Charles Ives Other Chamber Works Notes

Ives' other chamber compositions include:

"Decoration Day for Violin and Piano" (1912, arranged c. 1919)
"From the Steeples and the Mountains" (1901) [for trumpet, trombone, and four sets of bells]
"The Gong on the Hook and Ladder / Fireman's Parade on Main Street" (c. 1912) [for string quartet or quintet and piano]
"Hallowe'en" (1907 or 1911) [for string quartet and piano]
"In Re Con Moto et al" (1913) [for string quartet, piano, and drum]
Largo for Violin, Clarinet and Piano (1901, arranged 1934?)
"Largo Risoluto I" (c. 1906?) [for string quartet and piano]
"Largo Risoluto II" (c. 1906?) [for string quartet and piano]
"An Old Song Deranged" (c. 1902, arranged 1919?) [for clarinet or English horn (or low voice), harp or guitar, violin, viola and two cellos]
Scherzo: "All the Way Around and Back" (c. 1906?) [for clarinet or flugelhorn, bugle, bells, two pianos, and violin]
Scherzo: "Over the Pavements" (c. 1910, revised 1926-27) [for piccolo, clarinet, baritone sax, trumpet, three (!) trombones, cymbal, bass drum, and piano]
A Set of Three Short Pieces (assembled c. 1935?), consisting of:
- i. Largo Cantabile: Hymn (1904) [for string quartet and double bass]
- ii. Scherzo: "Holding Your Own!" (c. 1903) [for string quartet]
- iii. Adagio Cantabile: "The Innate" (circa 1908-09) [for string quartet and piano]

Ives also arranged many of these works as orchestral pieces.