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Bibliography

Genres

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

Rosenfeld, Paul

Year: 1939
Complete Citation:
Rosenfeld, Paul. “A Plea for Improvisation.” Modern Music, Vol. 16, No. 2 (January-February 1939).
Source: Journal
VI. Topical Studies
R. Performance Approaches
Year: 1939
Complete Citation:
Rosenfeld, Paul. “The Advent of American Music.” Kenyon Review (Winter/Spring 1939).
Source: Journal
VI. Topical Studies
L. Ives and America
Year: 1940
Complete Citation:
Rosenfeld, Paul. “‘Americanism’ in American Music.” Modern Music 17/4 (May-June 1940): 226-232.
Notes:

“Others, saturated with folklore—Ives, for example—seemed to have sought for a music confirmative to folklore and for a national or regional expressivity.”

Source: Journal
VI. Topical Studies
L. Ives and America
Year: 1943
Complete Citation:
Rosenfeld, Paul. “When New York Became Central.” Modern Music 20 (January-February, 1943): 83-89.
Source: Journal
VI. Topical Studies
M. Ives and Manhattan
Year: 1948
Complete Citation:
Rosenfeld, Paul. “Spokesman for an American Tradition.” Paul Rosenfeld, Voyager in the Arts, edited by Jerome Melquist and Lucie Weise, 165-166. New York, NY: Creative Age Press.
Source: Chapter in Book
VI. Topical Studies
L. Ives and America

Rosenfeld, Paul and Herbert A. Leibowitz, eds.

Year: 1969
Complete Citation:
Rosenfeld, Paul. “Charles Ives.” In Musical Impressions: Selections from Paul Rosenfeld’s Criticism, edited by Herbert A. Leibowitz. London, United Kingdom: G. Allen & Unwin, 1969.
Source: Chapter in Book
XI. Reviews of Premieres, Significant Performances, and Recordings
A. Reviews and Announcements of Premieres and Significant Performances

Rosenfeld, Paul, ed. Herbert A. Leibowitz

Year: 1969
Complete Citation:
Rosenfeld, Paul, ed. Herbert A. Leibowitz. Musical Impressions. New York, New York: Hill & Wang, 1969.
Source: Book
V. General Music Studies
C. Other

Ross, Alex

Year: 1993
Complete Citation:
Ross, Alex. “A Battleground for Iconoclasts: A Piano Series shows American Composers at War for the New.” The New York Times, November 14, 1993, 79.
Source: Newspaper
IX. Festivals, Conferences, and Concert Series Dedicated to the Music of Charles Ives
D. Program Notes
Year: 1994
Complete Citation:
Ross, Alex. “How Ever Did You Do It, Mr. Ives?” The New York Times, November 15, sec. C, 20.
Notes:

The reviewer concludes that Ives’s “question goes unanswered.”

Source: Newspaper
XI. Reviews of Premieres, Significant Performances, and Recordings
A. Reviews and Announcements of Premieres and Significant Performances
Year: 1994
Complete Citation:
Ross, Alex. “The Eccentrics Who Declared Independence for America.” The New York Times, May 22, 1994.
Source: Newspaper
VI. Topical Studies
E. Comparisons and Relationships with Other Composers, Artists, and Writers
Year: 1994
Complete Citation:
Ross, Alex. “The Eccentrics Who Declared Independence for America.” The New York Times. May 22, 1994, sec. H, 33.
Source: Newspaper
IX. Festivals, Conferences, and Concert Series Dedicated to the Music of Charles Ives
B. Concert Series
Year: 1994
Complete Citation:
Ross, Alex. “How Ever Did You Do It, Mr. Ives?” The New York Times. November 15, 1994, sec. C: 20.
Source: Newspaper
IX. Festivals, Conferences, and Concert Series Dedicated to the Music of Charles Ives
C. Reviews and Announcements of Festivals, Conferences, and Concert Series
Year: 1996
Complete Citation:
Ross, Alex. “In Bells and Microtones, A Legend Comes to Life.” The New York Times, June 8, 1996, 13.
Source: Newspaper
XI. Reviews of Premieres, Significant Performances, and Recordings
A. Reviews and Announcements of Premieres and Significant Performances
Year: 1996
Complete Citation:
Ross, Alex. “Tribute to Ives After 30-Year Effort.” New York Times. Feb-ruary 23, 1996, sec. C, 1.
Source: Newspaper
XI. Reviews of Premieres, Significant Performances, and Recordings
A. Reviews and Announcements of Premieres and Significant Performances
Year: 1996
Complete Citation:
Ross, Alex. “Vindicating Ives on Dates and Music.” The New York Times, August 20, 1996, sec. C: 13.
Source: Newspaper
VI. Topical Studies
C. Chronology
Year: 1996
Complete Citation:
Ross, Alex. “Ives and Mahler, Through the Same Lens.” The New York Times, February 20 1996, section C, 14.
Source: Newspaper
XI. Reviews of Premieres, Significant Performances, and Recordings
A. Reviews and Announcements of Premieres and Significant Performances
Year: 1996
Complete Citation:
Ross, Alex. “Vindicating Ives on Dates and Music,” review of Charles Ives and His World Festival. The New York Times (August 20, 1996) sec. C, 13, 14.
Notes:

In a review of programs, Ross comments on verification of dates on Ives’s compositions, especially by using Gayle Sherwood's methods.

Source: Newspaper
C. Reviews and Announcements of Festivals, Conferences, and Concert Series
Year: 1999
Complete Citation:
Ross, Alex. “The Critics: Musical Events - All the Lonely People.” The New Yorker, Vol. 75, No. 22 (1999): 83-84.
Source: Magazine
XI. Reviews of Premieres, Significant Performances, and Recordings
A. Reviews and Announcements of Premieres and Significant Performances
Year: 2001
Complete Citation:
Ross, Alex. “The Harmonist.” The New Yorker 76/41 (January 8): 40-46.
Notes:

An article about John Adams. Compares the New England backgrounds of Adams and Ives.

Source: Magazine
VI. Topical Studies
E. Comparisons and Relationships with Other Composers, Artists, and Writers
Year: 2004
Complete Citation:
Review: Alex Ross. “Pandemonium.” New Yorker 80/15 (June 7): 97--99.
Notes:

Review of “Charles Ives: An American Original in Context” Festival. Includes an illustration by Istvan Banyai.

Source: Magazine
IX. Festivals, Conferences, and Concert Series Dedicated to the Music of Charles Ives
C. Reviews and Announcements of Festivals, Conferences, and Concert Series