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Bibliography

Metzer, David

Year: 2003
Complete Citation:
Metzer, David. 2003. “Childhood and Nostalgia in the Works of Charles Ives.” In Quota-tion and Cultural Meaning in Twentieth -Century Music, 15--46. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2003.
Source: Chapter in Book
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Nicholls, David

Year: 2011
Complete Citation:
Nicholls, David. “‘The Unanswered Question of Her Son’s Biography’: New Thoughts on Mollie Ives.” Journal of the Society for American Music 5.1 (February 2011): 95-111.
Source: Journal
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Osborne, William H.

Year: 1990
Complete Citation:
Osborne, William H. “Charles Ives the Organist.” The American Organist, Vol. 24, No. 7 (1990): 58-64.
Source: Journal
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Porter, Andrew

Year: 1974
Complete Citation:
Porter, Andrew. “Songs His Father Taught Him.” New Yorker 50/37, November 4, 1974, 187-190.
Source: Magazine
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Schwimmer, Helmut

Year: 1961
Complete Citation:
Schwimmer, Helmut. “George Ives und sein Sohn Charles.” Neue Musik: Kunst- und gesellschaftskritische Beitrage 4 (1961): 3-6.
Source: Journal
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Slominsky, Nicolas

Year: 2001
Complete Citation:
Slonimsky, Nicolas. “Ives, Charles Edward.” In Baker's Biographical Dic-tionary of Musicians. 8th rev. ed. New York, NY: Schirmer, 2001.
Source: Chapter in Book
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Treybig, Joel

Year: 2001
Complete Citation:
Treybig, Joel. “The Life of George Edward Ives: Cornetist and Bandmaster.” ITG Journal: The International Trumpet Guild, Vol. 25, No. 3 (2001): 33-37.
Source: Journal
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Weschler, Lawrence

Year: 1986
Complete Citation:
Weschler, Lawrence. “Profiles: Boy Wonder—I.” New Yorker 62/39 (Novem-ber 17, 1986): 54-56, 61, 64-65, 68-70, 72-73, 76-78, 87-89, 91-93. “Boy Wonder—II.” New Yorker (November 24) 62/40: 52-54, 57- 58, 60, 63-64, 67-74.
Notes:

Nicolas Slonimsky is the subject of this pro-file. Includes his reminiscences of his early, pioneering conducting (November 17: 88-89, 91-92) of Ives’s compositions (esp. Orchestral Set No. 1: Three Places in New England). Uses quotations from Slo-nimsky’s autobiography.

Source: Magazine
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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
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no author listed

Year: 1874
Complete Citation:
“City News [Announcement of Charles Ives’s birth].” Danbury Evening News (October 28, 1874): 4.
Notes:

“Ives’ Brass Band has included among its soloists an infantile performer on the <i>vox humana.</i>”

Source: Newspaper
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Year: 1888
Complete Citation:
“Home News and Gossip.” Danbury Evening News, October 21, 1888.
Notes:

Charles Ives presided at the organ at the Baptist church yesterday. He is the youngest organist in the state.

Source: Newspaper
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Year: 1888
Complete Citation:
“Charles Ives, a young son of George E. Ives…” Danbury Evening News, February 9, 1888.
Notes:

Charles Ives, a young son of George E. Ives, is to take charge of the organ of the West street church, and will enter upon the duties of organist tomorrow. Charlie has inher-ited a generous supply of his father's musical genius.

Source: Newspaper
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Year: 1939
Complete Citation:
“Danbury Fifty Years Ago.” Danbury Evening News. February 9, 1939, 3.
Source: Newspaper
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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.

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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
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Year: 1993
Complete Citation:
“Local Boy Makes Polyrhythms.” Village Voice 38/34, August 24, 1993, 85.
Source: Newspaper
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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
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