Ina Boyle was a prolific composer. The majority of her huge output is still in manuscript form and unperformed. A priority for us is to make all the music accessible for performance through the digital typesetting of the music manuscripts so that all of her music can be performed and enjoyed. This is a huge task because of the volume of her compositions that you will find listed in this section.
Find out more about the work to bring Ina Boyle’s music to life on our research and news and events page.
The Ina Boyle Society are constantly working with musicians, charities, organisations and educational institutions to keep an updated catalogue of Ina Boyle’s music and availability. We hope that you enjoy finding out more about this incredible collection of music, and we would love to hear from you if you plan on including them in a performance or research!
PUBLISHED SCORES
Chamber
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Forces - Mezzo soprano or contralto + String Quartet
Not Published
Text by - Emily Brontë (Ellis Bell)
Typesetter - David Byers
Additional Info - Credit on each concert programme stating ‘edited by David Byers’.
Manuscript supplied by - Contemporary Music Centre Ireland
Available Here - https://www.cmc.ie/music/no-coward-soul-mine-0
Copyright enquiries to IBSL here - https://www.inaboyle.org/copyright-enquiry-form
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Forces -Mezzo-soprano voice & piano
Published by - The Ina Boyle Society (2022)
Text by - Eva Gore-Booth
Additional Info - Available in ‘Ina Boyle, Selected Songs' edited by Dr Orla Shannon and David Scott.
Suitable for middle to high voice and baritone.
Selected Songbook edited by Dr Orla Shannon (lead editor) and David Scott. Additional typesetting by Brendan Finan and Seán Gilligan. Formatted by John W. Griffith.
Selected Songs available to buy via - Contemporary Music Centre Ireland
Available Here -https://www.cmc.ie/shop/ina-boyle-selected-songs
Copyright enquiries to IBSL here - https://www.inaboyle.org/copyright-enquiry-form
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Forces -Mezzo-soprano voice & piano
Published by - The Ina Boyle Society (2022)
Text by - Walt Whitman
Additional Info - Available in Ina Boyle, Selected Songs' edited by Dr Orla Shannon and David Scott.
Suitable for middle to high voice and baritone.
Selected Songbook edited by Dr Orla Shannon (lead editor) and David Scott. Additional typesetting by Brendan Finan and Seán Gilligan. Formatted by John W. Griffith.
Selected Songs available to buy via - Contemporary Music Centre Ireland
Available Here -https://www.cmc.ie/shop/ina-boyle-selected-songs
Copyright enquiries to IBSL here - https://www.inaboyle.org/copyright-enquiry-form
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Forces -Mezzo-soprano voice & piano
Published by - The Ina Boyle Society (2022)
Text by - George Russell
Additional Info - Available in Ina Boyle, Selected Songs' edited by Dr Orla Shannon and David Scott.
Suitable for middle to high voice and baritone.
Selected Songbook edited by Dr Orla Shannon (lead editor) and David Scott. Additional typesetting by Brendan Finan and Seán Gilligan. Formatted by John W. Griffith.
Selected Songs available to buy via - Contemporary Music Centre Ireland
Available Here -https://www.cmc.ie/shop/ina-boyle-selected-songs
Copyright enquiries to IBSL here - https://www.inaboyle.org/copyright-enquiry-form
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Forces - Mezzo-soprano voice & piano
Movements - I. Blyssid be the Tyme / II. Tyrle, tylow, tyrle, tylow
Published by - The Ina Boyle Society (2022)
Text by - I. Tempus Henry IV, Sloane M.S.
Additional Info - Available in Ina Boyle, Selected Songs' edited by Dr Orla Shannon and David Scott.
Suitable for middle to high voice and baritone.
Selected Songbook edited by Dr Orla Shannon (lead editor) and David Scott. Additional typesetting by Brendan Finan and Seán Gilligan. Formatted by John W. Griffith.
Selected Songs available to buy via - Contemporary Music Centre Ireland
Available Here - https://www.cmc.ie/shop/ina-boyle-selected-songs
Copyright enquiries to IBSL here - https://www.inaboyle.org/copyright-enquiry-form
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Forces - Mezzo-soprano voice & piano
Published by - The Ina Boyle Society (2022)
Text by - Philip Sydney
Additional Info - Available in Ina Boyle, Selected Songs' edited by Dr Orla Shannon and David Scott.
Suitable for middle to high voice and baritone.
Selected Songbook edited by Dr Orla Shannon (lead editor) and David Scott. Additional typesetting by Brendan Finan and Seán Gilligan. Formatted by John W. Griffith.
Selected Songs available to buy via - Contemporary Music Centre Ireland
Available Here - https://www.cmc.ie/shop/ina-boyle-selected-songs
Copyright enquiries to IBSL here - https://www.inaboyle.org/copyright-enquiry-form
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Forces - Mezzo-soprano voice & piano
Movements - I. Since Thou, O Fondest and Truest / II. Spring Goeth All in White
Published by - The Ina Boyle Society (2022)
Text by - Robert Bridges
Additional Info - Available in Ina Boyle, Selected Songs' edited by Dr Orla Shannon and David Scott.
Suitable for middle to high voice and baritone.
Selected Songbook edited by Dr Orla Shannon (lead editor) and David Scott. Additional typesetting by Brendan Finan and Seán Gilligan. Formatted by John W. Griffith.
Selected Songs available to buy via - Contemporary Music Centre Ireland
Available Here - https://www.cmc.ie/shop/ina-boyle-selected-songs
Copyright enquiries to IBSL here - https://www.inaboyle.org/copyright-enquiry-form
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Forces - Mezzo-soprano voice & piano
Published by - The Ina Boyle Society (2022)
Text by - Austin Clarke
Additional Info - Available in Ina Boyle, Selected Songs' edited by Dr Orla Shannon and David Scott.
Suitable for middle to high voice and baritone.
Selected Songbook edited by Dr Orla Shannon (lead editor) and David Scott. Additional typesetting by Brendan Finan and Seán Gilligan. Formatted by John W. Griffith.
Selected Songs available to buy via - Contemporary Music Centre Ireland
Available Here - https://www.cmc.ie/shop/ina-boyle-selected-songs
Copyright enquiries to IBSL here - https://www.inaboyle.org/copyright-enquiry-form
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Forces - Mezzo-soprano voice & piano
Published by - The Ina Boyle Society (2022)
Text by - Pamela Grey
Additional Info - Available in Ina Boyle, Selected Songs' edited by Dr Orla Shannon and David Scott.
Suitable for middle to high voice and baritone.
Selected Songbook edited by Dr Orla Shannon (lead editor) and David Scott. Additional typesetting by Brendan Finan and Seán Gilligan. Formatted by John W. Griffith.
Selected Songs available to buy via - Contemporary Music Centre Ireland
Available Here - https://www.cmc.ie/shop/ina-boyle-selected-songs
Copyright enquiries to IBSL here - https://www.inaboyle.org/copyright-enquiry-form
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Forces - Mezzo-soprano voice & piano
Published by - The Ina Boyle Society (2022)
Text by - E. L. Twiss
Additional Info - Available in Ina Boyle, Selected Songs' edited by Dr Orla Shannon and David Scott.
Suitable for middle to high voice and baritone.
Selected Songbook edited by Dr Orla Shannon (lead editor) and David Scott. Additional typesetting by Brendan Finan and Seán Gilligan. Formatted by John W. Griffith.
Selected Songs available to buy via - Contemporary Music Centre Ireland
Available Here - https://www.cmc.ie/shop/ina-boyle-selected-songs
Copyright enquiries to IBSL here - https://www.inaboyle.org/copyright-enquiry-form
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Forces - Mezzo-soprano voice & piano
Movements - I. Eternal Love / II. In the Desert / III. The Yoke / IV. Lord, in that love
Published by - The Ina Boyle Society (2022)
Text by - Grace Warrack
Additional Info - Available in Ina Boyle, Selected Songs' edited by Dr Orla Shannon and David Scott.
Suitable for middle to high voice and baritone.
Selected Songbook edited by Dr Orla Shannon (lead editor) and David Scott. Additional typesetting by Brendan Finan and Seán Gilligan. Formatted by John W. Griffith.
Selected Songs available to buy via - Contemporary Music Centre Ireland
Available Here - https://www.cmc.ie/shop/ina-boyle-selected-songs
Copyright enquiries to IBSL here - https://www.inaboyle.org/copyright-enquiry-form
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Forces - Mezzo-soprano voice & piano
Movements - I. Sleep / II. Storm / II. Evening on the Moselle
Published by - The Ina Boyle Society (2022)
Text by - Anon. Medieval Latin lyrics, trans. Helen Waddell
Additional Info - Available in Ina Boyle, Selected Songs' edited by Dr Orla Shannon and David Scott.
Suitable for middle to high voice and baritone.
Selected Songbook edited by Dr Orla Shannon (lead editor) and David Scott. Additional typesetting by Brendan Finan and Seán Gilligan. Formatted by John W. Griffith.
Selected Songs available to buy via - Contemporary Music Centre Ireland
Available Here -https://www.cmc.ie/shop/ina-boyle-selected-songs
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Forces - Mezzo-soprano voice & piano
Movements - I. Carrowdore / II. All Souls' Night / III. O Ghost, That Has Gone / IV. The Mill-Water
Published by - The Ina Boyle Society (2022)
Text by - I. John Irvine / II. Frances Cornford / III. James Stephens
Additional Info - Available in Ina Boyle, Selected Songs' edited by Dr Orla Shannon and David Scott.
Suitable for middle to high voice and baritone.
Selected Songbook edited by Dr Orla Shannon (lead editor) and David Scott. Additional typesetting by Brendan Finan and Seán Gilligan. Formatted by John W. Griffith.
Selected Songs available to buy via - Contemporary Music Centre Ireland
Available Here - https://www.cmc.ie/shop/ina-boyle-selected-songs
Copyright enquiries to IBSL here - https://www.inaboyle.org/copyright-enquiry-form
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Forces - Mezzo soprano or contralto + String Quartet
Text - Edith Sitwell
Published by - Contemporary Music Centre Ireland
Typesetter - David Byers
Additional Info - credit on each concert programme stating ‘edited by David Byers’Available Here - https://www.cmc.ie/music/still-falls-rain
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Forces - String Quartet
Published by - Contemporary Music Centre Ireland
Typesetter - David Byers
Additional Info - credit on each concert programme stating ‘edited by David Byers’Available Here - https://www.cmc.ie/music/string-quartet-e-minor
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Forces - Tenor + String Quartet
Text - John Donne
Published by - Oxford University Press
Typesetter -
Additional Info - may be accessed in our London reading rooms by registered readers.Available Here - music.enquiry.uk@oup.com
Choral
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1923-1924
Forces - Choir (Mixed)
Text - translated by Alexander Carmichael
Published by - Chester Music -
Forces - Choir (Mixed)
Text by - Henry Vaughan
Published by - Contemporary Music Centre Ireland
Additional Info - Archival Recording OnlyAvailable Here - https://www.cmc.ie/music/o-thou-whose-spirit
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Forces - Tenor, mixed choir + organ
Published - Novello & Co.
Additional Info - Not available for sale via CMC.
Copies in St. Patrick’s Cathedral.
May be accessed in British Library London reading rooms by registered readers.
Reference Here - https://www.cmc.ie/music/transfiguration
Copyright enquiries to IBSL here - https://www.inaboyle.org/copyright-enquiry-form
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Forces - Vocal & Choral
Not Published
Text by - William Langford from "The Vision of Holy Church". Modern version by Aurthur Burrell.
Typesetter - Steven Naylor.
Additional Info - Typeset by Steven Naylor, December 2020. Rev. February 2022.
Manuscript supplied by - Contemporary Music Centre Ireland
Available Here - https://www.cmc.ie/music/love-plant-peace
Copyright enquiries to IBSL here - https://www.inaboyle.org/copyright-enquiry-form
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Forces - SATB + Organ
Published - Novello & Co.
Text by - Psalm 108 and Psalm 33
Additional Info - Dedicated by permission to the 36th (Ulster) Division. August 1915.
Not available for sale via CMC.
May be accessed in British Library London reading rooms by registered readers.Reference Here - https://www.cmc.ie/music/wilt-not-thou-o-god-go-forth-out-hosts
Copyright enquiries to IBSL here - https://www.inaboyle.org/copyright-enquiry-form
Orchestral
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Forces - Orchestra (2332/4030/TIMP/HP/STR)
Not Published
Typesetter - Sarah M. Burn
Additional Info - RCM Patron’s Fund: Accepted for performance
Manuscript supplied by - Contemporary Music Centre Ireland
Available Here - https://www.cmc.ie/music/colin-clout
Copyright enquiries to IBSL here - https://www.inaboyle.org/copyright-enquiry-form
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Forces - Orchestra + Violin (2222/2130/TIMP/STR)
Not PublishedTypesetter - Sarah M. Burn
Additional Info - Funded by BBC for concert by Ulster Orchestra. Prepared for BBC Concert Orchestra.
Manuscript supplied by - Contemporary Music Centre Ireland
Available Here - https://www.cmc.ie/music/concerto-violin-and-orchestra-2
Listen here - https://www.duttonvocalion.co.uk/proddetail.php?prod=CDLX7352
Copyright enquiries to IBSL here - https://www.inaboyle.org/copyright-enquiry-form
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Forces - Cello + Orchestra (VC-SOLO/2222/2100/TIMP/STR.)
Not Published
Typesetter - Dr Emma O'Keefe
Additional Info - Credit on each concert programme stating ‘Typeset by Dr Emma O'Keefe. ’Recorded ‘Cello Abbey’ Nadège Rochat.
Manuscript supplied by - Contemporary Music Centre Ireland
Available Here - https://www.cmc.ie/music/elegie-violoncello-and-orchestra
Listen Here - https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/works/293541--boyle-i-elegie-for-cello-orchestra/browse
Copyright enquiries to IBSL here - https://www.inaboyle.org/copyright-enquiry-form
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Forces - Orchestra (3332/4231/TIMP/HP/STR)
Published - Stainer & Bell
Additional Information - Hire through Stainer & Bell, perusal score available here.
Also may be accessed in British Library London reading rooms by registered readers.
The British Library website here.
Listen via Preston Music here.
Copyright enquiries to IBSL here.
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Forces - Contralto/mezzo + String Orchestra
Not Published
Text by - Emily Brontë (Ellis Bell)
Typesetter - David Byers
Additional Info - Credit on each concert programme stating ‘edited by David Byers’.
Manuscript supplied by - Contemporary Music Centre Ireland
Available Here - https://www.cmc.ie/music/no-coward-soul-mine-0
Copyright enquiries to IBSL here - https://www.inaboyle.org/copyright-enquiry-form
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Forces -Orchestra + Cello (2322/423/timp/hp/str.)
Not Published
Typesetter - Dr Emma O’Keefe
Additional Info - Typeset for BBC CD recording 2017
Manuscript supplied by - Contemporary Music Centre Ireland
Available Here -https://www.cmc.ie/music/psalm-cello-and-orchestra
Listen hereCopyright enquiries to IBSL here - https://www.inaboyle.org/copyright-enquiry-form
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Forces - Cello, Harp and String Orchestra
Arranged by - Mladen Spasinovici
Additional Info - For more information on the arrangement, please visit Luminosa Music.Visit Here - http://www.luminosa.ie/
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Forces - Violin + Chamber Orchestra (1111/2000/TIMP/HP/STR)
Not Published
Typesetter - Erin Hennessey
Additional Info - Typeset and edited by Erin Hennessey from Trinity College Dublin. This project was funded and made possible by the Gaiety Theatre Bursary, in association with the Royal Irish Academy of Music.
Manuscript supplied by - Contemporary Music Centre Ireland
Contact CMC here
Copyright enquiries to IBSL here - https://www.inaboyle.org/copyright-enquiry-form
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Forces - Viola & Piano
Not Published
Typesetter - Aileen Cahill
Additional Info - Typeset and edited by Aileen Cahill (2023) from Trinity College Dublin, IRL, DTC MS4120. Aileen Cahill was scholar-in-residence at CMC for 2022/2023.
Manuscript supplied by - Contemporary Music Centre Ireland
Available Here - https://www.cmc.ie/music/phantasy-viola-and-pianoforte
Copyright enquiries to IBSL here - https://www.inaboyle.org/copyright-enquiry-form
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Forces - Orchestra (3322 4231 timp perc hrp str)
Not Published
Typesetter - Sarah M. Burn
Additional Info - Typeset for BBC CD recording 2017
Manuscript supplied by - Contemporary Music Centre Ireland
Available Here - https://www.cmc.ie/music/sea-poem
Copyright enquiries to IBSL here - https://www.inaboyle.org/copyright-enquiry-form
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Forces - Choir and Orchestra (SATB/2222/4230/TIMP/HP/STR)
Published by - Novello & Co. (1917)
Text by - Herbert Asquith
Typesetter - Ronald Corp
Additional Info - Not available for sale via CMC.
May be accessed in British Library London reading rooms by registered readers.
Reference Here - https://www.cmc.ie/music/soldiers-peace
Copyright enquiries to IBSL here - https://www.inaboyle.org/copyright-enquiry-form
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Forces - Orchestra (2332/4231/TIMP/HP/STR)
Published by - Contemporary Music Centre Ireland
Typesetter - Sarah M. Burn
Additional Info - funded by Ambache FoundationAvailable Here - https://www.cmc.ie/music/symphony-no-1-glencree
Listen Here - https://www.rte.ie/lyricfm/articles/releases/2016/1215/839161-composing-the-island/
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Forces - Orchestra (2222 4331 TIMP PERC HRP STR)
Movements - Movt 1: Adagio - Allegro / Movt 2: Adagio / Movt 3: Grave - Moderato
Not Published
Typesetter - Sarah Burn
Additional Info - Edited and typeset by Sarah Burn. Supported by the Arts Council.
Manuscript supplied by - Contemporary Music Centre Ireland
Available Here - https://www.cmc.ie/music/symphony-no-2-8
Copyright enquiries to IBSL here - https://www.inaboyle.org/copyright-enquiry-form
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Forces - Small Orchestra (2222/2000/TIMP/HP/STR)
Published by - Contemporary Music Centre Ireland
Additional Info - Courtesy RTE Concert Orchestra LibraryAvailable Here - https://www.cmc.ie/music/wildgeese
Listen Here - https://www.duttonvocalion.co.uk/proddetail.php?prod=CDLX7352
Vocal
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Forces - Voice + Piano
Text by - P.H Pearse (Tr. T MacDonagh)
Published by - Contemporary Music Centre Ireland
Typesetter - Dr David J. RhodesAvailable Here - https://www.cmc.ie/music/mountain-woman
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Forces -Voice + Piano
Not Published
Text by - Winifred Mary Letts
Typesetter - David Scott
Additional Info - Typeset by David Scott and Brendan Finan from Trinity College Dublin. Edited by David Scott.
Manuscript supplied by - Contemporary Music Centre Ireland
Available Here -https://www.cmc.ie/music/soft-day-thank-god
Copyright enquiries to IBSL here - https://www.inaboyle.org/copyright-enquiry-form
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Forces - Voice + Piano
Text by - Walter de la Mare
Published by - Stainer & Bell
Additional Info - Also may be accessed in British Library London reading rooms by registered readers.Available Here - https://stainer.co.uk/shop/n53822/
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Forces - Voice + Piano
Text by - Walter de la Mare
Published by - Stainer & Bell
Additional Info - Also may be accessed in British Library London reading rooms by registered readers.Available Here - https://stainer.co.uk/shop/n53823/
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Forces - Voice + Piano
Text by - St. Teresa tr. Arthur Symons
Published by - Stainer & Bell
Additional Info - Also may be accessed in British Library London reading rooms by registered readers.Available Here - https://stainer.co.uk/shop/n53824/
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Forces - Voice + Piano
Text by - Rudyard Kipling
Published by - Contemporary Music Centre Ireland
Typesetter - Roy HolmesAvailable Here - https://www.cmc.ie/music/have-you-news-my-boy-jack
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Forces - Voice + Piano
Text by - Isaiah XXV 8,9
Published by - Stainer & Bell
Additional Info - Published Stainer & Bell (1915)Available Here - https://stainer.co.uk/shop/n41178/
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Forces - Voice + Piano
Not Published
Text by - Winifred Mary Letts
Typesetter - David Scott
Additional Info - Typeset by David Scott and Brendan Finan from Trinity College Dublin. Edited by David Scott.
Manuscript supplied by - Contemporary Music Centre Ireland
Available Here - https://www.cmc.ie/music/if-you-let-sorrow-you
Copyright enquiries to IBSL here - https://www.inaboyle.org/copyright-enquiry-form
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Forces - Voice + Piano
Not Published
Text by - Eva Gore-Booth
Typesetter - David Scott
Additional Info - Typeset by David Scott and Brendan Finan from Trinity College Dublin. Edited by David Scott.
Manuscript supplied by - Contemporary Music Centre Ireland
Available Here - https://www.cmc.ie/music/lost-water
Copyright enquiries to IBSL here - https://www.inaboyle.org/copyright-enquiry-form
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Forces - Voice + Piano
Not Published
Text by - Moira O’Neill
Typesetter - David Scott
Additional Info - Typeset by David Scott and Brendan Finan from Trinity College Dublin. Edited by David Scott.
Manuscript supplied by - Contemporary Music Centre Ireland
Available Here - https://www.cmc.ie/music/sea-wrack-0
Copyright enquiries to IBSL here - https://www.inaboyle.org/copyright-enquiry-form
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Forces - Voice + Piano
Not Published
Text by - W.B. Yeats
Typesetter - David Scott
Additional Info - Typeset by David Scott and Brendan Finan from Trinity College Dublin. Edited by David Scott.
Manuscript supplied by - Contemporary Music Centre Ireland
Available Here - https://www.cmc.ie/music/stolen-child-1
Copyright enquiries to IBSL here - https://www.inaboyle.org/copyright-enquiry-form
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Forces - Voice + Piano
Not Published
Text by - Eva Gore-Booth
Typesetter - David Scott
Additional Info - Typeset by David Scott and Brendan Finan from Trinity College Dublin. Edited by David Scott.
Manuscript supplied by - Contemporary Music Centre Ireland
Available Here - https://www.cmc.ie/music/they-went-forth
Copyright enquiries to IBSL here - https://www.inaboyle.org/copyright-enquiry-form
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Archive SCORES (unpublished)
The IBSL team are currently working to complete this section of the catalogue, please be patient and check back here soon!