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!
Chamber
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Forces - Mezzo soprano or contralto + String Quartet
Not Published
Text by - Emily Brontë (Ellis Bell)
Principal Editor of critical edition - David Byers
Typesetter - David Byers
Additional Info - Credit on each concert programme stating ‘edited by David Byers’.
Manuscript supplied by - Contemporary Music Centre Ireland
Available here - CMC
Copyright enquiries here - IBSL
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Forces -Mezzo-soprano voice & piano
© Ina Boyle Estate 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 here - CMC
Copyright enquiries here - IBSL
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Forces -Mezzo-soprano voice & piano
© Ina Boyle Estate 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 here - CMC
Copyright enquiries here - IBSL
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Forces -Mezzo-soprano voice & piano
© Ina Boyle Estate 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 here - CMC
Copyright enquiries here - IBSL
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Forces -Mezzo-soprano voice & piano
Movements - I. Blyssid be the Tyme / II. Tyrle, tylow, tyrle, tylow
© Ina Boyle Estate 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 here - CMC
Copyright enquiries here - IBSL
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Forces -Mezzo-soprano voice & piano
© Ina Boyle Estate 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 here - CMC
Copyright enquiries here - IBSL
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Forces -Mezzo-soprano voice & piano
Movements - I. Since Thou, O Fondest and Truest / II. Spring Goeth All in White
© Ina Boyle Estate 2022
Text by - Robert Bridges
Suitable for middle to high voice and baritone.
Additional Info - Available in ‘Ina Boyle, Selected Songs' edited by Dr Orla Shannon and David Scott.
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 here - CMC
Copyright enquiries here - IBSL
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Forces -Mezzo-soprano voice & piano
© Ina Boyle Estate 2022
Text by - Austin Clarke
Typesetter - David Scott
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 here - CMC
Copyright enquiries here - IBSL
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Forces -Mezzo-soprano voice & piano
© Ina Boyle Estate 2022
Text by - Pamela Grey of Falloden
Suitable for middle to high voice and baritone.
Typesetter - David Scott
Additional Info - Available in ‘Ina Boyle, Selected Songs' edited by Dr Orla Shannon and David Scott.
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 here - CMC
Copyright enquiries here - IBSL
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Forces -Mezzo-soprano voice & piano
© Ina Boyle Estate 2022
Text by - E. L. Twiss
Suitable for middle to high voice and baritone.
Typesetter - David Scott
Additional Info - Available in ‘Ina Boyle, Selected Songs' edited by Dr Orla Shannon and David Scott.
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 here - CMC
Copyright enquiries here - IBSL
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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
© Ina Boyle Estate 2022
Text by - Grace Warrack
Suitable for middle to high voice and baritone.
Typesetter - David Scott
Additional Info - Available in ‘Ina Boyle, Selected Songs' edited by Dr Orla Shannon and David Scott.
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 here - CMC
Copyright enquiries here - IBSL
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Forces-Mezzo-soprano voice & piano
Movements - I. Sleep / II. Storm / II. Evening on the Moselle
© Ina Boyle Estate 2022
Text by - Anon. Medieval Latin lyrics, trans. Helen Waddell
Suitable for middle to high voice and baritone.
Typesetter - David Scott
Additional Info - Available in ‘Ina Boyle, Selected Songs' edited by Dr Orla Shannon and David Scott.
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 here - CMC
Copyright enquiries here - IBSL
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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
© Ina Boyle Estate 2022
Text by - I. John Irvine / II. Frances Cornford / III. James Stephens.
Suitable for middle to high voice and baritone.
Additional Info - Available in ‘Ina Boyle, Selected Songs' edited by Dr Orla Shannon and David Scott.
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 here - CMC
Copyright enquiries here - IBSL
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Forces - Mezzo soprano or contralto + String Quartet
Text - Edith Sitwell
Principal Editor of critical edition - David Byers
Edition by - David Byers
Additional Info - Credit on each concert programme stating ‘edited by David Byers’.
Manuscript supplied by - Contemporary Music Centre Ireland
Available here - CMC
Copyright enquiries here - IBSL
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Forces - Tenor + String Quartet
Text - John Donne
Published by - Oxford University Press
Contact OUP here - OUP
Choral
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1923-1924
Forces - Choir (Mixed)
Text - translated by Alexander Carmichael
Published by - Chester Music
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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 - CMC
Copyright enquiries here - IBSL
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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 + 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 available here - CMC
Listen Here - Presto Music
Copyright enquiries here - IBSL
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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 -Choir and Orchestra (SATB/2222/4230/TIMP/HP/STR)
Published by - Novello & Co. (1917). Publication arranged by Ina Boyle.
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 - CMC
Copyright enquiries here - IBSL
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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 - 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 - Stainer & Bell
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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 - Stainer & Bell
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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 - Isaiah XXV 8,9 (Funeral anthem)
Published by - Stainer & Bell (1915)
Available Here - Stainer & Bell
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Forces -Voice + Piano
Text by - Eva Gore-Booth
© Ina Boyle Estate 2022
Typesetter - David Scott
Additional Info - Available in ‘Ina Boyle, Selected Songs' edited by Dr Orla Shannon and David Scott.
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 here - CMC
Copyright enquiries here - IBSL
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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 - 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 - CMC
Copyright enquiries here - IBSL
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A song by Henry Purcell.
Words by George Herbert for voice with piano (or harpsichord) and violoncello ad lib.
Published by Oxford University Press
Copyright enquiries to IBSL here
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Typesetter - Dr Orla Shannon
Copyright enquiries to IBSL here
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Text by Maurice Hime
Copyright enquiries to IBSL here
STAGE WORK
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Virgilian Suite (1930-1)
Ballet suite for small orchestra based on the Eclogues of Virgil.
Additional info - Please address enquiries to Dr Emma O'Keeffe via IBSL email contact below.
Copyright enquiries to IBSL here
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Maudlin of Paplewick (1956?-64)
Chamber opera in 3 acts.
Libretto based on ‘The Sad Shepherd’, or ‘A Tale of Robin Hood’ (unfinished pastoral play by Ben Jonson)
Copyright enquiries to IBSL here
Archive SCORES IN MANUSCRIPT
Ina Boyle Manuscript Book
Image © The Board of Trinity College Dublin
The Library of Trinity College Dublin houses numerous manuscripts of Ina Boyle's early compositions.
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Manuscript
Text by John Milton
Held at Trinity College Dublin Digital Collections
Early compositions IE TCD MS 4050
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Manuscript
Text by John Milton
Held at Trinity College Dublin Digital Collections
Early compositions IE TCD MS 4050
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Manuscript
Text by W. E. Henley
Held at Trinity College Dublin Digital Collections
Early compositions IE TCD MS 4050
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Manuscript
Text by Tennyson
Held at Trinity College Dublin Digital Collections
Early compositions IE TCD MS 4050
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Manuscript
Text by Tennyson
Held at Trinity College Dublin Digital Collections
Early compositions IE TCD MS 4050
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Manuscript
Text by H. W. Longfellow
Held at Trinity College Dublin Digital Collections
Early compositions IE TCD MS 4050
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Manuscript
Text by Charles Kingsley from Water Babies
Held at Trinity College Dublin Digital Collections
Early compositions IE TCD MS 4050
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Manuscript
Text by Joan Ingelow From the Song of Seven
Held at Trinity College Dublin Digital Collections
Early compositions IE TCD MS 4050
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Manuscript
Text by Joan Ingelow From the Song of Seven
Held at Trinity College Dublin Digital Collections
Early compositions IE TCD MS 4050
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Manuscript
Text by George Meredith
Held at Trinity College Dublin Digital Collections
Early compositions TCD MS 4157 no.2
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Manuscript
Text by Thomas More
Held at Trinity College Dublin Digital Collections
Manuscript MS 10960/1
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Manuscript
Text by Vita Sackville-West
Held at Trinity College Dublin Digital Collections
Manuscript MS 4132 no.1 [Sketches only; not digitised as words in copyright until 2033]
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Manuscript
Text by Mary Coleridge
Held at Trinity College Dublin Digital Collections
Manuscript - MS 4130 no.4
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Manuscript
Text by Shakespeare
Held at Trinity College Dublin Digital Collections
Manuscript - TCD MS 4130 no.2
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Manuscript
Text by Kujoha No Fukayabu (tr. Clara Walsh)
Held at Trinity College Dublin Digital Collections
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Manuscript
Text by H.W. Longfellow
Held at Trinity College Dublin Digital Collections
Manuscript - Early compositions IE TCD MS 4050
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Manuscript
Text by Willam Morris
Held at Trinity College Dublin Digital Collections
Manuscript - TCD MS 4161
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Manuscript
Text by M. Byron
Held at Trinity College Dublin Digital Collections
Manuscript - Early compositions IE TCD MS 4050
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Manuscript
Text by R.M. Marriott Watson
Held at Trinity College Dublin Digital Collections
Manuscript - Early compositions IE TCD MS 4050
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Manuscript
Text by R.M. Marriott Watson
Held at Trinity College Dublin Digital Collections
Manuscript - Early compositions IE TCD MS 4050
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Manuscript
Text by Eva Gore-Booth
Held at Trinity College Dublin Digital Collections
Manuscript - Early compositions IE TCD MS 4050
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Manuscript
Text by L G Moberly
Held at Trinity College Dublin Digital Collections
Manuscript - Early compositions IE TCD MS 4050
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Manuscript
Baritone and orchestra
Text by Walt Whitman
Held at Trinity College Dublin Digital Collections
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Manuscript
Battle Hymn of the Republic (1917)
Soprano, choir and orchestra
Text by Julia Ward Howe
Held at Trinity College Dublin Digital Collections
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Manuscript
Lo, in this day we keep our yesterdays (1919)
Baritone and orchestra
Text by Francis Thompson
Held at Trinity College Dublin Digital Collections
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Manuscript
Hymne of heavenly love (1925-26)
Soprano, choir and orchestra
Text by Edmund Spenser
Held at Trinity College Dublin Digital Collections