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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

Wong, Justin

Year: 2007
Complete Citation:
Wong, Justin. “A performance approach to Charles Ives' Fourth violin sonata.” M.M. Thesis, California State University, Long Beach, 2007.
Source: M.M. Thesis
VIII. Dissertations, Theses, and Baccalaureate Essays
B. Theses

Wood, James

Year: 1986
Complete Citation:
Wood, James. “Microtonality: Aesthetics and Practicality.” Musical Times 127/1720 (June 1986): 328-330.
Notes:

Quotes Ives regarding his father’s quarter-tone machine. Also cites Three Quarter-Tone Pieces for two pianos, Chorale for Strings, Symphony No. 4, and “Some Quarter-Tone Impressions.”

Source: Journal
VI. Topical Studies
G. Music Theory Analyses

Woodson, Susan Carol

Year: 1991
Complete Citation:
Woodson, Susan Carol. “The Spirit of Charles Ives—Emersonian Thought Revisited.” In American Literature and the Arts, edited by Johan Callens, 23-40. Brussels, Belgium: VUB Press, 1991.
Source: Chapter in Book
VI. Topical Studies
A. Transcendentalism or Philosophy

Wooldridge, David

Year: 1976
Complete Citation:
Wooldridge, David. “Charles Ives and the American National Character: ‘Musical Spirit of ’76.’” In South Florida's Historic Ives Festival 1974-1976, edited by F. Warren O’Reilly, 27--29. Coral Gables, FL: University of Miami at Coral Gables, 1976.
Source: Chapter in Book
VI. Topical Studies
L. Ives and America

Wright, Allan

Year: 2007
Complete Citation:
Wright, Allan. “Frank Zappa’s orchestral works: art music or “bogus pomp”?” University of Glasgow, M.M. thesis, 2007.
Notes:

Only one mention of Ives.

Source: M.M. Thesis
VIII. Dissertations, Theses, and Baccalaureate Essays
B. Theses

Wright, James K. And Allyson Wright

Year: 2019
Complete Citation:
Wright, James K. and Allyson Wright. “‘Name Dropping’: Encounters with Schoenberg, Varèse, Ives, Thomson, Sorabji, and Havergal Brian.” In They Shot, He Scored: The Life and Music of Eldon Rathburn, 127-149. Montreal, Canada: McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2019.
Source: Chapter in Book
VI. Topical Studies
E. Comparisons and Relationships with Other Composers, Artists, and Writers

Wuorinen, Charles

Year: 1967
Complete Citation:
Charles Wuorinen. “An Interview with Barney Childs, 1962” (368--375). In Contemporary Composers on Contemporary Music, edited by Elliott Schwartz and Barney Childs, 221-242. New York, NY: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1967.
Notes:

Includes several acerbic remarks about Ives and his music.

Source: Chapter in Book
VI. Topical Studies
E. Comparisons and Relationships with Other Composers, Artists, and Writers

Yates, Peter

Year: 1954
Complete Citation:
Yates, Peter. “Music.” Arts and Architecture 71/10 (October 1954): 6-8, 10, 32-34.
Source: Journal
VI. Topical Studies
W. Obituaries
Year: 1960
Complete Citation:
Yates, Peter. “Lou Harrison.” American Composers Alliance Bulletin 9/2: 2-6.
Source: Journal
VI. Topical Studies
E. Comparisons and Relationships with Other Composers, Artists, and Writers
Year: 1961
Complete Citation:
Yates, Peter. 1961. “Charles Ives: The Transcendental American Venture.” Parts 1--3. Arts and Architecture 78, no.2 (February): 6-8; no.3 (March): 4, 8, 10--1; no.5 (May): 6--8, 30-31.
Source: Journal
VI. Topical Studies
A. Transcendentalism or Philosophy

Young, Douglas

Year: 1972
Complete Citation:
Young, Douglas. “Copland’s Dickinson Songs.” Tempo 103 (1972): 33-37.
Source: Journal
VI. Topical Studies
E. Comparisons and Relationships with Other Composers, Artists, and Writers

Young, Jerry Lee

Year: 1980
Complete Citation:
Young, Jerry Lee. “Characteristics of traditional Western art music as symbolic and structural elements in the music of Charles E. Ives.” M.Mus. Thesis, University of Texas at Austin, 1980.
Source: M.Mus. Thesis
VIII. Dissertations, Theses, and Baccalaureate Essays
B. Theses

Zaher, Noel

Year: 1990
Complete Citation:
Zaher, Noel. “Letter to the editor.” Perspectives of New Music 28, no.2 (Summer 1990): 331--332.
Source: Journal
VI. Topical Studies
S. Reception Studies and Related Scholarship

Zahler, Noel

Year: 1990
Complete Citation:
Zahler, Noel. “Correspondence.” Perspectives of New Music 28/2 (Summer 1990): 331-332.
Source: Journal
VI. Topical Studies
S. Reception Studies and Related Scholarship

Zierolf, Robert

Year: 1987
Complete Citation:
Zierolf, Robert. “Discontinuity as the Principal Modern Element in
Ives’ Music.” Lecture, Meeting of the Central Midwest Theory Society Meeting and Great Plains Chapter of the College Music Society, Manhattan, KS, March 8, 1987.
Source: Lecture/Paper-presentation
VI. Topical Studies
G. Music Theory Analyses

Zijlstra, Miep

Year: 1969
Complete Citation:
Zijlstra, Miep. “Besprekingen en Berichter.” Mens en Melodie 24, no. 11, November 1969, 349.
Source: Magazine
VI. Topical Studies
S. Reception Studies and Related Scholarship

Zimmerman, Walter

Year: 1980
Complete Citation:
Zimmermann, Walter. “Self-Reliance.” Neuland 1 (1980): 54-58.
Source: Journal
VI. Topical Studies
A. Transcendentalism or Philosophy

Zimmermann, Walter

Year: 1980
Complete Citation:
Zimmermann, Walter. “‘Self-Reliance’ —Eigenstandigke in Charles Ives’ Charakter und Werk.” In Neuland: Ansatze zur Musik der Gegenwart, 54-58. Vol. 1. Cologne, Germany: Neuland Musikverlag Herbert Henck, 1980.
Source: Journal
Reprints:

Reprint: Insel-Musik. Koln: Beginner Press, 1981: 213-217.

VI. Topical Studies
A. Transcendentalism or Philosophy

Zobel, Mark Alan

Year: 2005
Complete Citation:
Zobel, Mark Alan. ““Music close to the soil and deeply felt”: the use of American hymn tunes in Charles Ives's Third symphony.”
Source: Ph.D. dissertation
VI. Topical Studies
B. Musical Quotation or Borrowing

Zuck, Barbara A.

Year: 1980
Complete Citation:
Zuck, Barbara A. A History of Musical Americanism. Studies in Musicology, No. 19.
Source: Book
VI. Topical Studies
L. Ives and America