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Bibliography

Swafford, Jan

Year: 1989
Complete Citation:
Swafford, Jan. “Ives Thrives.” Musical America 109/5 (September 1989): 67-70.
Source: Journal
XI. Reviews of Premieres, Significant Performances, and Recordings
B. Recording Reviews
Year: 1991
Complete Citation:
Swafford, Jan. “Answering the Unanswered Question.” Gramophone 68, 1991, 1494-1495.
Source: Magazine
XI. Reviews of Premieres, Significant Performances, and Recordings
B. Recording Reviews
Year: 1992
Complete Citation:
Swafford, Jan. “Charles Ives.” In The Vintage guide to classical music. New York: Vintage Books, 1992.
Source: Book
V. General Music Studies
A. Short Biographies and Profiles
Year: 1995
Complete Citation:
Swafford, Jan. “‘La vita nuova’: The Courtship of Charles and Harmony Ives.” American Music 13/4 (Winter 1995): 470-489.
Source: Journal
VI. Topical Studies
P. Ives Collaborators and Colleagues
Year: 1996
Complete Citation:
Swafford, Jan. Charles Ives: A Life with Music. New York, NY: W.W. Norton, 1996.
Source: Book
III. Book-Length Studies
A. Biographies
Year: 1996
Complete Citation:
Swafford, Jan. Charles Ives: A Life with Music. New York, NY: W.W. Norton, 1996.
Source: Book
III. Book-Length Studies
A. Biographies
Year: 1999
Complete Citation:
Swafford, Jan. “Ives, Charles.” In American National Biography, edited by John A. Garraty and Mark C. Carnes, 713-715. Volume 11. New York, NY: Oxford Uni-versity Press, 1999.
Source: Encyclopedia
V. General Music Studies
A. Short Biographies and Profiles
Year: 1999
Complete Citation:
Swafford, Jan. “Charles Ives the Commuter.” Paper presented at Ives the Commuter. Bloomfield Presbyterian Church, Bloomfield, NJ, February 1999.
Notes:

Conference Keynote Address

IX. Festivals, Conferences, and Concert Series Dedicated to the Music of Charles Ives
A. Festivals/Conferences
Year: 2003
Complete Citation:
Swafford, Jan. “Friday Review: Inventing America: In the Late 19th Century, the United States was a Nation without a Musical Tradition - Until Czech Composer Antonin Dvorak Suggested it Look to the ‘Negro Melodies.’ Jan Swafford Chronicles the Quest for a Voice.” The Guardian, September 26, 2003, 9.
Source: Newspaper
VI. Topical Studies
E. Comparisons and Relationships with Other Composers, Artists, and Writers
Year: 2003
Complete Citation:
Swafford, Jan. “Review: Arts: The Voice of America: Civil War Marches, Hymns, Parlour Songs - Charles Ives Transformed His Country’s Everyday Sounds into some of the most Innovative Orchestral Music Ever Written.” The Guardian, January 18, 2003, 18.
Source: Newspaper
XI. Reviews of Premieres, Significant Performances, and Recordings
A. Reviews and Announcements of Premieres and Significant Performances
Year: 2004
Complete Citation:
Swafford, Jan. “Charles Edward Ives (1874-1954).” Music Clubs Magazine, Vol. 84, No. 1 (2004): 16-21.
Source: Magazine
V. General Music Studies
A. Short Biographies and Profiles
Year: 2013
Complete Citation:
Swafford, Jan. “Catching Up with Charles Ives.” Symphony, Vol. 64, No. 1 (2013): 54, 56.
Source: Journal
IV. Individual Studies by Genre
A. Orchestral and Band Works
Year: 2017
Complete Citation:
Swafford, Jan. “Charles Ives (1874-1954).” In Language of the Spirit: an Introduction to Classical Music. Basic Books, 2017.
Source: Chapter in Book
V. General Music Studies
A. Short Biographies and Profiles
Year: 2017
Complete Citation:
Swafford, Jan. “Charles Ives (1874-1954).” In Language of the spirit: an introduction to classical music. New York, NY: Basic Books, 2017.
Source: Chapter in Book
V. General Music Studies
A. Short Biographies and Profiles

Swan, Christopher

Year: Year unlisted
Complete Citation:
Swan, Christopher. “Poem After Hearing Charles Ives’ Concord Sonata.” Publisher and year unlisted.
Source: Poem
XIII. Ives in Literature
A. Poetry

Swanson, Alan

Year: 2001-2002
Complete Citation:
Swanson, Alan. “An Old Song Resung: A. O. Vinje, Edvard Grieg and Charles Ives.” Ars Lyrica (2001/2002): 71-90.
Source: Journal
VI. Topical Studies
E. Comparisons and Relationships with Other Composers, Artists, and Writers
Year: 2001-2002
Complete Citation:
Swanson, Alan. “An Old Song Resung: A. O. Vinje, Edvard Grieg and Charles Ives.” Ars Lyrica 12 (2001--2002): 71--90.
Notes:

Detailed discussion of Aasmund Olafsen Vinje's poem "Gamle Moder" and its translations into German (by Edmund Lobedanz) and English (by Frederick Corder and Ives). Compares versions used by Ives for The Old Mother/Dualte Mutter {C086} and Die alte Mutter/My Dear Old Mother {C121}. In-cludes analyses and reprints of the songs.

Source: Journal
IV. Individual Studies by Genre
E. Songs

Swartz, Anne

Year: 1987
Complete Citation:
Swartz, Anne. Review of Charles Ives: The Ideas behind the Music by Peter Burkholder. American Music 5, no. 2 (Summer 1987): 222--223.
Source: Journal

Swed, Mark

Year: 1992
Complete Citation:
Swed, Mark. “Henry Brant and His Space-Time Music.” The Wall Street Journal, 1992.
Source: Newspaper
VI. Topical Studies
E. Comparisons and Relationships with Other Composers, Artists, and Writers