Essays Before a Sonata
Charles Ives
Read by Edmund Bloxam
Some philosophical studies in relation to the ideas of Emerson, Thoreau, Hawthorne. Although the sonata is not explicitly referenced in this text, the ideas of these philosophers were attempted to be integrated into Ives' famous 'Piano Sonata No. 2 Concord, Mass.' - Summary by Reader (3 hr 21 min)
Chapters
| Introductions | 18:01 | Read by Edmund Bloxam |
| Emerson 1 | 24:05 | Read by Edmund Bloxam |
| Emerson 2 | 23:43 | Read by Edmund Bloxam |
| Emerson 3 | 13:50 | Read by Edmund Bloxam |
| Hawthorne | 7:35 | Read by Edmund Bloxam |
| The Alcotts | 7:14 | Read by Edmund Bloxam |
| Thoreau | 35:04 | Read by Edmund Bloxam |
| Epilogues 1-3 | 16:15 | Read by Edmund Bloxam |
| Epilogues 4-5 | 39:24 | Read by Edmund Bloxam |
| Epilogues 6-9 | 15:53 | Read by Edmund Bloxam |