Charles Ives - Compositions

Compositions

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 also been controversial speculations that Ives purposely misdated his own pieces earlier or later than actually written.

• Variations on America for organ (1892)
• The Circus Band (a march describing the Circus coming to town)
• Psalm settings (14, 42, 54, 67, 90, 135, 150) (1890s)
• String Quartet No. 1, From the Salvation Army (1897–1900)
• Symphony No. 1 in D minor (1898–1901)
• Symphony No. 2 (Ives gave dates of 1899-1902; analysis of handwriting and manuscript paper suggests 1907-1909)
• Symphony No. 3, The Camp Meeting (1908–10)
• Central Park in the Dark for chamber orchestra (1906, 1909)
• The Unanswered Question for chamber group (1906; rev. 1934)
• Piano Sonata No. 1 (1909–16)
• Piano Trio (c1909–10, rev. c1914–15)
• Violin Sonata No. 1 (1910–14; rev. ca. 1924)
• Violin Sonata No. 4, Children's Day at the Camp Meeting (1911–16)
• A Symphony: New England Holidays (1904–1913)
• "Robert Browning" Overture (1911–14)
• Symphony No. 4 (1912–18; rev. 1924–26)
• String Quartet No. 2 (1913–15)
• Pieces for chamber ensemble grouped as "Sets," some called Cartoons or Take-Offs or Songs Without Voices (1906–18); includes Calcium Light Night
• Three Places in New England (Orchestral Set No. 1) (1910–14; rev. 1929)
• Violin Sonata No. 2 (1914–17)
• Violin Sonata No. 3 (1914–17)
• Orchestral Set No. 2 (1915–19)
• Piano Sonata No. 2, Concord, Mass., 1840–60 (1916–19) (revised many times by Ives)
• Universe symphony (incomplete, 1915–28, worked on symphony until his death in 1954)
• 114 Songs (composed various years 1887–1921, published 1922.)
• Three Quarter Tone Piano Pieces (1923–24)
• Orchestral Set No. 3 (incomplete, 1919–26, notes added after 1934)