Chamber Works

List of Special Collections/Publishers (works list table below)

A-R Editions – 1600 Aspen Commons #100, Middleton, WI 53562

Hildegard – Hildegard Publishing Company, P. O. Box 18860, Mount Airy, PA 19119

IMSLP – International Music Score Library Project/Petrucci Library (Free Public Domain sheet music)

LC Schmidt – Library of Congress Music Division, Arthur P. Schmidt Company Archives – Music Manuscripts – Finding Aid PDF

Masters – Ludwig Masters Publications, 6403 West Rogers Circle, Boca Raton, Florida 33487

Peters – C. F. Peters Corporation, 7030 80th St. Glendale, NY 11385

Prairie Dawg Press – 514 N. Juliette Ave., Manhattan, KS 66502

UNH Beach – University of New Hampshire Library, Amy Cheney Beach (Mrs. H.H.A. Beach) Papers

UNH Block – University of New Hampshire Library, Adrienne Fried Block Papers

UMKC – Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Department of Special Collections of the University of Missouri-Kansas City, Amy Cheney Beach Collection


TitleOpusScoringDateOriginal Publication and Other InformationWhere to acquire or purchase
Dreaming15/3Violoncello and piano1936Arrangement of solo piano work (Four Sketches, Op. 15, no. 3) for violoncello and piano.Hildegard; UNH Beach – Box 5, folder 2 (MS); UNH Block – Box 2, folder 6
Romance23Violin and piano1893A. P. Schmidt, 1893IMSLP (score/part & MS); Masters; Hildegard; LC Schmidt – Box 27 (MS); UNH Beach – Box 6, folder 53; UNH Block – Box 2, folder 13
Trois morceaux caractéristiques: I. Barcarolle28/1Violin and piano1937Discovered in 1993; edited/arranged by Teresa L. Guptil & Hector Valdivia.Hildegard; UNH Beach – Box 5, folder 1, no. 18 (MS)
Violin Sonata34Violin and piano1896A. P. Schmidt, 1899. Transcribed for flute and piano, viola and piano & violoncello and piano.IMSLP (score & part); Masters; Hildegard; Peters (vla & pno); LC Schmidt – Box 28 (MS); UNH Block – Box 3, folder 11 (vla & pno)
Three Compositions40/1-3Violin and piano1898A. P. Schmidt, 1898. Arranged for violoncello and piano, 1903. Movements: La captive, Berceuse and Mazurka.IMSLP (score & part); Masters; Hildegard (vln & pno); Hildegard (vc & pno); LC Schmidt – Boxes 25 & 26 (MSS); UNH Block Box 4, folder 3
Invocation55Violin, piano/organ and violoncello obligato1904A. P. Schmidt, 1904Masters; Hildegard; LC Schmidt – Box 26 (MS); UNH Beach – Box 7, folder 46; UNH Block – Box 5, folder 3
Piano Quintet67String quartet and piano1907A. P. Schmidt, 1907IMSLP (score/parts & MS); Masters; Hildegard; UMKC – Box 2, folder 13 (MS)
Theme and Variations80Flute and string quartet1916A. P. Schmidt, 1920. Edition by J. Graziano, American Chamber Music, Three Centuries of American Music, viii, 1991.IMSLP (incomplete score & parts); Masters; Hildegard; UNH Beach – Box 5, folder 29; UNH Block – Box 6, folders 16 & 17
String Quartet89String quartet1929Edition by A. F. Block, Music of the United States of America, iii, 1994 (Madison, WI). Edition contains MS facsimile.A-R Editions; UNH Beach – Box 5, folders 32 & 33 (MS); UNH Block – Box 7, folders 3 & 4 and Box 19, folder 3
Caprice, The Water Sprites90?Flute, violoncello and piano1921The Water Sprites was arranged for solo piano.Published as “Two Pieces for Flute, Cello and Piano” by Prairie Dawg Press; UMKC – Box 1, folder 8 (MS); UNH Beach – Box 5, folder 35; UNH Block – Box 7, folder 5
Pastorale90Flute, violoncello and piano1921Arranged for violoncello and organ & violoncello and piano.Published as “Two Pieces for Flute, Cello and Piano” by Prairie Dawg Press; Hildegard (vc & pno); UMKC – Box 2, folder 11 (MS); UNH Beach – Box 5, folder 34 (MS - vc & pno); UNH Block – Box 7, folder 5
Prelude-Violin, violoncello and piano1931Unpublished fragmentUNH Beach – Box 6, folder 15 (MS)
Suite for Two Pianos Founded upon Old Irish Melodies1042 pianos1924John Church Company, 1924IMSLP (score); Hildegard; UNH Block – Box 8, folders 1 & 2
Rendezvous120High voice, violin and piano1928Oliver Ditson Company, 1928Prairie Dawg Press; UNH Beach – Box 6, folder 5 (MS) and Box – 8, folder 41; UNH Block – Box 8, folder 5
Lento espressivo125Violin and piano--Hildegard; UNH Beach – Box 6, folder 6 (MS); UNH Block – Box 8, folder 8
Piano Trio150Violin, violoncello and piano1938A. P. Schmidt, 1939Hildegard; UNH Beach – Box 9, folder 6; UNH Block – Box 9, folder 8
Pastorale151Woodwind quintet (flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon and horn)1942A. P. Schmidt, 1942IMSLP (score & parts, but not Public Domain in US); Hildegard; UNH Beach – Box 9, folder 7; UNH Block – Box 9, folder 9

Celebrating the composer Amy Beach, 1867-1944