Item Detail
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Block, Geoffrey Holden
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Charles Ives : a bio-bibliography
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Book
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Bio-bibilographies in music ; no. 14
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New York, N.Y.
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1988
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Greenwood Press
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xviii, 422 p. : port. ; 25 cm.
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English
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0313254044; 9780313254048
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Ives, Charles, 1874-1954--Bibliography.
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Compositions; Composers; Nineteenth Century; Twentieth Century; Charles Ives; United States
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ML 134 .I9 B6 1988
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Block, Geoffrey. Charles Ives, A Bio-Bibliography. Bio-Bibliographies in Music, No. 14. New York; London; Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1988.
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A one-stop resource for Ives research. Includes biography, discography, bibliography, and a list of works.
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Works list includes all 285 of Ives' compositions, with their premieres and selected performances. Discography includes only those recordings current and available at time of publication (1988). Bibliography (817 annotated entries) is not comprehensive, but includes all available books, and dissertations on Ives. Excludes many foreign-language articles and general Ives appreciation articles. Includes most articles, reviews, and studies published 1974-1987.
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Book is organized into four main sections: 1-Biography: a brief review of principal known facts. 2-Works and Performances: Works are classified by genre (Orchestral and Band, Chamber Music, Keyboard, Choral and Partsongs, and Songs), and are further distinguished within each genre by type. Each entry includes title, date of composition, instrumentation, publisher, duration, derivations, premiere, selected performances, and references to reviews and commentary in the bibliography. 3-Discography: Organized by genre; includes references to commentaries in the bibliography. 4-Bibliography: Sources are classified by topic, then arranged chronologically by year, and then arranged alphabetically by author. Each citation includes full bibliographic information and annotation explaining use and coverage of the source. All entries in sections 2-4 are given reference numbers. Appendices: Alphabetical List of Compositions; Premieres, Publications, and Recordings (1887-1954); Ives's Writings; Books and Collections of Essays on Ives; Dissertations, Theses and Senior Essays; Documentary Broadcasts, Films, and Videocassettes on Ives. Includes Author Index and General Index.
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A wide variety of sources in one compilation. Tends to include sources deemed historically important by compiler.
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Winters, Thomas D. Notes: Quarterly Journal of the Music Library Association 49 (September 1995): 112.http://www.jstor.org/stable/897225
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BYU Mus Ref
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151