Publications

The following tables include the (1) Chamber, (2) Keyboard, (3) Orchestral, (4) Vocal, (5) Vocal-Chamber and (6) Vocal-Orchestral editions currently available or soon to be available via Women’s Philharmonic Advocacy Publications.

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Our Director of Music Publications and Editor-in-Chief of the Amy Beach Project, Chris A. Trotman, is responsible for the editing, in some cases transcribing and/or orchestrating, and engraving of all the following editions unless otherwise noted.  The revised editions were carefully edited using manuscript sources and are complete with editorial documents, such as a preface, editorial policy, list of sources and critical report.  Furthermore, the Amy Beach Project is in cooperation with Amy Beach’s estate executor, The MacDowell Colony.

For more information about acquiring perusal scores, renting and purchasing these editions, please contact us using our contact form.

Chamber Publications

Opus/Nos.VolumeTitleDetailsInstrumentation
15/3 & 90/1XIITwo Pieces for Violoncello and Piano (or Organ) - Dreaming & Pastoralenewly revised editions of piano/organ score and partDreaming - vc and pno
Pastorale - vc and org/pno (written on 2 staves with indications for Ch, Sw and Ped / indications for Sostenuto Ped and when to replay bass octave notes for pno)
22VBal Masqué for String Quartettranscription of solo piano work for string quartet string quartet (2 vln, vla and vc) - score also available
23VIIRomance for String Quartettranscription of solo violin and piano work for string quartet (vln I solo)string quartet (2 vln, vla and vc) - score also available
55VIII-aInvocation for Violin, Violoncello and Pianonewly revised edition of piano score and partsvln, vc and pno
55VIII-bInvocation for Violin, Violoncello and Organnewly revised edition of organ score and partsvln, vc and org (written on 2 staves with indications for Gt, Ch, Sw and Ped)
90/1 & 2XITwo Pieces for Flute, Violoncello and Piano - Pastorale & Caprice, "Water-Sprites"newly revised editions of piano score and partsfl, vc and pno
92/1 & 2XVIA Hermit Thrush at Eve and Morn for Flute and PianoComing soon! - transcription of solo piano works for flute and pianofl and pno

Keyboard Publications

Opus/Nos.VolumeTitleDetailsInstr.
—XVIIIJuvenile Piano WorksComing soon! - newly revised edition of the following juvenile piano works: Air & Variations (1877), Mamma's Waltz (1877), Menuetto (1877), Moderato (c. 1877-78; small portion of one measure missing and completed by Chris A. Trotman), Romanza (1877) & Petite valse (1878)pno
43/4, 76/2 &
90/2		XVIILate Piano WorksComing soon! - newly revised edition of the following unpublished late piano works: Far Awa', Op. 43, no. 4 (1936), The Lotos Isles, Op. 76, no. 2 (c.1930), The Water-Sprites, Op. 90, no. 2 (c.1921) & A September Forest (1930)pno
43/4 & 91XIXTwo Pieces for Organ: Far Awa' & Prelude on an Old Folk TuneComing soon! - newly revised edition of the following two organ works: the unpublished arrangement for organ made by Beach in 1936 of her song "Far Awa'" and the out of print organ work entitled "Prelude on an Old Folk Tune" (a revised work by Beach based on her Op. 91 solo piano work "The Fair Hills of Eiré, O!")org

Orchestral Publications

OpusVolumeTitleDetailsInstrumentation
22IVBal Masqué for Orchestranewly revised edition of orchestral score and parts (in modern transpositions) of Amy Beach's own orchestration of her solo piano workpicc, 2 fl (fl. II/picc), 2 ob, 2 cl (A), 2 bsn, 4 hn, 2 tpt (Bb), glockenspiel, timpani, triangle (requires 3 percussion players, one for each part), harp and strings
22IIBal Masqué for Chamber Orchestraorchestration of solo piano work for chamber orchestra2 fl, 2 ob, 2 cl (Bb), 2 bsn, 2 hn, triangle, timpani and strings
22VIBal Masqué for String Orchestraorchestration of solo piano work for string orchestrastrings (vln I, vln II, vla, vc and cb)
23IIIRomance for Violin, Harp and Stringsorchestration of solo violin and piano worksolo vln, harp and strings
32ISymphony in E minor, “Gaelic”newly revised edition of orchestral score and parts (in modern transpositions). To view samples of the score and 1st violin part, please click here.picc, 2 fl, 2 ob, cor anglais, 2 cl (A and Bb needed), bass cl (Bb), 2 bsn, 4 hn, 2 tpt (Bb & C included), 2 tbn, bass tbn, tba, triangle, timpani and strings
32I-aSymphony in E minor, "Gaelic" - II. Alla Siciliananewly revised edition of orchestral score and parts (in modern transpositions) of second movement.picc, 2 fl, 2 ob, cor anglais, 2 cl (Bb), 2 bsn, 4 hn, triangle, timpani and strings

Vocal Publications

OpusVolumeTitleDetailsInstrumentation
—XSong Album - "If Women Will Not Be Inclined" and "Sympathy"newly revised editions of vocal/piano score (more songs to come!)voice (treble clef) and pno

Vocal-Chamber Publications

OpusVolumeTitleDetailsInstrumentation
5XIVGrand Mass in E-flat - Kyrie for Choir & String Quartetoriginal vocal parts with transcription of orchestral accompaniment for string quartetSATB and string quartet (2 vln, vla and vc) - score also available

Vocal-Orchestral Publications

OpusVolumeTitleDetailsInstrumentation
5XVGrand Mass in E-flatComing soon! - newly revised edition of vocal/orchestral score and parts by Dr. Paula Ring Zerkle of Moravian Collegesop solo, alt solo, ten solo, bass solo, SATB chorus, 2 fl, 2 ob (2nd also E. hn), 2 cl, 2 bsn, 4 hn, 3 trpt, 3 tbn, timpani, org, hp and strings
18XIIIMaria Stuart - Scena and Aria: Eilende Wolken, Segler der Lüfte (Wand'ring Clouds, sail through the air) (Friedrich Schiller)newly revised edition of orchestral score and parts2 fl, 2 ob, 2 cl (A), 2 bsn, 4 hn, 2 tpt (F - modern transpositions in C & Bb), 2 tbn, b. tbn, timpani, alt solo and strings
30IXThe Rose of Avontown: Ballad for Female Voices and Orchestra (Caroline Mischka)newly revised edition of orchestral score and parts2 fl, 1 ob, 2 cl (Bb), 2 bsn, 2 hn, timpani, sop solo, sop I, sop II, alt I, alt II and strings