Ives's second piano sonata, Concord, Mass., 1845, stands among the masterpieces of American music.The Essays Before a Sonata was conceived by Ives as a preface of sorts to the composition. Ives's musings also explore the nature of music, discuss the source of a composer's impulses and inspiration, and offer some biting comments on celebrated masters. The writings in this collectionâ€”now featuring a comprehensive index-allow readers entry into the brilliant mind that produced some of America's most innovative musical works.

Essays Before a Sonata, The Majority, and Other Writings

Arts & Photography

Charles Ives

Music

W.W. Norton & Co., Inc.

Debussy, Claude Et Al., Three Classics In The Aesthetic Of Music

Three Classics in the Aesthetic of Music

Claude, Debussy

FERRUCCIO BUSONI

Dover Pubns

A source book incorporating all the most important unpublished writings of America’s great composer. Here are most of the previously unpublished writings of Charles E. Ives: a primary source book on this unique American composer. These "Memos," as Ives called them, were on separate leaves and dealt with his music, composition, criticism, autobiography, biography, and many other topics. During his lifetime Ives rearranged them, lent them out, mislaid and tucked them away in books so that, in the late 1940s, only about three-fifths of them were available to his biographer. After his death in 1954, Ives's papers were gradually put in order, and in time most of the remaining leaves came to light. These two “batches” are here dovetailed into a three-part form by John Kirkpatrick, who has devotedly arranged, edited, and annotated them. Part One, “Pretext,” sets forth Ives's aims, his views on music, critics and criticism. In part Two, "Scrapbook," Ives discusses his music. Part Three, "Memories," is devoted to biographical and autobiographical remembrances.

Charles E. Ives Memos

Biographies & Memoirs

Calder and Boyars, LTD.

Excerpt from The Isles of Summer, or Nassau and the Bahamas He seems to himself not so much an actor as a spectator having little inter est in the result. The freedom of his will has in this matter, to a large de gree, been dominated and controlled by circumstances. The movements of the pen which recorded his thoughts seem like yesterday's heartbeats - they left so little impression upon mind and memory. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

The Isles of Summer, or Nassau and the Bahamas (Classic Reprint)

History

Americas

Forgotten Books

Ives: Variations on "America"

Carl Fischer Music

Ives wrote this piece as a teenager for solo organ, and it was published in 1949 as a result of support from E. Power Biggs, a prominent concert organist and recording artist. While orchestrations of this piece are standard for concert band and orchestra, it has also been published in many successful arrangements for instruments such as flute, trumpet, and solo piano.

Variations On ""America"" for Organ and Adeste Fidelis in an Organ Prelude

Theodore Presser Co.

An invaluable new monument of organ literature, The Complete Organ Music of Charles Ives is crowned by two critical editions of the celebrated variations on ""America,"" shedding light on both the familiar 1949 edition and the original draft from 1892. Over a dozen more unfamiliar works are presented, along with historical and critical notes.

Complete Organ Music

Theodore Presser

By Charles Ives, edited by John Kirkpatrick and Gregg Smith Full piano/organ accompaniment with bells. Includes numerous descriptive notes to singers. 1970 publication.

Psalm 90 for Mixed Chorus (SATB), Organ and Bells

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