Ives,1874-1954)与勋伯格同龄,迟38天出生在美国康涅狄格州小城丹伯里,父亲是美国陆军第一重炮团军乐队队长、也是作曲家和管风琴师。他的父亲和母亲都是超验主义思想的信仰者,奥尔科特和爱默生都是他们家的好朋友和常客。他5岁开始向父亲学钢琴、 Charles Ives (1874-1954), the same age as Schoenberg, was born 38 days later in Danbury, Connecticut, a small town in the United States. His father was the captain of the Army’s first heavy artillery regiment marching band and composer and organist. Both his father and mother are transcendentalist believers, and both Alkot and Emerson are good friends and frequent visitors to their home. He started to learn piano from father when he was 5 years old,