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The first comprehensive Charles Ives discography, compiled by Richard Warren, was published in 1972. In the decades following, Warren, along with staff of the Yale Collection of Historical Sound Recordings, continued documenting newly released recordings of Ives’ music. With support from the Charles Ives Society, Kevin Sherwin completed compiling the discography to include recordings until 2019, and Nicholas Brewer edited and facilitated its online publication and search functions.

This online discography is a comprehensive and searchable list, presented in order of the table of contents listed below. For each composition, recordings are listed in chronological order. The table of contents is based on the structure of James Sinclair’s A Descriptive Catalogue of the Music of Charles Ives, which reflects the current catalogue of recordings of Charles Ives’ music. For more detailed explanations of the discography’s compilation and use of this website, please see the above links to the Preface and Usage Guide.

Table of Contents
I. Orchestra Music
i. Symphonies
ii. Other music for symphony orchestra
iii. Music for chamber or theatre orchestra
iv. Music for band
II. Chamber Music
i. String quartets
ii. Music for various combinations
iii. Sonatas for violin and piano
III. Keyboard Music
i. Piano sonatas
ii. Other music for piano
iii. Piano duets
iv. Organ music
IV. Choral Music
i. Cantata
ii. Other music for chorus and orchestra
iii. Sacred choral music
iv. Secular partsongs
V. Songs
i. A-E
ii. F-L
iii. M-R
iv. S-V
v. W-Y
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Search pieces, artists, dates, locations, record label, release number/format/year, text by, and additional notes
I. Orchestra Music
i. Symphonies
A SYMPHONY: "NEW ENGLAND HOLIDAYS": i. WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY; ii. DECORATION DAY; iii. THE FOURTH OF JULY; iv. THANKSGIVING (Text: O God! beneath Thy guiding hand . . .) (I-A-4) (5) Text by Leonard Bacon
Performing Artists Record Label, Release Number, Format, Release Year
Pan American Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Nicolas Slonimsky. Yale Charles Ives Non-Commercial Sound Recordings 39002038372257, 1/4 inch sound tape reel.
AN ELEGY TO OUR FOREFATHERS see ORCHESTRAL SET NO. 2: i.
BARN DANCE see A SYMPHONY: "NEW ENGLAND HOLIDAYS": i.
BASEBALL TAKEOFF see STUDIES: #23
CHORALE see QUARTET, STRINGS, NO. 1: i., see SYMPHONY NO. 4
DECORATION DAY (I-A-4) (5 (5i., 5ii., 5iii, 5iv.)) Text by Leonard Bacon
Performing Artists Record Label, Release Number, Format, Release Year
Hungarian Radio Orchestra, conducted by Aaron Copland. Yale Charles Ives Non-Commercial Sound Recordings 39002038373842, 1/4 inch sound tape reel.
Hungarian Radio Orchestra, conducted by Aaron Copland. Yale Charles Ives Non-Commercial Sound Recordings 39002038373842, 1/4 inch sound tape reel.
DECORATION DAY see A SYMPHONY: "NEW ENGLAND HOLIDAYS": ii.
FROM HANOVER SQUARE NORTH, AT THE END OF A TRAGIC DAY, THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE AGAIN AROSE see ORCHESTRAL SET NO. 2: iii.
FUGUE see SYMPHONY NO. 4: iii.
GOODNIGHT, LADIES see A SYMPHONY: "NEW ENGLAND HOLIDAYS": i.
NEW ENGLAND HOLIDAYS see A SYMPHONY: "NEW ENGLAND HOLIDAYS,"
O GOD! BENEATH THY GUIDING HAND see A SYMPHONY: "NEW ENGLAND HOLIDAYS": iv.
ORCHESTRAL SET NO. 1 or A NEW ENGLAND SYMPHONY: THREE PLACES IN NEW ENGLAND; i. THE "ST. GAUDENS" IN BOSTON COMMON (COL. SHAW AND HIS COLORED REGIMENT); ii. PUTNAM'S CAMP, REDDING, CONNECTICUT; iii. THE HOUSATONIC AT STOCKBRIDGE (I-A-5) (7) see also THE HOUSATONIC AT STOCKBRIDGE
Recording Date/Location Performing Artists Record Label, Release Number, Format, Release Year Album Names Additional Recording Notes
ca. 1948, Hollywood, CA. Janssen Symphony of Los Angeles; Werner Janssen, conductor Artist 1404 in Artist set JS13, 78 rpm disc (1949). Artist 100, 33.3 RPM (1949). Everest LPBR6118, 33.3 RPM (1964). Everest SDBR3118, electronic stereo 33.3 RPM (1964). Essential Media Group, CD (2012). Four American Landscapes. (iii. only)
ca. 1948, Hollywood, CA. Janssen Symphony of Los Angeles; Werner Janssen, conductor Artist 1404 in Artist set JS13, 78 rpm disc (1949). Artist 100, 33.3 RPM (1949). Everest LPBR6118, 33.3 RPM (1964). Everest SDBR3118, electronic stereo 33.3 RPM (1964). Essential Media Group, CD (2012). Four American Landscapes. (iii. only)