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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

Addiss, Stephen

Year: 1957
Complete Citation:
Addiss, Stephen. “The vocal music of Charles Ives.” B.A. thesis, Harvard University, 1957.
Source: B.A. Thesis
VIII. Dissertations, Theses, and Baccalaureate Essays
C. Baccalaureate Essays

Bauer, Marion

Year: 1947
Complete Citation:
Bauer, Marion. “Charles Ives Receives Award.” Musical Leader 79/6 (June 1947): 9.
Notes:

Notice of Ives's receiving the Pulitzer Prize for Symphony No. 3. Includes remarks about his being ignored and overlooked.

Source: Journal
VI. Topical Studies
V. Awards

Beckwith, Ethel

Year: 1947
Complete Citation:
Beckwith, Ethel. “Pulitzer Prize Winner Scoffs at $1,000 Award.” Sunday Herald (Bridgeport, Connecticut), May 11, 1947, 1, 16.
Source: Newspaper
VI. Topical Studies
V. Awards

Boardman, Katherine R.

Year: 1969
Complete Citation:
Boardman, Katherine R. “Ives in Performance: 1900-1950.” Term paper, Yale University, 1969.
Notes:

Copy in the Charles Ives Papers, Irving S. Gilmore Library, Yale University, New Haven, CT.

Source: Term paper
VIII. Dissertations, Theses, and Baccalaureate Essays
C. Baccalaureate Essays

Bounds, Charles Evans

Year: 1951
Complete Citation:
Bounds, Charles Evans. “A study of the solo songs of Charles Ives.” M.M. Thesis, North Texas State College, 1951.
Source: M.M. Thesis
VIII. Dissertations, Theses, and Baccalaureate Essays
C. Baccalaureate Essays

Bourne, Patricia Gerald

Year: 1961
Complete Citation:
Bourne, Patricia Gerald. “An American meets Euterpe: Charles Edward Ives.” A.B. thesis, Radcliffe College, 1961.
Source: A.B. Thesis
VIII. Dissertations, Theses, and Baccalaureate Essays
C. Baccalaureate Essays

Burkholder, J. Peter

Year: 2001
Complete Citation:
Burkholder, J. Peter. “Ives, Charles Edward.” In New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, edited by Stanley Sadie. 2nd edition. New York, NY: MacMillan Publishers, 2001.
Source: Encyclopedia article
VII. Entries in Larger Volumes
C. Dictionary Entries

Cameron, Janet

Year: Year unlisted
Complete Citation:
Cameron, Janet. “An Analysis of the First Movement of the First Piano Sonata by Charles Ives.” Seminar paper, University of Illinois, year unlisted.
Source: Seminar paper
VIII. Dissertations, Theses, and Baccalaureate Essays
C. Baccalaureate Essays

Catmull, Joan Carol

Complete Citation:
Catmull, Joan Carol. “The Transcendentalism of Charles E. Ives.” B.A. thesis, Brigham Young University, 1969.
Source: B.A. Thesis
VIII. Dissertations, Theses, and Baccalaureate Essays
C. Baccalaureate Essays

Clarke, Gary E.

Year: 1965
Complete Citation:
Clarke, Gary E. "A study of the music of Charles Edward Ives.” B.A. thesis, Cornell College, 1965.
Source: B.A. Thesis
VIII. Dissertations, Theses, and Baccalaureate Essays
C. Baccalaureate Essays

Conway, Bret K.

Year: 1985
Complete Citation:
Conway, Bret K. “Harmonic evolution in Charles Edward Ives's 114 songs.” M.M. thesis, Baylor University, 1985.
Source: M.M. Thesis
C. Baccalaureate Essays
B. Theses

Dotson, Mary Elizabeth

Year: 1976
Complete Citation:
Dotson, Mary Elizabeth. Selected research and the corollary performance of two piano pieces by Charles Ives. Jefferson City, TN: Carson-Newman College, 1976.
Source: Honors Project
VIII. Dissertations, Theses, and Baccalaureate Essays
C. Baccalaureate Essays

Ewen, David

Year: 1982
Complete Citation:
Ewen, David. American Composers: A Biographical Dictionary. New York, NY: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1982: 323-325.
Source: Book
VII. Entries in Larger Volumes
C. Dictionary Entries

Frame, Robert

Year: 1969
Complete Citation:
Frame, Robert. “Charles Ives: The Tragedy of a Progressive.” Unpublished undergraduate paper, University of Minnesota, 1969.
Source: Unpublished undergraduate paper
VIII. Dissertations, Theses, and Baccalaureate Essays
C. Baccalaureate Essays

Gann, Kyle

Year: 1991
Complete Citation:
Gann, Kyle. “Pulitzer Hacks: Amateur Composers versus the Profes-sionals.” Village Voice, July 30, 1991.
Notes:

Cites the story from Milton Babbitt that Ives was not a professional composer.

Source: Newspaper
VI. Topical Studies
V. Awards
Year: 1992
Complete Citation:
Gann, Kyle. “Composer’s Clearing House: The Pulitzer Prize.” Village Voice, May 5, 1992.
Notes:

Claims Lou Harrison urged Ives to “expunge the 'ex-perimental' parts of the Third Symphony” [i.e., “shadow parts”].

Source: Newspaper
VI. Topical Studies
V. Awards

Glanville-Hicks, Peggy

Year: 1973
Complete Citation:
Glanville-Hicks, Peggy. “Ives, Charles.” In Grove’s Dictionary of Music and Musicians, vol. 4, 560. 5th ed. New York, NY: St. Martin’s Press, 1973.
Source: Chapter in Book
VII. Entries in Larger Volumes
C. Dictionary Entries

Graefe, Emily

Year: 2003
Complete Citation:
Graefe, Emily. “Charles Ives and Transcendentalism in His 114 Songs.” B.A. senior honors thesis, Boston College, 2003.
Source: B.A. Senior Honors Thesis
VIII. Dissertations, Theses, and Baccalaureate Essays
C. Baccalaureate Essays

Holmes, Thomas Stephenson

Year: 1966
Complete Citation:
Holmes, Thomas Stephenson. “Charles Ives: the four violin sonatas.” B.A. Thesis, Reed College, 1966.
Source: B.A. Thesis
VIII. Dissertations, Theses, and Baccalaureate Essays
C. Baccalaureate Essays

Ives, Charles

Year: 1937
Complete Citation:
“Ives, Charles.” In Who’s Who Today in the Musical World (1937), 58, 191-192.
Source: Magazine
VII. Entries in Larger Volumes
C. Dictionary Entries