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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
B. Musical Quotation or Borrowing
C. Chronology
D. Insurance
E. Comparisons and Relationships with Other Composers, Artists, and Writers
F. Polytonality
G. Music Theory Analyses
H. Ives, 20th Century Music, and Experimental Styles
I. Compositional Process
J. Extra-Musical Themes in Ives’s Compositions
K. Stylistic Influences on Ives
L. Ives and America
M. Ives and Manhattan
N. Ives’ Childhood
O. Ives and Yale
P. Ives Collaborators and Colleagues
Q. Ives Scholars
R. Performance Approaches
S. Reception Studies and Related Scholarship
T. Ives in Music Education
U. Institutions and Ives’ Legacy
V. Awards
W. Obituaries
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
B. Recording Reviews
C. Interviews
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

Witmer, T. Carl

Year: 1929
Complete Citation:
T. Carl Witmer. “New Music.” The Musical Forecast (March 1929): 5-6.
Source: Journal
XI. Reviews of Premieres, Significant Performances, and Recordings
A. Reviews and Announcements of Premieres and Significant Performances

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

Woodard, Josef

Year: 1991
Complete Citation:
Woodard, Josef. “Sounds Around Town a Different Space Composer Henry Brant, a Creator of ‘Spatial Music,’ Will Accompany Michael Ingham in an Evening of Charles Ives Songs: Ventura County Edition.” The Los Angeles Times, September 26, 1991.
Source: Newspaper
XI. Reviews of Premieres, Significant Performances, and Recordings
A. Reviews and Announcements of Premieres and Significant Performances

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

Woolfe, Zachary

Complete Citation:
Woolfe, Zachary. “The Ives Songbook, Without Interruption.” The New York Times, January 16, 2012, C7.
Source: Newspaper
XI. Reviews of Premieres, Significant Performances, and Recordings
A. Reviews and Announcements of Premieres and Significant Performances
Year: 2012
Complete Citation:
Woolfe, Zachary. “The Ives Songbook, without Interruption: Review.” The New York Times, January 16, 2012.
Source: Newspaper
XI. Reviews of Premieres, Significant Performances, and Recordings
A. Reviews and Announcements of Premieres and Significant Performances

Wright, David

Year: 1996
Complete Citation:
Wright, David. “Symphonists, Native and Fervent.” The New York Times. 1996, sec. 2: 28.
Source: Newspaper
XI. Reviews of Premieres, Significant Performances, and Recordings
A. Reviews and Announcements of Premieres and Significant Performances

Yates, Peter

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, Jerry

Year: 1990
Complete Citation:
Young, Jerry. “UT Pianist Prefers the Unusual: FINAL Edition.” Austin American-Statesman, October 20, 1990.
Source: Newspaper
XI. Reviews of Premieres, Significant Performances, and Recordings
A. Reviews and Announcements of Premieres and Significant Performances

Z., Pamela

Year: 2000
Complete Citation:
Z., Pamela. “Concert Reviews: Talking Music at Davies Hall.” 21st Century Music, Vol. 7, No. 8 (2000): 21-22.
Source: Journal
XI. Reviews of Premieres, Significant Performances, and Recordings
A. Reviews and Announcements of Premieres and Significant Performances

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

no author listed

Complete Citation:
“Composers’ Group Has Final Concert: Fifth of League's Programs is Divided between Native and European Works. Harris Concerto Played Novelty of Yaddo Festival is Warmly Received - Songs by Charles Ives Presented.” The New York Times. April 9, 1934: 21.
Source: Newspaper
XI. Reviews of Premieres, Significant Performances, and Recordings
A. Reviews and Announcements of Premieres and Significant Performances
Complete Citation:
Chinen, Nate. “Tinges of Electro-Pop and some Ives, Too.” The New York Times, February 19, 2010, C15.
Source: Newspaper
XI. Reviews of Premieres, Significant Performances, and Recordings
A. Reviews and Announcements of Premieres and Significant Performances
Complete Citation:
“Advice to an Astonished Audience: Don’t Cough.” Globe and Mail, May 28, 1993.
Source: Newspaper
XI. Reviews of Premieres, Significant Performances, and Recordings
A. Reviews and Announcements of Premieres and Significant Performances
Year: 1888
Complete Citation:
Concert program. “Kinder Concert,” March 7, 1887, Danbury, CT: City Hall. Davis Library, College of Insurance, New York City.
Notes:

The first printed concert program with Ives’s name on it. Indicates that the thirteen- year old Ives played drum and musical glasses for “Kindersymphonie” by Joseph Haydn and for “The Happy Sleighing Party” by Franz Xavier Chwatal in a concert at City Hall in Danbury, CT. An original printed program is in the Davis Library, College of Insurance, New York City.

Source: Concert Program
XI. Reviews of Premieres, Significant Performances, and Recordings
A. Reviews and Announcements of Premieres and Significant Performances
Year: 1888
Complete Citation:
“Amusements. The German Dramatic Association.” Danbury Evening News. January 17, 1888, 3.
Source: Newspaper/Book
Reprints:

“Amusements. The German Dramatic Association.” In <i>Charles Ives and His World</i>, 274-275. Edited by J. Peter Burkholder. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1996.

XI. Reviews of Premieres, Significant Performances, and Recordings
A. Reviews and Announcements of Premieres and Significant Performances
Year: 1889
Complete Citation:
“Announcement.” Danbury Evening News, October 21, 1889: 3.
Notes:

Erroneously dated 1888 in Ives's compiled references.

Source: Newspaper
XI. Reviews of Premieres, Significant Performances, and Recordings
A. Reviews and Announcements of Premieres and Significant Performances
Year: 1892
Complete Citation:
“Reviews and notices of George and Charles Ives’s performances in Brewster, NY.” Brewster Standard. February 5, 1892: 3; February 12, 1892; February 19, 1892: 3.
Source: Newspaper
XI. Reviews of Premieres, Significant Performances, and Recordings
A. Reviews and Announcements of Premieres and Significant Performances
Year: 1902
Complete Citation:
“Charles E. Ives’ Concert and New Cantata, The Celestial Country.” Musical Courier 44/17, April 23, 1902, 34.
Source: Magazine
Reprints:

Reprinted in Charles Ives and His World (item 36), 276-77.&nbsp;In <i>Charles Ives and His World</i>, 276-277. Edited by J. Peter Burkholder. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1996.

XI. Reviews of Premieres, Significant Performances, and Recordings
A. Reviews and Announcements of Premieres and Significant Performances