The piece was first titled A Contemplation of Nothing Serious or Central Park in the Dark in ‘The Good Old Summer Time’ (in comparison to A Contemplation of a Serious Matter or The Unanswered Perennial Question). Ives wrote detailed notes concerning the purpose and context of Central Park in the Dark: This piece was composed in 1906.
| Date of composition | 1906 (revised circa 1936) |
| Premiered | 1946, May 11th in New York, NY, United States |
| Instruments | Chamber orchestra |
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