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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

Swafford, Jan

Year: 1989
Complete Citation:
Swafford, Jan. “Ives Thrives.” Musical America 109/5 (September 1989): 67-70.
Source: Journal
XI. Reviews of Premieres, Significant Performances, and Recordings
B. Recording Reviews
Year: 1991
Complete Citation:
Swafford, Jan. “Answering the Unanswered Question.” Gramophone 68, 1991, 1494-1495.
Source: Magazine
XI. Reviews of Premieres, Significant Performances, and Recordings
B. Recording Reviews
Year: 2003
Complete Citation:
Swafford, Jan. “Review: Arts: The Voice of America: Civil War Marches, Hymns, Parlour Songs - Charles Ives Transformed His Country’s Everyday Sounds into some of the most Innovative Orchestral Music Ever Written.” The Guardian, January 18, 2003, 18.
Source: Newspaper
XI. Reviews of Premieres, Significant Performances, and Recordings
A. Reviews and Announcements of Premieres and Significant Performances
Year: 2013
Complete Citation:
Swafford, Jan. “Catching Up with Charles Ives.” Symphony, Vol. 64, No. 1 (2013): 54, 56.
Source: Journal
IV. Individual Studies by Genre
A. Orchestral and Band Works

Swanson, Alan

Year: 2001-2002
Complete Citation:
Swanson, Alan. “An Old Song Resung: A. O. Vinje, Edvard Grieg and Charles Ives.” Ars Lyrica 12 (2001--2002): 71--90.
Notes:

Detailed discussion of Aasmund Olafsen Vinje's poem "Gamle Moder" and its translations into German (by Edmund Lobedanz) and English (by Frederick Corder and Ives). Compares versions used by Ives for The Old Mother/Dualte Mutter {C086} and Die alte Mutter/My Dear Old Mother {C121}. In-cludes analyses and reprints of the songs.

Source: Journal
IV. Individual Studies by Genre
E. Songs

Swed, Mark

Year: 1996
Complete Citation:
Swed, Mark (1996) “Ives by the BBC: Questions Raised and Answered.” American Record Guide, Vol. 59, No. 4 (1996): 38, 42.
Source: Magazine
XI. Reviews of Premieres, Significant Performances, and Recordings
B. Recording Reviews
Year: 1998
Complete Citation:
Swed, Mark. "Nagano Infuses All-American Concert with a European Flair." Los Angeles Times, November 30, 1998, sec. F, 3.
Source: Newspaper
XI. Reviews of Premieres, Significant Performances, and Recordings
A. Reviews and Announcements of Premieres and Significant Performances
Year: 2004
Complete Citation:
Swed, Mark. “MUSIC REVIEW; Intrepid Quartet Pays Tribute to Ives; the Armadillos Aptly Honor the Composer with a Headstrong, Quirky Evening: HOME EDITION.” The Los Angeles Times, May 13, 2004.
Source: Newspaper
XI. Reviews of Premieres, Significant Performances, and Recordings
A. Reviews and Announcements of Premieres and Significant Performances
Year: 2010
Complete Citation:
Swed, Mark. “MUSIC REVIEW; A Song of America; Ives, Gershwin and Even a Bit of Billie Holiday Permeate Jacaranda’s Opener.” The Los Angeles Times, October 26, 2010.
Source: Newspaper
XI. Reviews of Premieres, Significant Performances, and Recordings
A. Reviews and Announcements of Premieres and Significant Performances
Year: 2018
Complete Citation:
Swed, Mark. “MUSIC REVIEW; Not the Holidays in Mind; but Michael Tilson Thomas’ Symphony from Ives is a Delight.” The Los Angeles Times, December 10, 2018.
Source: Newspaper
XI. Reviews of Premieres, Significant Performances, and Recordings
A. Reviews and Announcements of Premieres and Significant Performances
Year: 2018
Complete Citation:
Swed, Mark. “Review: Ives’ ‘Holidays’ at the L.A. Phil, but Not those Holidays.” Los Angeles Times, December 9, 2018.
Source: Newspaper
XI. Reviews of Premieres, Significant Performances, and Recordings
A. Reviews and Announcements of Premieres and Significant Performances

Sweet, Michael

Year: 2014
Complete Citation:
Sweet, Michael. “Charles Ives: Concord Sonata (1919).” In Writing Interactive Music for Video Games: A Composer’s Guide. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Addison-Wesley, 2014.
Source: Chapter in Book
IV. Individual Studies by Genre
C. Keyboard Works

Sykes, James

Year: 1964
Complete Citation:
Sykes, James. “Program Notes on the Shorter Piano Pieces of Charles Ives.” Liner notes for The Short Piano Pieces of Charles Ives. Folkways FM 3348, 1964, 33.3 RPM.
Source: Liner notes
IV. Individual Studies by Genre
C. Keyboard Works

Szigeti, Joseph

Year: 1967
Complete Citation:
Szigeti, Joseph. With Strings Attached, 104, 134, 333. New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1967.
Notes:

States that Ives expressed approval of Szigeti’s performance of Sonata No. 4.

Source: Book
IV. Individual Studies by Genre
B. Chamber Works

T.M.S.

Year: 1965
Complete Citation:
T.M.S. “Kohon Group Ends Town Hall Series.” The New York Times, February 20, 1965, 16.
Source: Newspaper
XI. Reviews of Premieres, Significant Performances, and Recordings
A. Reviews and Announcements of Premieres and Significant Performances

Tagg, Barbara, and Linda Ferreira

Year: 2003
Complete Citation:
Tagg, Barbara, and Linda Ferreira. “A Celebration of American Choral Music: Past, Present, and Future.” The Choral Journal, vol. 43, no. 8 (2003): 7-8.
Source: Journal
IV. Individual Studies by Genre
D. Choral Works
Year: 2003
Complete Citation:
Tagg, Barbara, and Linda Ferreira. “Fourteen Conductors Speak About American Choral Music.” The Choral Journal 43/8 (2003): 9-25.
Source: Journal
IV. Individual Studies by Genre
D. Choral Works

Taruskin, Richard

Year: 1994
Complete Citation:
Taruskin, Richard. “Away With the Ives Myth: The 'Universe' Is Here at Last.” The New York Times. October 23, 1994, sec. H: 42. 
Source: Newspaper
IV. Individual Studies by Genre
A. Orchestral and Band Works
Year: 1996
Complete Citation:
Taruskin, Richard. “Out of Hibernation, Ives's Mythical Beast.” The New York Times. June 2 1996, sec. 2, 26.
Source: Newspaper
IV. Individual Studies by Genre
A. Orchestral and Band Works
Year: 2009
Complete Citation:
Taruskin, Richard. “Two Stabs at the Universe.” In The Danger of Music: And Other Anti-Utopian Essays, 1st ed., 51-59. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 2009.
Source: Chapter in Book
IV. Individual Studies by Genre
A. Orchestral and Band Works