CHARLES IVES
Symphony No. 3
"Tlie Camp Meeting"
(1901—1912)
First performed: New York, May 5, 1947, by the New York Little Symphony Lou Harrison, cond.
Awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1947
ASSOCIATED MUSIC PUBLISHERS, INC.
New York
NOTE
This score, which supersedes the one published in 1947 by Arrow Music Press, has been newly checked against manuscript sources, etc. In this task, Henry Cowell has given invaluable assistance, which is hereby gratefully acknowledged.
The most problematic aspect of any claim of authenticity concerns the strings. The sources are often vague and contradictory, and Ives himself is known to have wanted it this way. As a result, a great many ambiguities must of necessity remain unresolved.
The present score contains all the "div." markings which appear in the final manuscript score. It also contains (in parentheses) the additional divisi markings found in the Arrow score. Bracketed divisi markings, as well as a few other indications, are editorial additions.
No "unis." or "non diV." indications appear in either the manuscript or the Arrow score. Performers will have to decide from case to case how to play unmarked double-stops, etc., depending in many cases on the number of strings available.
The frequent double-slurring in the strings has been retained the way it appears in the final manuscript score. Ives is known to have wanted the effect of non-uniform bowing in many instances. However, practically all slurring, throughout the manuscript, is inconsistent, incomplete, and ambiguous. Moreover, even when it is fairly clear it does not always match the slurring in the Arrow score. The slurring in the present score is an attempt toward a compromise solution, based mostly on the Arrow score, with occasional restorations of the manuscript slurring where it seemed more appropriate.
Self-evident dynamics have been added throughout this score [all instruments) without having been identified as editorial additions. Others appear in square brackets. The abbreviation "sub." at sudden dynamic changes has also been added here and there.
	INSTRUMENTATION	
	Flute	2 Horns in F
	Oboe	Trombone
	Clarinet in B[?	Bells (ad lib.)
	Bassoon	Strings
Orchestra material available on rental from the Publisher Duration: about 17 minutes
Flute
Oboe
Clarinet in Bjp
Bassoon
Horns
Trombone
Violins
Andante maestoso
SYMPHONY NO. 3
"The Camp Meeting" 1. Old Folks Gatherin
Charles Ives
(JJ (1874-1954)
*ln general, the slurs indicate phrasing rather than bowing
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*The bells appear in the manuscript only as a faint outline. Unlike in the Arrow score, no rhythms are given, nor are there the definite triads. The present score follows the Arrow version.
[Ives was very unsure obout the bells. I do not think he really wanted the sound of orchestra bells. He wanted a distant church bell. One might record church bells and have them sound where written, near the end, from off-stage, perhaps not even in any particular rhythm or pitch, just a few real church-bell tones coming in and out ad lib.—Henry Cowell]
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