Foreword by J. Peter Burkholder Biography Works and Performances Discography Bibliography: Collections, Catalogues, Bibliographies, and Discographies; Biographical and Aesthetic Articles, General Stylistic Studies, Reviews, and Critical Evaluations; Ives and his Contemporaries; Works Appendixes: Compositions; Premieres, Publications, and Recordings; Ives's Writings; Books, and Essays; Dissertations, Theses, and Senior Essays; Documentary Broadcasts, Films, and Videocassettes
GEOFFREY BLOCK is an Associate Professor of Music History at the University of Puget Sound.
?Block has provided a great service to Ives scholars and to general
readers interested in learning about the various activities of this
remarkable American composer. Block has given annotations to nearly
1,000 articles, reviews, and books about Ives as composer,
philosopher, businessman, and author. Additionally, in six
appendixes, Block gives the reader (1) an alphabetical list of
compositions; (2) premieres, publications, and recordings from 1887
to 1954; (3) Ives's writings; (4) books and collections of essays
on Ives; (5) dissertations, theses, and senior essays on Ives; (6)
documentary broadcasts, films, and videocassettes on Ives. A short
biography and a fine foreword by J. Peter Burkholder add to the
significant value of this book. Recommended for all
libraries.?-Choice
?Geoffrey Block has enthusiastically put together a book of more
than four hundred pages, Charles Ives: A Bio-Bibliography. . . . .
. The work has no fewer than 1,169 generously annotated entries
plus six appendices and two indexes. (That's enthusiasm!) Block is
a bibliographical bear and includes citations not only of the most
obscure items but of some not yet even in print, His book . . . is
an invaluable guide to the literature on Ives.?-I.S.A.M.
Newsletter
"Geoffrey Block has enthusiastically put together a book of more
than four hundred pages, Charles Ives: A Bio-Bibliography. . . . .
. The work has no fewer than 1,169 generously annotated entries
plus six appendices and two indexes. (That's enthusiasm!) Block is
a bibliographical bear and includes citations not only of the most
obscure items but of some not yet even in print, His book . . . is
an invaluable guide to the literature on Ives."-I.S.A.M.
Newsletter
"Block has provided a great service to Ives scholars and to general
readers interested in learning about the various activities of this
remarkable American composer. Block has given annotations to nearly
1,000 articles, reviews, and books about Ives as composer,
philosopher, businessman, and author. Additionally, in six
appendixes, Block gives the reader (1) an alphabetical list of
compositions; (2) premieres, publications, and recordings from 1887
to 1954; (3) Ives's writings; (4) books and collections of essays
on Ives; (5) dissertations, theses, and senior essays on Ives; (6)
documentary broadcasts, films, and videocassettes on Ives. A short
biography and a fine foreword by J. Peter Burkholder add to the
significant value of this book. Recommended for all
libraries."-Choice
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