by:
Block, Geoffrey

Publisher:
Greenwood Press
Published:September 27, 1988
ISBN:0313254044
Format:Hardcover
Pages:437

Description: Review
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

Product Description:
The musical and historical significance of one of America's most famous twentieth-century composers is represented in a substantively annotated, discerning and critical bibliography that includes a foreword by the noted Ives scholar, J. Peter Burkholder. The book begins with an explanation of the scope, organization, and rationale of the material presented and provides an overview and discussion of the current status of Ives scholarship. This is followed by a biographical sketch, a catalog of works and performances, and a complete discography of all recordings in print as of 1985. The bibliography consists of four major sections devoted to collections and catalogs, biographical and aesthetic articles, reviews and critical evaluations of Ives and his contemporaries; and a final section on Ives' work.