The Oxford Book of Organ Music by Women Composers. Oxford U.P.

The Oxford Book of Organ Music by Women Composers presents a comprehensive survey of historical organ pieces by women composers alongside six newly commissioned works. The music is stylistically varied and encompasses secular and sacred repertoire from a range of periods. In addition to original organ repertoire, the collection also contains several organ transcriptions in new arrangements for the instrument.

• 42 pieces for manuals and pedals, in a variety of musical forms, suitable for use at church services or as recital repertoire
• Original music for the instrument, spanning the sixteenth century to the present day, including compositions by Amy Beach, Clementine de Bourges, Nadia Boulanger, Jeanne Demessieux, Cecilia McDowall, Clara Schumann, and Ethyl Smyth, plus commissions from Kristina Arakelyan, Miriam Carpinetti, Ghislaine Reece-Trapp, Isabelle Ryder, Amy Summers, and Rebecca Groom te Velde
• Standalone miniatures, movements from organ sonatas and symphonies, transcriptions of piano, harpsichord, and flute pieces, and an orchestral opera overture
• A variety of difficulty levels, from ABRSM Grades 2-3 through to Diploma standard, with a graded index provided

• 1. Cantabile, from Organ Symphony No. 1 [Elfrida Andree]
• 2. Perpetuum Mobile [Kristina Arakelyan]
• 3. Prelude on an Old Folk Tune [Amy Beach]
• 4. Pastorale sur un vieil air vendeen [Mme Bertault-Eckendorff]
• 5. Piece sur des airs populaires flamands [Nadia Boulanger]
• 6. Andante [Josephine Boulay]
• 7. Andante grazioso [Kate Boundy]
• 8. Erbarme dich mein, O Herre Gott (Have mercy on me, O Lord God) [Miriam Carpinetti]
• 9. Voluntary IV [Theophania Cecil]
• 10. Valse-Arabesque Op. 98 No. 4 [Cecile Chaminade]
• 11. Offertoire [Hedwige Chretien]
• 12. Da bei rami scendea [Clementine de Bourges]
• 13. Veni Creator [Jeanne Demessieux]
• 14. Allegretto, from Piano Sonata in A [Sophia Dussek]
• 15. Fugue on Two Subjects, Op. 26 No. 12 [Louise Farrenc]
• 16. A Voluntary [Esther Fleet]
• 17. Communion [Juliette Folville]
• 18. Sonata II [Elizabeth Gambarini]
• 19. Scherzo [Betzy Holmberg]
• 20. Clair de lune, No. 2 from Trois petites pieces for flute and piano [Augusta Holmes]
• 21. Gigue (Basse de Trompette) [Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre]
• 22. Andante, from Six Easy Voluntaries, 2nd set [Kate Loder]
• 23. Celebration [Cecilia McDowall]
• 24. Allegro brillante, from Sonata in G major for harpsichord [Marianna Martinez]
• 25. Introduction and Fugue in F [Ann Mounsey Bartholomew]
• 26. An Old Christmas Carol [Elizabeth Mounsey]
• 27. Canzonetta, Op. 25 [Kate Ockleston-Lippa]
• 28. Dusk [Nkeiru Okoye]
• 29. Sonata Seconda [Mrs Philarmonica]
• 30. Toccato from Organ Suite 1 [Florence Price]
• 31. Mixolydiance [Ghislaine Reece-Trapp]
• 32. Petite Priere [Blanche Rozan]
• 33. Bell Toccata [Isabelle Ryder]
• 34. Prelude and Fugue in D minor, Op. 16 No. 3 [Clara Schumann]
• 35. Chorale Prelude [Ethel Smyth]
• 36. Moderato in E flat [Elizabeth Stirling]
• 37. Intermezzo [Amy Summers]
• 38. Paean [Rebecca Groom te Velde]
• 39. Andante and Fugue in C minor [Alexandra Thomson]
• 40. Overture to Talestri [Maria Antonia Walpurgis]
• 41. Andante, from Four Short Voluntaries [Kate Westrop Allender]
• 42. Polonaise, from 18 Dances in Different Styles for the Piano [Maria Szymanowska]