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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
VII. Entries in Larger Volumes
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

Bauer, Marion

Year: 1947
Complete Citation:
Bauer, Marion. “Charles Ives Receives Award.” Musical Leader 79/6 (June 1947): 9.
Notes:

Notice of Ives's receiving the Pulitzer Prize for Symphony No. 3. Includes remarks about his being ignored and overlooked.

Source: Journal
VI. Topical Studies
V. Awards

Beckwith, Ethel

Year: 1947
Complete Citation:
Beckwith, Ethel. “Pulitzer Prize Winner Scoffs at $1,000 Award.” Sunday Herald (Bridgeport, Connecticut), May 11, 1947, 1, 16.
Source: Newspaper
VI. Topical Studies
V. Awards

Burkholder, J. Peter, Gayle Sherwood Magee, and James B Sinclair.

Complete Citation:
Burkholder, J. Peter, Gayle Sherwood, and James B. Sinclair. "Charles Ives: Works." In Grove Music Online, edited by Laura Macy. New York: Oxford University Press, 2007-2017.
Source: Online Article
VII. Entries in Larger Volumes
B. Encyclopedia Entries
Year: 2007-2017
Complete Citation:
Burkholder, J. Peter, Gayle Sherwood Magee, and James B Sinclair. “Ives, Charles.” In Grove Music Online, edited by Deane Root. New York: Oxford University Press, 2007-2017. https://doi.org/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.14000.
Source: Online Article
VII. Entries in Larger Volumes
B. Encyclopedia Entries

Burkholder, J. Peter, Gayle Sherwood, James B. Sinclair, and Wolfgang Rathert

Year: 2003
Complete Citation:
Burkholder, J. Peter, Gayle Sherwood, James B. Sinclair, and Wolfgang Rathert. “Ives, Charles Edward.” In Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart (MGG), Vol. 9, edited by Ludwig Finscher and Friedrich Blume, 727-787. Kassel/Stuttgart, Germany: Bärenreiter, 2003.
Source: Journal
VII. Entries in Larger Volumes
B. Encyclopedia Entries

Collaer, Paul, Albert vander Linden and F. van den Bremt, eds.

Year: 1960
Complete Citation:
Collaer, Paul, Albert vander Linden and F. van den Bremt, eds. “Charles Ives.” In Atlas historique de la musique. Paris, France: Elsevier 1960.
Source: Book
VII. Entries in Larger Volumes
B. Encyclopedia Entries

Ewen, David

Year: 1949
Complete Citation:
Ewen, David. American Composers of Today: A Biographical and Cri-tical Guide, 130-132. New York, NY: H.W. Wilson Company, 1949.
Source: Book
VII. Entries in Larger Volumes
B. Encyclopedia Entries
Year: 1954
Complete Citation:
Ewen, David. “Charles Ives." In Ewen's musical masterworks: the encyclopedia of musical masterpieces. New York: Bonanza Books, 1954.
Source: Chapter in Book
VII. Entries in Larger Volumes
B. Encyclopedia Entries

Favre, Roger

Year: 1990
Complete Citation:
Favre, Roger. “Ives, Charles.” In Encyclopédie des grands maîtres de la musique. Paris, France: Hachette, 1990.
Source: Chapter in Book
VII. Entries in Larger Volumes
B. Encyclopedia Entries

Gann, Kyle

Year: 1991
Complete Citation:
Gann, Kyle. “Pulitzer Hacks: Amateur Composers versus the Profes-sionals.” Village Voice, July 30, 1991.
Notes:

Cites the story from Milton Babbitt that Ives was not a professional composer.

Source: Newspaper
VI. Topical Studies
V. Awards
Year: 1992
Complete Citation:
Gann, Kyle. “Composer’s Clearing House: The Pulitzer Prize.” Village Voice, May 5, 1992.
Notes:

Claims Lou Harrison urged Ives to “expunge the 'ex-perimental' parts of the Third Symphony” [i.e., “shadow parts”].

Source: Newspaper
VI. Topical Studies
V. Awards

Gorlinski, Gini

Year: 2010
Complete Citation:
Gorlinski, Gini. “Charles Ives.” In The 100 most influential musicians of all time. New York, NY: Britannica Educational Publishing, 2010.
Source: Book
VII. Entries in Larger Volumes
B. Encyclopedia Entries

Honegger, Marc

Year: 1970
Complete Citation:
Honegger, Marc. Dictionaire de la musique, 529. Volume 1. Paris, France: Bordas, 1970.
Notes:

A general survey citing major published scores and some bibliographic items. Indicates that the European premieres of selections from Ives's 114 Songs were given in Paris (1931) and Berlin (1932).

Source: Encyclopedia article
VII. Entries in Larger Volumes
B. Encyclopedia Entries

Howard, John Tasker

Year: 1939
Complete Citation:
Howard, John Tasker. “Ives, Charles Edward.” The International Cyclo-pedia of Music and Musicians, edited by Oscar Thompson, 885. New York, NY: Dodd, Mead, & Co., 1939.
Notes:

Approximately a half--column.

Source: Chapter in Book
Reprints:

New, Revised and Enlarged (i.e., Second) Edition, 1943; Third Edition, 1944 (Same as First Edition).<br>Fourth through Eighth Editions, edited by Nicolas Slonimsky, 1946, 1949, 1952, 1956, 1958. Article written by Nicolas Slonimsky; a column and a half on page 885 of each edition.<br>Ninth Edition, edited by Robert Sabin, 1964: 1049--1050.<br>Tenth Edition, edited by Bruce Bohle, 1979: 1087-1091. Article<br>written by Frank Peters.

VII. Entries in Larger Volumes
B. Encyclopedia Entries

Keats, Sheila

Year: 1954
Complete Citation:
Keats, Sheila. “Reference Articles on American Composers: An Index.” Juilliard Review 1 (Fall 1954): 28-29.
Source: Journal
VII. Entries in Larger Volumes
B. Encyclopedia Entries

Kirkpatrick, John

Year: 1988
Complete Citation:
Kirkpatrick, John. “Charles Ives.” In The New Grove Twentieth-Century American Masters: Ives, Thomson, Sessions, Cowell, Gershwin, Copland, Carter, Cage, Bernstein. New York, New York: W.W. Norton, 1988.
Source: Book
VII. Entries in Larger Volumes
B. Encyclopedia Entries

Kozinn, Allan

Year: 1998
Complete Citation:
Kozinn, Allan. “Composer Wins Freedom, but It's Temporary.” The New York Times, January 15 1998.
Source: Newspaper
VI. Topical Studies
V. Awards
Year: 2000
Complete Citation:
Kozinn, Allan. “Chinese-Born Composer Wins $225,000 Ives Prize.” The New York Times, December 21, 2000, sec. E, 11.
Source: Newspaper
VI. Topical Studies
V. Awards

Llloyd, Norman

Year: 1968
Complete Citation:
Lloyd, Norman. “Ives, Charles Edward.” The Golden Encyclopedia of Music. New York, NY: Golden Press, 259-260.
Notes:

For young readers. An in-formative article, with minor errors. Discussion of Ives's Symphony No. 4, photograph, musical example No. 28 (tone clusters in Concord Sonata). Numerous other citations: 60, 126, 251, 473, 661.

Source: Article in Encyclopedia
VII. Entries in Larger Volumes
B. Encyclopedia Entries

Manfried, Walter

Year: 1948
Complete Citation:
Manfried, Walter. “Composer Won a Pulitzer Prize, But He’s Still the Great Unheard: Charles Ives Has Written Strange Music for Horns, But Doesn’t Toot His Own.” Green Sheet - Milwaukee Journal. June 23, 1948.
Source: Newspaper
VI. Topical Studies
V. Awards