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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

Baldwin, Linda, producer-director

Year: 1979
Complete Citation:
Baldwin, Linda, producer--director. “12th Street Rag.” Nebraska Educational Television Network for the Mid--America Arts Alliance. November 22, 23, 24, 1979.
Source: Telecast
Reprints:

Telecast on stations in Missouri, Oklahoma, Kansas, and Nebraska.

XV. Television Broadcasts, Films, and Videocassettes
A. Television 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

Bernstein, Leonard; New York Philharmonic

Complete Citation:
“Charles Ives: American Pioneer.” New York Philharmonic Young Peo-ple’s Concerts with Leonard Bernstein. New York, NY: CBS-TV, 60 minutes. February 23, 1967.
Source: Telecast
XV. Television Broadcasts, Films, and Videocassettes
A. Television Broadcasts

Brockway, Merrill, producer

Year: 1970
Complete Citation:
Brockway, Merrill, producer. “La Belle Epoque.” Camera Three. Virgil Fox, organ. WCBS-TV, 30 minutes. Fall 1970.
Source: Telecast/Videocassette
Reprints:

Includes Variations on “America.” Available on videocassette.

XV. Television Broadcasts, Films, and Videocassettes
A. Television Broadcasts

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

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

Davis, David M., producer/director; Aaron Copland, host/writer

Year: 1965
Complete Citation:
Davis, David M., producer/director; Copland, Aaron host/writer. “Experi-mental Attitudes (I).” Music of the Twenties series, Program 11. National Educational Television, 30 minutes. June 6, 1965.
Notes:

Originally telecast on over Performances of The Unanswered Question (Roger Voisin, trumpet, four flutes, Cambridge Festival Orchestra; Aaron Copland, conductor; Kalman Novak, associate conductor), and Two Little Flowers', Serenity, and Charlie Rutlage (Donald Gramm, baritone; Richard Cumming, piano). Viewing copy in Library of Congress.

Source: Telecast
Reprints:

Rebroadcast on Boston, MA: WGBH-TV, 30 minutes.

XV. Television Broadcasts, Films, and Videocassettes
A. Television Broadcasts

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

Discussion by Morton Gould (nar-rator), Henry Cowell, Corinne Curry, and Harold Farberman.

Complete Citation:
“Charles Ives: American Original.” The World Of Music Series. Program No. 17. Newark, NJ: WNDT, 30 minutes. 1965.
Source: Telecast
Reprints:

Rebroadcast on National Educational Television.

XV. Television Broadcasts, Films, and Videocassettes
A. Television Broadcasts

Englander, Roger, producer/director - Leonard Bernstein, narrator/conductor.

Year: 1961
Complete Citation:
Englander, Roger, producer/director; Bernstein, Leonard, narrator/conductor. “Folk Music in the Concert Hall.” New York, NY: CBS-TV Telecast, April 9, 1961.
Notes:

Includes 5th movement from Ives Symphony No. 2.

Source: Telecast
XV. Television Broadcasts, Films, and Videocassettes
A. Television Broadcasts

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

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

James Drew

Year: 1970
Complete Citation:
“Modern Music and the Debt to Charles Ives.” Yale Reports Series. Hartford, CT: WTIC, 2 parts: 30 minutes each. Part 1 on December 27, 1970; Part 2 on January 3, 1971.
Source: Telecast
Reprints:

Discussion of Ives as a composer, of his father, of his musical background, of the traditions that influenced him, of the structure of his compositions, and of his influence on other composers by James Drew, Assistant Professor of Music Theory at Yale University. Recorded musical examples for illustration chosen from works by Ives, George Rochberg, Luciano Berio, and James Drew.

XV. Television Broadcasts, Films, and Videocassettes
A. Television Broadcasts