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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.

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V. Songs

iv. Secular partsongs

SERENITY (O Sabbath rest of Galilee! . . .) (347)
Performing Artists	Record Label, Release Number, Format, Release Year
Helen Boatwright, soprano; John Kirkpatrick, piano.	Yale Charles Ives Non-Commercial Sound Recordings 39002126011163, audiocassette.

THE SIDE SHOW (Is that Mr. Reilly . . .) (VI-B-66) (348) Text by the composer, quoting Pat Rooney
Performing Artists	Record Label, Release Number, Format, Release Year
Lucy Shelton, soprano. Raymond Beegle, piano.	Yale Charles Ives Non-Commercial Sound Recordings 39002038373974, 1/4 inch sound tape reel.
Lucy Shelton, soprano. Raymond Beegle, piano.	Yale Charles Ives Non-Commercial Sound Recordings 39002038373974, 1/4 inch sound tape reel.

i. A-E

Performing Artists	Record Label, Release Number, Format, Release Year
Yale Theater Orchestra, conducted by James Sinclair.	Yale Charles Ives Non-Commercial Sound Recordings 39002038373834, 1/4 inch sound tape reel.
Yale Theater Orchestra, conducted by James Sinclair.	Yale Charles Ives Non-Commercial Sound Recordings 39002038373834, 1/4 inch sound tape reel.
	Yale Charles Ives Non-Commercial Sound Recordings 39002038373479, audiocassette.
	Yale Charles Ives Non-Commercial Sound Recordings 39002038373479, audiocassette.

(EDIE'S) CHRISTMAS CAROL (VI-B-76) (440)
Recording Date/Location	Performing Artists	Record Label, Release Number, Format, Release Year	Album Names
1977, Fort Worth, TX	Rosalind Rees, soprano; Oresta Cybriwsky, piano	Turnabout QTV-34710, 33.3 RPM (1977).	The World Rejoices: A Festival of Carols
1977, Fort Worth, TX	Rosalind Rees, soprano; Oresta Cybriwsky, piano	Turnabout QTV-34710, 33.3 RPM (1977).	The World Rejoices: A Festival of Carols
May-June 2005, Sprague Hall, Yale University, New Haven, CT.	Matthew Plenk, tenor; Eric Trudel, piano	Naxos 8.559269, CD (2008).	Charles Ives: Songs, Volume 1
May-June 2005, Sprague Hall, Yale University, New Haven, CT.	Matthew Plenk, tenor; Eric Trudel, piano	Naxos 8.559269, CD (2008).	Charles Ives: Songs, Volume 1

A CHRISTMAS CAROL (Little star of Bethlehem! . . .) (VI-B-27-d) (228) Text by the composer
Recording Date/Location	Performing Artists	Record Label, Release Number, Format, Release Year	Album Names	Additional Recording Notes
January, 1952	Jacqueline Greissle, soprano; Josef Wolman, piano	SPA Records SPA9 (Matrix: XTV19431), 33.3 RPM (1953).	Songs of Sylvester Revueltas and Charles Ives
January, 1952	Jacqueline Greissle, soprano; Josef Wolman, piano	SPA Records SPA9 (Matrix: XTV19431), 33.3 RPM (1953).	Songs of Sylvester Revueltas and Charles Ives
May 1961, Hamline University, St. Paul, MN.	Helen Hier, soprano, The Hamline A Capella Choir, Robert Holliday, cond.	The Society for the Preservation of the American Musical Heritage, Inc.: Music in America MIA116, stereo 33.3 RPM (1961).	Choral music in 20th-Century America	Arranged for soprano and wordless chorus.
May 1961, Hamline University, St. Paul, MN.	Helen Hier, soprano, The Hamline A Capella Choir, Robert Holliday, cond.	The Society for the Preservation of the American Musical Heritage, Inc.: Music in America MIA116, stereo 33.3 RPM (1961).	Choral music in 20th-Century America	Arranged for soprano and wordless chorus.
September 13-17, 1965, Cue Studios, NYC	Ted Puffer, tenor; James Tenney, piano	Folkways FM3344, CD (1965). Smithsonian Folkways FW03344, CD (2004).	Charles Ives Songs, Vol. 1: 1894-1915
September 13-17, 1965, Cue Studios, NYC	Ted Puffer, tenor; James Tenney, piano	Folkways FM3344, CD (1965). Smithsonian Folkways FW03344, CD (2004).	Charles Ives Songs, Vol. 1: 1894-1915
1967, Boston, MA.	Jean Lunn, soprano; Susan Williams, piano.	Yale Charles Ives Non-Commercial Sound Recordings 39002038372232, 1/4 inch sound tape reel.	Jean Lunn: Five Songs by Charles Ives	Recorded by Stephen B. Fassett.
1967, Boston, MA.	Jean Lunn, soprano; Susan Williams, piano.	Yale Charles Ives Non-Commercial Sound Recordings 39002038372232, 1/4 inch sound tape reel.	Jean Lunn: Five Songs by Charles Ives	Recorded by Stephen B. Fassett.
July 8-9, 1967, Pye Records Studio No. 1, ATV House, London, England, UK.	Marni Nixon, soprano; John McCabe, piano	Pye GGC4105, 33.3 RPM (1967, England). Pye GSGC14105, stereo 33.3 RPM (1967, England). Nonesuch H7 1209, stereo 33.3 RPM (1968). EMI 50999 2 06631 2 4, CD (2008).	Marni Nixon sings Ives, Goehr, Schürmann. Charles Ives: Songs, Orchestral Sets, From the Steeples and the Mountains.
July 8-9, 1967, Pye Records Studio No. 1, ATV House, London, England, UK.	Marni Nixon, soprano; John McCabe, piano	Pye GGC4105, 33.3 RPM (1967, England). Pye GSGC14105, stereo 33.3 RPM (1967, England). Nonesuch H7 1209, stereo 33.3 RPM (1968). EMI 50999 2 06631 2 4, CD (2008).	Marni Nixon sings Ives, Goehr, Schürmann. Charles Ives: Songs, Orchestral Sets, From the Steeples and the Mountains.
December 1 & 2, 1975, Studio Lankwitz, Berlin, Germany.	Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone, Michael Ponti, Piano	Deutsche Grammophon 2530 696, 33.3 RPM (1976). Deutsche Grammophon 463 514-2, CD (2003).	Charles Ives: Songs - Lieder. Fischer-Dieskau Edition: Debussy - Ravel - Ives.
December 1 & 2, 1975, Studio Lankwitz, Berlin, Germany.	Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone, Michael Ponti, Piano	Deutsche Grammophon 2530 696, 33.3 RPM (1976). Deutsche Grammophon 463 514-2, CD (2003).	Charles Ives: Songs - Lieder. Fischer-Dieskau Edition: Debussy - Ravel - Ives.