Piano Sonata No.2 'Concord, Mass., 1840–60' (Ives, Charles)

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		Movements/Sections 4 Composition Year 1920 Genre Categories Sonatas; For piano; Scores featuring the piano; For 1 player

Sheet Music

• Piano Scores (5)

Piano Scores

 Complete Score
*#53902 - 7.25MB, 63 pp. -  9.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (4) - V/V/C - 8581x⇩

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Carolus (2010/1/22)

Editor:

First edition

Publisher Info.:

New York: Knickerbocker Press, n.d.(1921)

Copyright:

Public Domain [tag/del]

Misc. Notes:

Monochrome scan. Movement divider-pages omitted.

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 I. Emerson
*#34169 - 17.46MB, 24 pp. -  7.1/10 2 4 6 8 10 (7) - V/V/C - 1742x⇩

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Carolus (2009/7/5)

 II. Hawthorne
*#34170 - 23.29MB, 32 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/C - 875x⇩

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Carolus (2009/7/5)

 III. The Alcotts
IV. Thoreau
*#34171 - 16.37MB, 23 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/C - 3366x⇩

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Carolus (2009/7/5)

Editor:

First edition

Publisher Info.:

New York: Knickerbocker Press, n.d.(1921)

Copyright:

Public Domain [tag/del]

Misc. Notes:

Color scan.

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 Complete Score [TB]
*#03928 - 3.91MB, 67 pp. -  8.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (1) - V/43/25

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NachoBA (2007/2/19)

Editor:

Revised version

Publisher Info.:

New York: Knickerbocker Press, n.d.(1921)

Reprinted:

New York: Associated Music Publishers, ©1947 (with revisions)

Copyright:

Public Domain - Non-PD US, Non-PD EU [tag/del]

Misc. Notes:

See note by M.J.E. in "Discuss this piece" for more on the revisions.

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Free Recordings

• Jeremy Denk, piano

cc Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial No Derivatives 3.0, Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum

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General Information

Work Title	Piano Sonata No.2 'Concord, Mass., 1840–60'
Alternative Title

Composer	Ives, Charles
Movements/Sections	4
Year/Date of Composition	1920
First Publication	1921
Additional Copyright Info	Possibly public domain in EU and elsewhere. This item, public domain in its country of origin, is possibly likewise public domain in the EU due to the EU's implementation of Rule of the Shorter Term for non-EU works. This EU ruling might be superseded by bilateral treaties still in force between some EU countries and countries outside the EU (notably the USA). Please obey the copyright laws of your country. IMSLP does not assume any sort of legal responsibility or liability for the consequences of downloading files that are not in the public domain in your country. The 1947 edition is copyright in the USA until Jan. 1, 2043.
Piece Style	Early 20th century
Instrumentation	piano (with optional viola in the 1st movement and flute in 4th movement)

Misc. Comments

Although the Concord Sonata was first published by Ives himself in January 1921 (Knickerbocker Press), this is an exceedingly rare score. (One was being offered on Abebooks recently for over $1000 USD.) [Insertion by M.J.E.: See "Discuss this piece" for more on this.] The 1921 score is most likely public domain in the USA, though some legal experts consider it to be a form of "limited publication" - an arcane legal doctrine by which a work can be printed and distributed on a limited basis (to subscribers, for example) and remain unpublished in the legal sense of the term.