Cover
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Copyright
Contents
Preface
Chapter 1. The Story of the Concord Sonata, 1911–1947
Chapter 2. The Programmatic Argument and Henry Sturt
Chapter 3. The Human Faith Theme and the Whole-Tone Hypothesis
Chapter 4. “Emerson”: The Essay
Chapter 5. “Emerson”: The Music
Chapter 6. The “Emerson” Concerto and Its Offshoots
Chapter 7. Hawthorne and The Celestial Railroad
Chapter 8. “Hawthorne”
Chapter 9. “The Alcotts”
Chapter 10. “Thoreau”: The Essay
Chapter 11. “Thoreau”: The Music
Chapter 12. A Harmony of Imperfections: The Epilogue
Chapter 13. The First Piano Sonata
Chapter 14. Editions (1920 versus 1947) and Performance Questions
Appendix A. Correction of Misattributed Quotations in Essays before a Sonata
Appendix B. Variants in Available Recordings of the Concord Sonata
Appendix C. Must a Song Always Be a Song? Keynote Address to the 2009 Ives Vocal Marathon, Wesleyan
Notes
Bibliography
Index