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    AMY BEACH or MRS. H.H.A. BEACH (1867-1944)


    CHORAL WORKS: 

    Mass in E-flat (opus 5, 1891.  4vv, orch

    Score: 
    Grand Mass: in E-flat major, opus 5, Matthew Phelps, editor. (Middleton, WI: A-R Editions, 2018)

    Recording:
    Mass in E-flat major. Stowe Festival Chorus and Orchestra
    Albany Records TROY179 (1995) Available on Naxos Music Library online. 
    Recordings available on YouTube.

    Festival Jubilate (opus 17, 1891), 7vv, orch

    Score:  
    Festival Jubilate for Chorus and Piano, opus 17 (SSATTB and piano (orchestral reduction), Chris A. Trotman, ed. Available from the Women’s Philharmonic Advocacy

    Recording: 
    Assabet Valley Mastersingers (2006). Voice and piano.

    The Minstrel and the King: Rudolph von Hapsburg (F. von Schiller) (opus 16, 1890) T, B, male chorus 4vv, orch. Dedicated to Theodore Thomas

    Score: 
    The Minstrel and the King: Ballad for male chorus and orchestra with solos for tenor and baritone (Huntsville, Texas: Recital Publications, 1996) (Boston: A.P. Schmidt, 1896)

    IMSLP. Full score and vocal score, holograph manuscript

    Recording: None known

    Three Flower Songs (opus 31, 1-3, 1896). Female chorus, 4vv, piano. ‘The Clover,’ ‘the Yellow Daisy,’ ‘The Bluebell’

    Score: 
    Three Flower Songs: SSAA a cappella (Margaret Deland). Ft. Lauderdale, FL: Walton Music Corp, 1996.

    Recording: 
    ASU Women’s Chorus performing 2-3 of the Flower Songs a cappella

    The Rose of Avon-Town (C. Mischa) (Op. 30, 1896). SA, female chorus

    Score: 
    The Rose of Avontown. Ballad for Female Voices, Chris Trotman, ed.

    Recording: 
    Performed by soprano Margherita Hibel and female quartet (SSCC)

    Peace on Earth (Edmund Sears) (opus 38, 1897).  Christmas anthem. 

    Score: Boston: A. P. Schmidt (IMSLP)

    Newly orchestrated (2024) by Benjamin Bachmann. Contact information for Bachmann: 
    Website; Email: musicdirector@stpaulsoakland.org

    Recording: YouTube Link

    The Sea-Fairies (Opus 59,1903) (Tennyson). Soloists, women’s chorus, orchestra, harp.

    Score: 
    The Sea-Fairies. Opus 59, Andrew Thomas Kuster, ed. (Madison, WI: A-R Editions. Recent Researches in American Music, 1999.  Full score; performance parts.

    Recording: 
    Eva Schad, Christuskirche (14:51)

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