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I. Ives as Author
II. Reference Materials
III. Book-Length Studies
IV. Individual Studies by Genre
V. General Music Studies
VI. Topical Studies
A. Transcendentalism or Philosophy
B. Musical Quotation or Borrowing
C. Chronology
D. Insurance
E. Comparisons and Relationships with Other Composers, Artists, and Writers
F. Polytonality
G. Music Theory Analyses
H. Ives, 20th Century Music, and Experimental Styles
I. Compositional Process
K. Stylistic Influences on Ives
L. Ives and America
M. Ives and Manhattan
N. Ives’ Childhood
O. Ives and Yale
P. Ives Collaborators and Colleagues
Q. Ives Scholars
R. Performance Approaches
S. Reception Studies and Related Scholarship
T. Ives in Music Education
U. Institutions and Ives’ Legacy
V. Awards
W. Obituaries
A. Textbook Accounts
B. Encyclopedia Entries
C. Dictionary Entries
D. Other
VIII. Dissertations, Theses, and Baccalaureate Essays
IX. Festivals, Conferences, and Concert Series Dedicated to the Music of Charles Ives
X. Editing Practices and Articles Regarding Published Editions
XI. Reviews of Premieres, Significant Performances, and Recordings
XII. Interdisciplinary Performances with Ives’s Music
XIII. Ives in Literature
XIV. Websites
XV. Television Broadcasts, Films, and Videocassettes
XVI. Photographs and Artwork
XVII. Radio Broadcasts

William R. Martin and Julius Drossin

Year: 1980
Complete Citation:
William R. Martin and Julius Drossin. Music of the twentieth century. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1980.
Source: Book
VII. Entries in Larger Volumes
A. Textbook Accounts

Wilshire, Bruce W.

Year: 2016
Complete Citation:
Wilshire, Bruce W. “Music of Science, Thought, and the Body.” In The Much-at-Once: Music, Science, Ecstasy, the Body, 167-196. New York, NY: Fordham University, 2016.
Source: Chapter in Book
VI. Topical Studies
J. Extra-Musical Themes in Ives’s Compositions

Yates, Peter

Year: 1967
Complete Citation:
Yates, Peter. Twentieth-Century Music. London, United Kingdom: Pantheon Books, 1967.
Source: Book
VII. Entries in Larger Volumes
A. Textbook Accounts

Young, Percy Marshall

Year: 1954
Complete Citation:
Young, Percy Marshall. A Critical Dictionary of Composers and Their Music. London, United Kingdom: Dennis Dobson Books, 1954.
Notes:

Claims that the Concord Sonata was given its world premiere at the International Society for Contemporary Music meeting in 1928 at Salzburg. Lists very few Ives works “for per-formance and study.”

Source: Chapter in Book
VII. Entries in Larger Volumes
C. Dictionary Entries

no author listed

Complete Citation:
“Charles Ives.” Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Ives.
Notes:

Unsigned online article with biography, list of compositions, discography, and bibliography.

Source: Online Article
VII. Entries in Larger Volumes
B. Encyclopedia Entries
Year: 1933
Complete Citation:
“The Class Spirit in Modern Music.” The Modern Monthly VII, 10 (November 1933): 593-598.
Source: Journal
VI. Topical Studies
J. Extra-Musical Themes in Ives’s Compositions
Year: 1933
Complete Citation:
“Social Influences in Modern Music.” The Modern Monthly VII, 8 (September 1933): 472-479.
Source: Journal
VI. Topical Studies
J. Extra-Musical Themes in Ives’s Compositions
Year: 1935
Complete Citation:
“Ives, Charles (1874).” The Gramophone Music Encyclopedia. New York, NY: 1935: 7.
Source: Encyclopedia
VII. Entries in Larger Volumes
B. Encyclopedia Entries
Year: 1938
Complete Citation:
“Ives, Charles.” In Oxford Companion to Music, edited by Percy Scholes, 478, 713, 1132. London, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press, 1938.
Source: Chapter in Book
Reprints:

Second Edition, 1939; Third Edition 1941; Fourth Edition, 1942; Fifth Edition, 1944; Sixth Edition, 1945; Seventh Edition, 1947; Eighth Edition, 1950. All: page 478. Ninth Edition, 1956: 531, 1065. Tenth Edition, revised and edited by John Owen Ward, 1970: 528--529.

VII. Entries in Larger Volumes
B. Encyclopedia Entries
Year: 1940
Complete Citation:
“Ives, Charles Edward.” In Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musi-cians, edited by Nicolas Slonimsky, 545. 4th ed. New York, NY: G. Schirmer.
Notes:

There was no entry for Ives in the first two editions, 1900 and 1905, edited by Theodore Baker, nor in the Third Edition, 1919, edited by Alfred Remy.

Reprints:

5th ed., 1958: 765--766. 6th ed., 1978: 804--806. 7th ed., revised by Nicolas Slonimsky, 1984: 1092--1095. 8th ed., revised by Nicolas Slonimsky, 1990: 832--833. 9th ed., 2001 (Centennial Edition), 6 volumes. Nicolas Slonimsky, Editor Emeritus; Laura Kuhn, Baker's Series Advisory Editor. “Ives, Charles E.” by Nicolas Slonimsky/Laura Kuhn/Dennis Mclntire, Volume 3: 1683--1685. * Supplements, edited by Nicolas Slonimsky, 1965: 61; 1971: 110.

VII. Entries in Larger Volumes
C. Dictionary Entries
Year: 1942
Complete Citation:
“Charles Edward Ives.” In National Cyclopedia of American Biography. New York, NY: J.T. White, 1942.
Source: Chapter in Book
VII. Entries in Larger Volumes
B. Encyclopedia Entries
Year: 1947
Complete Citation:
“Ives, Charles Edward.” In Current Biography 1947, 330-332. New York, NY: H.W. Wilson, 1947.
Source: Chapter in Book
VII. Entries in Larger Volumes
B. Encyclopedia Entries
Year: 1947
Complete Citation:
The Year in American Music 1946--1947, edited by Julian Bloom, 343. New York, NY: Allen Towne & Heath.
Notes:

Page 343 has a short list of Ives works published up to that time. The Pulitzer Prize is indicated as carrying a $500 award (page 523). Credits Paul Rosenfeld [B0072] as giving Ives's music “proba-bly its fullest description and appreciation.”

Source: Book
VII. Entries in Larger Volumes
B. Encyclopedia Entries
Year: 1951
Complete Citation:
“Ives, Charles Edward.” In Who is Who in Music, edited by J. T. H. Mize. 5th ed. Chicago, IL: Who is Who in Music, Inc., 1951.
Source: Chapter in Book
VII. Entries in Larger Volumes
C. Dictionary Entries
Year: 1961
Complete Citation:
Siegmeister, Elie. Invitation to Music. Irvington-on-Hudson, NY: Harvey House, 1961.
Source: Book
VII. Entries in Larger Volumes
A. Textbook Accounts
Year: 1964
Complete Citation:
“Music Beyond Sound.” The Guardian, January 23, 1964, 8A.
Source: Newspaper
VI. Topical Studies
J. Extra-Musical Themes in Ives’s Compositions
Year: 1965-1966
Complete Citation:
Siegmeister, Elie. Harmony and Melody. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Publishing Co., 1965- 1966.
Source: Book
VII. Entries in Larger Volumes
A. Textbook Accounts
Year: 1969
Complete Citation:
“Preview for Hurley lecture, “Freedom: Enterprise and Charles Ives.”” Fine Arts [Cleveland] (November 10, 1969): 6-7.
Notes:

Music and the American Heritage Freedom: Enterprise and Charles Ives

Source: Newspaper
VI. Topical Studies
J. Extra-Musical Themes in Ives’s Compositions
Year: 2004
Complete Citation:
“The Deep Structures of Charles Ives: Mental, Environmental, and Sentimental.” Paper presented at The Society for American Music Conference [Session 8a]. Cleveland, Ohio, March 12, 2004.
Source: Conference Paper
VI. Topical Studies
J. Extra-Musical Themes in Ives’s Compositions
Year: 2016
Complete Citation:
“Charles Ives.” In Recueil biographique sur divers compositeurs dont le nom commence par les lettres I à K: dossier biographique. Bytom, Poland: Frodo, 2016.
Source: Chapter in Book
VII. Entries in Larger Volumes
C. Dictionary Entries