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The Alcotts AMP  5½ min.
2(pic)-2(E hn)-2(b cl)-2-cbn; 4-3-3-1; timp, perc, hp; str
Arranged by John Boyd for orchestra from third movement of Sonata No. 2 for Piano: Concord, Mass. (sc and pts for sale)

Christmas Music 8 min.
i. Adeste Fideles  MER
ii. December  PEER
iii. A Christmas Carol MER
2-2-2-2; 2-3-3-1; pf, hp, mar; str (opt unis cho)
(Note: Complete work is available from Merion Music, Inc. by special arrangement.)
Arranged by Lou Harrison from original versions for organ, for chorus and chamber ensemble, and for voice and piano (sc and pts for rent)

Concord Symphony AMP  47 min.
i. Emerson
ii. Hawthorne
iii. The Alcotts
iv. Thoreau
3(2pic)-3(E hn)-3(b cl)-3(cbn); 4-3-3-1; timp, 2 perc, pf(cel), hp; str
Arranged by Henry Brant for orchestra from Sonata No. 2 for Piano: Concord, Mass. (sc and pts for rent)

Decoration Day PEER  9 min.        
Second Movement (Spring) of "A Symphony: New England Holidays"
2-2-E hn-2-2; 4-2-3-1; timp, perc (sn dr, b dr, cym), glock/cel, low bells/ch; str (opt pic, E cl, tpt 3)
Ives Society critical edition by James B. Sinclair (sc for sale, pts for rent)

Emerson Overture (Concerto) for Piano and Orchestra AMP 22 min.        
pic-2-0-2-2-cbn; 2-2-3-1; bells/cel, solo pf; str [12/12/8/8/6]
Realization by David Porter (sc and pts for rent)

Four Ragtime Dances (see Ragtime Dances, Four)

The Fourth of July AMP  6 min.         
Third Movement (Summer) of "A Symphony: New England Holidays"
pic-2-2-2-2-cbn; 4-3-cnt-3-1; timp, perc (sn dr, b dr, cym), xyl, bells (high, middle, low),
pf; str (opt 2-3 fifes, pic 2, cl 3)
Ives Society critical edition by Wayne D. Shirley (sc for sale, pts for rent)

Fugue from Symphony No. 4 AMP  7½ min.         
fl, cl; hn/tbn; timp, org; str (opt hn 2)
(sc and pts for sale)
(The entire symphony also available; sc for sale, pts for rent)

The General Slocum AMP  3 min.        
Realized by Gunther Schuller (sc and pts for rent): pic-3-3-Ehn-3-bar sax-4; 4-4(cnt)-3-1; timp, perc (sn dr, b dr, cym, ratchet, whip), large bells,
pf; str (opt. hp)
Realized by David Porter (sc and pts for rent): pic-2-2-2-2; 4-4-3-1; 9 timp,
perc (sn dr, b dr, cym), low bell; str

Holidays Symphony (see A Symphony: New England Holidays)

Orchestral Set No. 1: Three Places in New England  MRC 19 min.
i. The "St. Gaudens" in Boston Common (Col. Shaw and his Colored Regiment)      
ii. Putnam's Camp, Redding, Connecticut      
iii. The Housatonic at Stockbridge      
Version 1: 3(pic)-2(E hn)-2-2-cbn; 4-2-3-1; timp, perc (sn dr, b dr, cym, gong); str (with mvt. 2 reconstructed by James B. Sinclair; (sc and pts for rent)
Versions 2 and 3, see Chamber Orchestra
Version 4: 3(pic)-2(E hn)-2-2-cbn; 4-2-3-1; timp, perc (sn dr, b dr, cym,  gong), hp, pf(cel), org pedal; str (opt hp 2)
Ives Society critical edition by  James B. Sinclair (= Version 3 with original full orchestration restored)  (sc for sale, pts for rent)

Orchestral Set No. 2 PEER  19 min.
i. An Elegy to Our Forefathers        
ii. The Rockstrewn Hills Join in the People's Outdoor Meeting        
iii. From Hanover Square North, at the End of a Tragic Day, 
the Voice ofthe People Again Arose      
2(pic)-0-3-2; 2-4-3-1; timp, perc (sn dr, b dr, cym, gongs, tr), ch, cel/bells, hp, org, zither, acdn, 2 pf; str (opt hn3, tpt 5, tbn 4, theremin, unison chorus)
Ives Society critical edition by James B. Sinclair (sc for sale, pts for rent)

Orchestral Set No. 3 AAAL  5 min.
i. ---       
ii. An Afternoon or During Camp Meetin' Week- One Secular Afternoon (In Bethel) [inc.]     
iii. --- [inc.]   
David Porter realization of mvt. 1, the only completed mvt: 2-0-2-0; 0-1/hn-1-0; perc (sn dr, b dr, gong), timp/Indian dr, glock, ch, cel, hp, pf; str (org or a 2nd pf may substitute for ww) (sc and parts available by special arrangement)

Postlude in F  AMP  5 min.       
2-2-2-2; 4-2-3-1; timp, perc (b dr, cym); str
Ives Society critical edition by Kenneth Singleton (sc and pts for sale)

Four Ragtime Dances PEER  11 min.
i.  No. 1        
ii.  No. 2       
iii. No. 3       
iv. No. 4       
1(pic)-1-1-sax(al, bar)-1; 1-1-1-1; perc (sn dr, b dr, cym), ch, pf; str
Ives Society critical edition by James B. Sinclair (sc for sale, pts for rent)

Robert Browning Overture   PEER  22 min.         
pic-2-2-E hn-2-3(cbn); 4-3-4-1; timp,
perc (sn dr, b dr, Indian dr, cym), bells; str (opt pic 2, tuba 2, org pedal)
(sc for sale, pts for rent; Ives Society critical edition by Jonathan Elkus in prep)

Set of Four Ragtime Dances (see Ragtime Dances, Four)

Symphony No. 1 PEER  37 min.
i. Allegro                        
Rej. ii. Largo                 
ii. Adagio molto             
iii. Scherzo: Vivace       
iv. Allegro molto            
2-2-E hn-2-2; 4-2-3-1; timp; str (opt fl 3, cbn)
Ives Society critical edition by James B. Sinclair (sc in prep for sale; sc and pts, edited for performance, for rent)

Symphony No. 2 PEER  37 min.
i. Andante moderato           
ii. Allegro                            
iii. Adagio cantabile           
iv. Lento (maestoso)         
v. Allegro molto vivace      
pic-2-2-2-2-cbn; 4-2-3-1; timp, perc (sn dr, b dr); str (opt tr)
(sc for sale, pts for rent; Ives Society critical edition by Jonathan Elkus in prep)

Symphony No. 3: The Camp Meeting  AMP  23 min.
i. Old Folks Gatherin'        
ii. Children's Day            
iii. Communion               
Rej. iv. -- [inc.]
1-1-1-1; 2-0-1-0; str (opt church bells, timp)
Ives Society critical edition by Kenneth Singleton (sc for sale, pts for rent)

Symphony No. 4 AMP  33 min.
i. Prelude           
ii. Allegretto       
iii. Fugue            
iv. Largo            
pic-2-2-3-2; 4-6(cnt)-4-1; timp, perc (sn dr, b dr, side dr, tom-tom, tr, cym,
2 gongs), bells, cel, hp, pf, ¼-tone pf/4 hd, org; str (opt SATB cho, opt fl3,
sax [t/bar], cnt 2, theremin) (sc for sale, pts for rent; Ives Society critical edition in prep)
(Fugue also available separately for sale)

A Symphony: New England Holidays  40 min.
pic-2-2-E hn-2-2-cbn; 4-4(cnt)-3-1; timp, perc (sn dr, b dr, cym), xyl, glock, bells, ch, cel, pf, Jew's hp/2 cl; str (opt. SSATTBB chorus, fl 3(pic 2), cl 3(Eb cl), bn 3, hn 5; off-stage ensemble: chn, 4 hn, tbn)
See separate entries for each movement:
i. Washington's Birthday (see Chamber Orchestra)
ii. Decoration Day
iii. The Fourth of July
iv. Thanksgiving and Forefathers' Day

Thanksgiving and Forefathers' Day  PEER  15 min.       
Fourth Movement (Autumn) of "A Symphony: New England Holidays"
pic-2-2-2-2-cbn; 4-3-3-1; timp, bells (high, middle, low), church bells, cel, pf; str;
off-stage ens: cbn, 4 hn, tbn [cued on-stage] (opt SSATTB cho, fl 3, cl 3, bn 3, hn 5, tpt 4)
Ives Society critical edition by Jonathan Elkus (sc for sale, pts for rent)

Three Places in New England (see Orchestral Set No. 1)

Universe Symphony PEER
i. Prelude No. 1
ii. Prelude No. 2 [inc.]
iii. Prelude No. 3 [lost]
iv. Section A
v. Section B [inc.]
vi. Section C [inc.] / Coda
(for each version below, sc and pts for rent):

David Porter/Ives Society edn of only the mvts completed by Ives
(Prelude 1, Sec. A + Coda of C): 10(picc)-4-2-2-cbn;4-4-5-2; timp, perc
[20-21 players], bells, cel; str (opt. pf);"Earth" group: vns, vc, db;
"Heavens" group: vns, 3 fl, cl 62 min.

Larry Austin realization: 36½ min.       
2 pic-2-alt fl-2-E hn-3-b cl-2-cbn; 4-4-4-1; 22 perc,  2 pf, cel, hp; str (opt.org)Johnny Reinhard realization: 63 min.       
9-2-3(b cl)-5(2 cbn); 4-5-4-2; 12 perc, pf/cel, org, overtone machine; str

Variations on "America"  MER  7 min.       
3(2 pic)-2-2-2; 4-3-3-3-1; timp, perc (sn dr, b dr, cym, sus cym, tr, cast, tamb),
bells, xyl; str
Arranged by William Schuman for orchestra from Ives's original for organ (sc and pts for rent)
(Schuman version also transcribed by William Rhoads for symphonic band)

Washington's Birthday (see Chamber Orchestra)

Yale-Princeton Football Game AMP  2 min.
Realized by James B. Sinclair (sc and pts for rent):       
2(pic)-2-2-2-cbn; 4-3-3-1; timp, perc (sn dr, b dr, cym); str
Realized by Gunther Schuller (sc and pts for rent, 3 min.):         
pic-3(pic)-4(E hn)-3-bar sax-4; 4-4-3-1; timp, perc (sn dr, b dr, cym),
glock, pf; str