Happy new year to all of you and all of Charles Ives's fans

I have received the new Society Newsletter from James Sinclair With
several exciting information.
Patrick

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An Ives Newsletter ' 1 January 2009

Happy New Year!!

New: A Charles Ives Omnibus

Selected, compiled, and annotated by James Mack Burk. Monographs &
Bibliographies in American Music, no. 18 (Hillsdale, NY: Pendragon
Press, 2008).

In just over 1000 pages, this tome covers Ives bibliography (254 pp.)
and discography (200 pp.; both sections done by year of publication),
and Ives's compositions (in a putative chronological order; 352 pp.;
citing a number of important performances and their reviews), plus a
substantial section titled "Et Alia" that has 25 subsections covering
some unusual ground, including "Awards Named in Honor of Ives," "Films
with Ives's Music in the Soundtrack," "Ives Cited in Fiction," "Music
Dedicated to Ives," Ives in ballet, Ives in sculptures, etc.'a unique
collection of information. With so much information in chronological
order, it takes a substantial index to get to info on a particular
work or subject: 130 pp. of that seem to do it. (ISBN-13:
978-1-57647-119-7) [amazon.com has the book currently priced at $32]



Three Places at Presser

Orchestral Set No. 1: Three Places in New England has just been
published (456-40008 - $40.00) by Theodore Presser Co. in a new
engraving of the oft-performed and recorded full orchestra version
edited by James Sinclair. The new publication is of "Version 4",
Sinclair's fusion of Ives's 1929 musical text (done for Slonimsky's
small orchestra) and Ives's full orchestration of his original
version, ca. 1914-16. This is a performance version based on
Sinclair's critical edition of the 1929 state. Master engraver Thomas
Brodhead has produced the new score and created a remarkably clear and
helpful set of parts. A new set of engraved materials for the 1929
small orchestra version will be available shortly.



Ives Vocal Marathon

In four days of performances, four singers and one pianist (Neely
Bruce) will present the complete songs (185) and song fragments(!) of
Charles Ives. This multi-day event will take place at Wesleyan
University in Middletown, Connecticut during January 29 February 1,
2009. Included are a keynote address by Kyle Gann and panels with Ives
scholars. Who knows when such a live survey will happen again?! This
is an extraordinary event attracting scholars and Ives fan from across
America and Europe. Their website has all the specifics:

http://www.myspace.com/ivesvocalmarathon



Ives weekend in Miami Beach

Michael Tilson Thomas and the New World Symphony will present a
four-day Ives festival, February 19-22 (Thursday through Sunday) at
their Lincoln Theatre in Miami Beach. The festival will include
important visiting Ives scholars, conductors, and performers,
including pianist Jeremy Denk, conductor James Sinclair, biographer
Jan Swafford, and scholar J. Peter Burkholder. Featured works include
Orchestral Set No. 1: Three Places in New England, Holidays Symphony,
Piano Trio, "Concord" Sonata, and Henry Brant's orchestration of the
"Concord," A Concord Symphony. Visit
https://www.nws.edu/WebSales/ConcertEvents.aspx for information on the
individual evening concerts.



New CD releases

Songs. Susan Narucki, soprano, with Donald Berman, pianist

New World Records 80680-2

Complete Songs, Vols. 3, 4, 5, & 6

Yale University vocalists and accompanists

Naxos American Classics 8-559271, ...2, ...3, & ...4



Complete Psalms

South West German Radio Vokalensemble/Creed

Hänssler Classic HNS93 224



A list of American dissertations on Ives since 2001:

Ives's multiverse: The Concord Sonata as American cosmology by Bruhn,
Christopher Edwin, Ph.D., City University of New York, 2006, 267
pages; AAT 3231936

Symphony No. 2 by Charles Ives: An historic review and consideration
of performance practice

by Shulman, Ivan, M.Mus., California State University, Long Beach,
2008, 132 pages; AAT 1451527

Duality and process in "The greatest legend of American music:" A
comparative study of realizations and completions of Charles Ives's
Universe Symphony by Larry Austin, David Porter, and Johnny Reinhard
by Lyman, Zachary Taft, D.M.A., The University of Iowa, 2007, 427
pages; AAT 3265964

The influence of Charles Ives on the solo piano music of John Cage by
Rodriguez, Yolanda Maxine, M.M., California State University, Long
Beach, 2008, 53 pages; AAT 1455505

The children's hour: The thematic use of childhood in the songs of
Charles Ives by Childs, Andrew S., D.M.A., University of Washington,
2004, 180 pages; AAT 3131135

Ives as innovator? Considerations of sources, biography, and style for
his songs based on models by Misener, Katharine Lynn, M.A., University
of Ottawa (Canada), 2000, 102 pages; AAT MQ58484

Representations of gender and sexuality in the music and writings of
Charles Ives

by Fairfield, Patrick Kenneth, Ph.D., Brandeis University, 2000, 395
pages; AAT 9968010

A performance approach to Charles Ives' Fourth Violin Sonata by Wong,
Justin, M.M., California State University, Long Beach, 2007, 47 pages;
AAT 1451227

Toward a quarter-tone syntax: Analyses of selected works by Blackwood,
Haba, Ives, and Wyschnegradsky by Skinner, Myles Leigh, Ph.D., State
University of New York at Buffalo, 2007, 273 pages; AAT 3244260

"A school of new men": Composing an American identity in the early
twentieth century

by Kopp, Christina Lee, Ph.D., Boston University, 2006, 174 pages; AAT
3202560

Converging paths to the canon: Charles Ives, Gustav Mahler, and
American culture by Paul, David Christopher, Ph.D., University of
California, Berkeley, 2006, 400 pages; AAT 3254021

The essence of twentieth century American art songs by Lin, Yi-Cherng,
D.M.A., University of Maryland, College Park, 2006, 11 pages; AAT 3298330

The evolving perception of Charles Ives and his music by Liao,
Hsiang-Chi, D.M.A., West Virginia University, 2006, 137 pages; AAT 3225374

Time and compositional process in Charles Ives's "Holidays Symphony"
by Thurmaier, David Paul, Ph.D., Indiana University, 2006, 243 pages;
AAT 3220178

Transcribing Charles Ives Violin Sonatas Nos. 1 and 3 for clarinet by
Graham, Christopher Frederick, D.M.A., University of Miami, 2006, 82
pages; AAT 3215272

"Music close to the soil and deeply felt": The use of American hymn
tunes in Charles Ives's "Third Symphony" by Zobel, Mark Alan, Ph.D.,
University of Colorado at Boulder, 2005, 149 pages; AAT 3168309

Use of time and spatial form in String Quartet No. 2 by Charles Ives
by Berners, John Edgar, Ph.D., University of Michigan, 2005, 289
pages; AAT 3163752

Part One. The integrity of structure or the structure of integrity: An
analysis of Charles Ives' "Hallowe'en". Part Two. Concerto for Piano
and Chamber Ensemble by Schwartz, David Thomas, Ph.D., University of
California, Santa Barbara, 2004, 72 pages; AAT 3136908

Quotation, revolution, and American culture: The use of folk tunes and
the influence of Charles Ives in Frederic Rzewski's "North American
Ballads" for solo piano by Cornett-Murtada, Vanessa, D.M.A., The
University of North Carolina at Greensboro, 2004, 166 pages; AAT 3126774

Struggling to define a nation: American music in the twentieth century
by Garrett, Charles Hiroshi, Ph.D., University of California, Los
Angeles, 2004, 355 pages; AAT 3155018

Translating experience, transcending time: Temporal procedures and
their expressive meanings in the music of Charles Ives by McDonald,
Matthew James, Ph.D., Yale University, 2004, 267 pages; AAT 3125258

An improvisational reading of Charles Ives's "Concord Sonata" by
Walton, Scott L., D.M.A., University of California, San Diego, 2003,
28 pages; AAT 3112200

Charles Ives, Duke Ellington, Aaron Copland: A search for an American
identity in early twentieth century American music by Riley, Owen
Howard, M.A., California State University, Dominguez Hills, 2003, 78
pages; AAT 1415826

The Fourth Sonata for Violin and Piano, "Children's Day at the Camp
Meeting" by Charles Ives: Contextual, structural, and stylistic
considerations by Thompson, William Curt, D.M.A., Rice University,
2003, 110 pages; AAT 3090189

The violin and piano sonatas of Charles Ives: A methodical approach to
performance with motivic analysis by Theodore, Mary M., D.M.A.,
University of Washington, 2003, 120 pages; AAT 3091081

A biographical and theoretical analysis of the trumpet in selected
chamber works of Charles Ives: An aid to performance by Vastano,
Robert Guy, Jr., D.M.A., The University of Texas at Austin, 2002, 116
pages; AAT 3077402

The "Five Advertising Songs" and the "Gravestones at Hancock, N.H.": A
study of two song cycles composed by Nicolas Slonimsky by Settle,
David Alan, D.M.A., The University of Oklahoma, 2001, 92 pages; AAT
3029621

James Sinclair
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