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)