Charles Ives

Charles Edward Ives (October 20, 1874–May 19, 1954) was an American composer of classical music. He is widely regarded as one of the first American classical composers of international significance. Ives's music was largely ignored during his life, and many of his works went unperformed for many years. Over time, Ives would come to be regarded as one of the "American Originals", a composer working in a uniquely American style, with American folk tunes woven through his music, and a reaching sense of the possibilities in music.

List of selected works

Note: Because Ives often made several different versions of the same piece, and because his work was generally ignored during his lifetime, it is often difficult to put exact dates on his compositions. The dates given here are sometimes best guesses. There have even been indications that Ives purposefully misdated his own pieces earlier than actually written.

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• Variations on America for organ (1891)
• String Quartet No. 1, From the Salvation Army (1896)
• Symphony No. 1 in D minor (1896–98)
• Symphony No. 2 (1897–1901)
• Symphony No. 3, The Camp Meeting (1901–04)
• Central Park in the Dark for chamber orchestra (1898–1907)
• The Unanswered Question for chamber group (1908)
• Violin Sonata No. 1 (1903–08)
• Piano Sonata No. 1 (1902–09)
• Violin Sonata No. 2 (1902–10)
• Robert Browning Overture (1911)
• A Symphony: New England Holidays (1904–13)
• String Quartet No. 2 (1907–13)
• Piano Trio (c1909–10, rev. c1914–15)
• Three Places in New England (Orchestral Set No. 1) (1903–21)
• Violin Sonata No. 3 (1914)
• Piano Sonata No. 2, Concord, Mass., 1840–60 (1909–15) (revised many times by Ives)
• Orchestral Set No. 2 (1912–15)
• Violin Sonata No. 4, Children's Day at the Camp Meeting (1912–15)
• Symphony No. 4 (1910–16)
• Universe symphony (uncompleted, 1911–16, worked on symphony until his death in 1954)
• 114 Songs (composed various years 1887–1921, published 1922.)
• Three Quarter Tone Piano Pieces (1923–24)
• Old Home Days (for wind band/ensemble, arranged by Johnathon Elkus)