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*1913 - Elegy
(Vc-solo/2222/2100/timp/str.)
for violoncello and orchestra

Awarded first prize for composition at Sligo Feis Ceoil. Request Score.
Typeset edition [orchestral score and piano arrangement] by Dr Emma C. O’Keeffe PhD DIT.


*1914 - Ireland
(Bar-solo/satb/2222/4130/timp/str.)
For Baritone and Orchestra (Walt Whitman)


*1916 - Soldiers at Peace
satb/2222/4230/timp/hp/str.
For Choir and Orchestra (Herbert Asquith)

Carnegie United Kingdom Trust competition: Commended. Written with the dedication ‘To My Mother’.
Typeset edition for choir and orchestra by Ronald Corp: available from CMC. Purchase Score.


*1917 - ‘Battle Hymn of the Republic’
S-solo/satb/2222/4230/ timp/hp/str
For Soprano, Choir and Orchestra (Julia Ward Howe)


*1919 - ‘Lo, in This Day We Keep Our Yesterdays’
Bar- solo 2222/ 4230/timp/str  
For Baritone and Orchestra (Francis Thompson)      


*1918-19 - A Sea Poem
3322/4231/perc/hp/str.
For orchestra

Carnegie United Kingdom Trust competition: The judges sent Ina Boyle a note hoping that she would not be discouraged but would let them see more of her work. Theme, 6 variations and Finale for orchestra.
(Typeset edition by Sarah M. Burn: available from CMC). Purchase score.


*1919 - The Magic Harp
3332/4231/timp/hp/str
Rhapsody for orchestra

Carnegie United Kingdom Trust: In 1920 the work was selected for publication in the Carnegie Collection of British Music. She was the only female composer represented in the collection.
RCM Patron’s Fund: Accepted for performance. (Pub. Stainer & Bell 1921) Purchase Score.


1921 - Colin Clout
2332/4030/timp/hp/str
Pastoral for orchestra

RCM Patron’s Fund: Accepted for performance. Purchase Score.


*1924-25 - Glencree Symphony No. 1 2332/4231/timp/hp/str
for orchestra

1st movt. added 1927, rev.1928, 1937: 2332/4231/timp/hp/str   [35 mins.]  
RCM Patron’s Fund: 2 movements accepted.  
Typeset edition by Sarah M. Burn, funded by the Ambache trust: available from CMC. Purchase Score.


1925-26 - Hymne of Heavenly Love
S-solo/ssatb/2322/4230/ 4230/timp/ hp/str
For Soprano, Choir and Orchestra (Edmund Spenser)


1927 - Psalm
2322/4230/timp/hp/str.
For violoncello and orchestra

rev. 1928: 2322/4230/timp/hp/str. 
Typeset edition by Dr Emma C. O’Keeffe PhD DIT. Request Score.          

(2022) - Psalm, Arrangement for Cello, Harp & String orchestra

Arrangement by Mladen Spasinovici, available through Luminosa Music.


*1929-30 - The Dream of the Rood, Symphony no. 2
2332/4331/perc/hp/str 
For orchestra             


1932 - Peace Peace He is Not Dead
satb/2222/ 4030/timp/str
Elegy for chorus and orchestra (Shelley)              


*1932-33 - Concerto for violin and orchestra
2222/2130/timp/str.

Rev.1935: 2222/2130/timp/str.
Typeset edition by Sarah M. Burn: available from CMC. Purchase score.                                                       


*1933-34 - Overture for orchestra
2222/4231/perc/hp/str   

Duration 10 mins.                                  


1941 - Hellas
S-solo/satb/2222/4331/perc/hp/str 
For Soprano, Choir and Orchestra (tr. J.W.Mackail)           


*1942 Wild Geese
2222/2000/timp/hp/str
Sketch for small orchestra

Duration 5 mins. Available from CMC. Purchase Score.               


1942 - Urania
Mez-solo/str
(Ruth Pitter)                                      


1945 - The Prophet
B-solo/2222/4230/perc/str
For Baritone and Orchestra (Pushkin tr. Maurice Baring)

[10 mins.]                  


*1946-52 - From the Darkness
C-solo/2222/4230/timp/hp/str
Symphony for contralto and orchestra (Edith Sitwell)                 


*1953 - No Coward Soul is Mine
C-solo/str
(Emily Bronte)