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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

Bernlef, J., and Reinbert de Leeuw

Year: 1969
Complete Citation:
Bernlef, J., and Reinbert de Leeuw. Charles Ives. Amsterdam: DeBezige Bij, 1969.
Notes:

Pages 133-209 of 1969 publication are reprinted in 1975-1976 publication.

Source: Book
Reprints:

Bernlef, J., and Reinbert de Leeuw. “<i>Charles Ives—Zijn Muziek: Inleiding, Ives’ Gebruik van Muzikaal Materiaal</i> [Charles Ives—His Music: Introduction, Ives’ use of musical material].” Translated by Bertus Polman. <i>Student Musicologists at Minnesota</i> 6 (1975-76): 128-191.

III. Book-Length Studies
A. Biographies

Budiansky, Stephen

Year: 2014
Complete Citation:
Budiansky, Stephen. Mad Music: Charles Ives, the Nostalgic Rebel. Lebanon, NH: ForeEdge, 2014.
Source: Book
III. Book-Length Studies
A. Biographies

Burkholder, J. Peter

Year: 2001
Complete Citation:
Burkholder, J. Peter. “Ives, Charles Edward.” In New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, edited by Stanley Sadie. 2nd edition. New York, NY: MacMillan Publishers, 2001.
Source: Encyclopedia article
VII. Entries in Larger Volumes
C. Dictionary Entries

Cadieu, Martine

Year: 1975
Complete Citation:
Cadieu, Martine. Charles Ives. Paris, France: Discothèque de France, 1975.
Source: Book
III. Book-Length Studies
A. Biographies

Cowell, Henry and Sidney

Year: 1955
Complete Citation:
Cowell, Henry and Sidney. Charles Ives and His Music. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 1955.
Notes:

From 1969 Second Edition: Additions include “Some Corrections and Amplifications,” “List of Published Compositions,” “List of Re-corded Compositions,” and “Additional Entries” ap-pended to the bibliography. * From 1971 Spanish translation: Prologue by Juan Carlos Paz especially for this edition (p. 5-22) entitled “Charles E. Ives, un fenomeno musical. ... El musico creador mas potente y personal que haya surgido en America.” * From 1983 Third Edition: Includes a reprint of “Ivesiana: ‘More Than Something Just Usual’” as a Foreword, a “Supplementary List of Published Compositions,” a “Supplementary List of Recorded Compositions,” and a “Supplementary Bibliography.”

Source: Book
Reprints:

Cowell, Henry and Sidney. <i>Charles Ives and His Music</i>. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 1966. * Cowell, Henry and Sidney. <i>Charles Ives and His Music</i>. Second Edition. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 1969. * Cowell, Henry and Sidney. <i>Charles Ives and His Music </i>[Charles Ives y su musica]. Translated to Spanish by Floreal Mazia. Argentina: Rodolfo Alonso Editor, 1971. * Cowell, Henry and Sidney. <i>Charles Ives and His Music</i>. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 1974. * Cowell, Henry and Sidney. <i>Charles Ives and His Music</i>. Translated to Polish by Andrzej Darowski. Krakow, Poland: Polskie Wydawnictwo Muzyczne, 1982. * Cowell, Henry and Sidney. <i>Charles Ives and His Music</i>. New York, NY: Da Capo Press, 1983.

III. Book-Length Studies
A. Biographies

Dayton, Daryl D.

Year: 1972
Complete Citation:
Dayton, Daryl D. Charles Ives: American musical pioneer. ICS Thematic Program, 1972.
Source: Book
III. Book-Length Studies
A. Biographies

Ewen, David

Year: 1982
Complete Citation:
Ewen, David. American Composers: A Biographical Dictionary. New York, NY: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1982: 323-325.
Source: Book
VII. Entries in Larger Volumes
C. Dictionary Entries

Feder, Stuart

Year: 1992
Complete Citation:
Feder, Stuart. Charles Ives: “My Father’s Song”: A Psychoanalytic Biography. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1992.
Source: Book
III. Book-Length Studies
A. Biographies
Year: 1992
Complete Citation:
Feder, Stuart. Charles Ives: “My Father’s Song”: A Psychoanalytic Biography. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1992.
Source: Book
III. Book-Length Studies
A. Biographies
Year: 1999
Complete Citation:
Feder, Stuart. The Life of Charles Ives. Cambridge, UK: University of Cambridge Press, 1999.
Source: Book
III. Book-Length Studies
A. Biographies

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

Glanville-Hicks, Peggy

Year: 1973
Complete Citation:
Glanville-Hicks, Peggy. “Ives, Charles.” In Grove’s Dictionary of Music and Musicians, vol. 4, 560. 5th ed. New York, NY: St. Martin’s Press, 1973.
Source: Chapter in Book
VII. Entries in Larger Volumes
C. Dictionary Entries

Heister, Hanns-Werner and Werner Kremp

Year: 2004
Complete Citation:
Heister, Hanns-Werner and Werner Kremp. Charles Ives, 1874-1954: amerikanischer Pionier der neuen Musik. Amerikanischer Pionier der Sieuen Musik (Atlantische Texte 23). Trier, Germany: Wissenschaftlicher Velag Trier, 2004.
Source: Book
III. Book-Length Studies
A. Biographies

Ives, Charles

Year: 1937
Complete Citation:
“Ives, Charles.” In Who’s Who Today in the Musical World (1937), 58, 191-192.
Source: Magazine
VII. Entries in Larger Volumes
C. Dictionary Entries

Kirkpatrick, John

Year: 1980
Complete Citation:
Kirkpatrick, John. “Ives, Charles E.” In The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, edited by Stanley Sadie. London, UK: Macmillan Publishers, 1980.
Source: Article
Reprints:

Kirkpatrick, John and Paul C. Echols. “Ives, Charles E.” In <i>The New Grove Dictionary of American Music and Musicians</i>, edited by H. Wiley Hitchcock and Stanley Sadie. New York, NY: Macmillan<i>, </i>1986. * Kirkpatrick, John, et. al. “Ives, Charles E.” In <i>The New Grove 20th-Century American Masters: Ives, Thomson, Sessions, Cowell, Gershwin, Copland, Carter, Barber, Cage, Bernstein</i>. New York, NY: New York: W.W. Norton, 1998: 1-52.

VII. Entries in Larger Volumes
C. Dictionary 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