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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

Weisberger, Bernard A.

Year: 1958
Complete Citation:
Weisberger, Bernard A. They Gathered at the River: The Story of the Great Revivalists and Their Impact Upon Religion in America, 19. Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Co., 1958.
Source: Book
VI. Topical Studies
J. Extra-Musical Themes in Ives’s Compositions

Weischollek, Dirk

Year: 2011
Complete Citation:
Weischollek, Dirk. “Gustav Mahler und Charles Ives - Heterogenität als Welterfahrung.” In Wo die schönen Trompeten blasen: vokale und instrumentale Semantik im Werk Gustav Mahlers, edited by Heister, Hanns-Werner. Berlin, Germany: Weidler Buchverlag, 2011.
Source: Chapter in Book
VI. Topical Studies
E. Comparisons and Relationships with Other Composers, Artists, and Writers

Weiss, Adolph

Year: 1931
Complete Citation:
Weiss, Adolph. “Letter to the Editor.” The New York Times. July 26, 1931, sec. 8, 7.
Source: Newspaper
VI. Topical Studies
S. Reception Studies and Related Scholarship

Weschler, Lawrence

Year: 1986
Complete Citation:
Weschler, Lawrence. “Profiles: Boy Wonder—I.” New Yorker 62/39 (Novem-ber 17, 1986): 54-56, 61, 64-65, 68-70, 72-73, 76-78, 87-89, 91-93. “Boy Wonder—II.” New Yorker (November 24) 62/40: 52-54, 57- 58, 60, 63-64, 67-74.
Notes:

Nicolas Slonimsky is the subject of this pro-file. Includes his reminiscences of his early, pioneering conducting (November 17: 88-89, 91-92) of Ives’s compositions (esp. Orchestral Set No. 1: Three Places in New England). Uses quotations from Slo-nimsky’s autobiography.

Source: Magazine
VI. Topical Studies
N. Ives’ Childhood

Weyer, Waldo, and Bertha Spies

Year: 2007
Complete Citation:
Weyer, Waldo, and Bertha Spies. “‘Music is Life’ – the Influence of Transcendentalist Philosophy on Ives’s Concord Sonata.” The Journal for Transdisciplinary Research in Southern Africa, vol. 3, no. 2 (2007): e1-e40.
Source: Journal
VI. Topical Studies
A. Transcendentalism or Philosophy

White, Michael J.

Year: 1982
Complete Citation:
White, Michael J. “Hazel Smith in Ives.” The Guardian, June 12, 1982, 12.
Source: Newspaper
VI. Topical Studies
E. Comparisons and Relationships with Other Composers, Artists, and Writers

Whitesell, Lloyd

Year: 1994
Complete Citation:
Whitesell, Lloyd. “Reckless Form, Uncertain Audiences: Responding to Ives.” American Music 12.3 (Autumn 1994): 304-319.
Source: Journal
VI. Topical Studies
S. Reception Studies and Related Scholarship

Wickstrom, Fred

Year: 1976
Complete Citation:
Wickstrom, Fred. “Ives and Percussion, A Forerunner on All Fronts.” In South Florida's Historic Ives Festival 1974-1976, edited by F. Warren O’Reilly, 57-58. Coral Gables, FL: University of Miami at Coral Gables, 1976.
Source: Chapter in Book
VI. Topical Studies
R. Performance Approaches

Wiecki, Ronald Victor

Year: 1992
Complete Citation:
Wiecki, Ronald V. “Two Musical Idealists—Charles Ives and E. Robert Schmitz: A Friendship Reconsidered.” American Music, 10/1 (Spring 1992): 1-19.
Source: Journal
VI. Topical Studies
E. Comparisons and Relationships with Other Composers, Artists, and Writers

Wilder, Robert D.

Year: 1969
Complete Citation:
Wilder, Robert D. Twentieth--Century Music, 95-98. Brown Music Horizons Series. Dubuque, IA: Wm. C. Brown, 1969.
Notes:

Includes other passing refer-ences.

Source: Book
VI. Topical Studies
H. Ives, 20th Century Music, and Experimental Styles

Williams, Jonathan

Year: 1967
Complete Citation:
Williams, Jonathan. The old (transcendental) college try: some notes & inventions on Mr. Ives. Aspen, Colorado: Publisher unlisted, 1967.
Notes:

Book of poetry.

Source: Book
VI. Topical Studies

Wilshire, Bruce W.

Year: 2016
Complete Citation:
Wilshire, Bruce W. “Music of Science, Thought, and the Body.” In The Much-at-Once: Music, Science, Ecstasy, the Body, 167-196. New York, NY: Fordham University, 2016.
Source: Chapter in Book
VI. Topical Studies
J. Extra-Musical Themes in Ives’s Compositions

Wilson-Dickson, Andrew

Year: 2003
Complete Citation:
Wilson-Dickson, Andrew. “The United States and the European classical tradition: Charles Ives.” In The story of Christian music: an illustrated guide to all the major traditions of music in worship. Oxford, United Kingdom: Lion, 2003.
Source: Chapter in Book
VI. Topical Studies
E. Comparisons and Relationships with Other Composers, Artists, and Writers

Wilson, Peter Niklas

Year: 2001
Complete Citation:
Wilson, Peter Niklas. “«Sound Come into Its Own»: Vond Der Selbstfindung Amerikanischer Musik.” Neue Zeitschrift Für Musik 162/5 (2001): 12-17.
Source: Magazine
VI. Topical Studies
L. Ives and America

Wilson, Richard

Year: 1996
Complete Citation:
Wilson, Richard. “Ives: American Experimentalism and Modernism.” In Charles Ives and His World Festival, edited by J. Peter Burkholder, 37-38. Annandale-on-Hudson, New York; Bard College, August 9-11, 16-18, 1996.
Source: [Chapter in] Festival Publication
VI. Topical Studies
H. Ives, 20th Century Music, and Experimental Styles

Wintle, Christopher, and Kate Hopkins, eds.

Year: 2010
Complete Citation:
Black, Leo. “Harry Croft-Jackson with a Note on Charles Ives.” In BBC Music in the Glock Era and After: A Memoir, edited by Christopher Wintle and Kate Hopkins. Woodbridge, Suffolk; Rochester, NY: Boydell & Brewer, 2010.
Source: Chapter in Book
VI. Topical Studies
E. Comparisons and Relationships with Other Composers, Artists, and Writers

Wise, Brian

Year: 2005
Complete Citation:
Wise, Brian. “The Flip Side of American Music.” The New York Times, November 13, 2005, 1.
Source: Newspaper
VI. Topical Studies
D. Other

Wolfgang Rathert, Hans G. Helms, Christian Wolff, Malcolm Goldstein, and Frederic Rzewski

Year: 2004
Complete Citation:
Wolfgang Rathert, Hans G. Helms, Christian Wolff, Malcolm Goldstein, and Frederic Rzewski. “Politics and Aesthetics.” Panel presented at Symposium at MarzMusik Festival: Festival fur aktuelle Musik. Berlin, Germany, March 18-28, 2004.
Source: Festival
VI. Topical Studies
A. Transcendentalism or Philosophy

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