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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

Rossiter, Frank R.

Year: 1975
Complete Citation:
Rossiter, Frank R. Charles Ives and his America. New York, NY: Liveright, 1975.
Source: Book
III. Book-Length Studies
A. Biographies

Sive, Helen R.

Year: 1977
Complete Citation:
Sive, Helen R. Music’s Connecticut Yankee: An Introduction to the Life and Music of Charles Ives. New York, NY: Atheneum Books, 1977.
Source: Book
III. Book-Length Studies
A. Biographies

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
VII. Entries in Larger Volumes
C. Dictionary Entries

Stanbridge, Joanne

Year: 2012
Complete Citation:
Stanbridge, Joanne. The extraordinary music of Mr. Ives: the true story of a famous American composer. Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Books for Children, 2012.
Source: Book
III. Book-Length Studies
A. Biographies

Swafford, Jan

Year: 1996
Complete Citation:
Swafford, Jan. Charles Ives: A Life with Music. New York, NY: W.W. Norton, 1996.
Source: Book
III. Book-Length Studies
A. Biographies
Year: 1996
Complete Citation:
Swafford, Jan. Charles Ives: A Life with Music. New York, NY: W.W. Norton, 1996.
Source: Book
III. Book-Length Studies
A. Biographies

Tadday, Ulrich

Year: 2004
Complete Citation:
Tadday, Ulrich. Charles Ives. Musik-Konzepte, Neue Folge, 123. Munich, Germany: Edition Text + Kritik, 2004.
Source: Book
III. Book-Length Studies
A. Biographies

White, James T.

Year: 1942
Complete Citation:
White, James T. Charles Edward Ives. New York, NY: James T. White Co., 1942.
Source: Book
III. Book-Length Studies
A. Biographies

Wooldridge, David

Year: 1974
Complete Citation:
Wooldridge, David. From the Steeples and Mountains. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1974. Republished as Charles Ives: A Portrait. London, United Kingdom: Faber & Faber, 1975.
Source: Book
III. Book-Length Studies
A. Biographies

Woolridge, David

Year: 1975
Complete Citation:
Woolridge, David. Charles Ives: A Portrait. London, United Kingdom: Faber & Faber, 1975.
Source: Book
III. Book-Length Studies
A. Biographies

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

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: 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: 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