Ina Boyle was a prolific composer, and the majority of her extensive output remained in manuscript form for decades. We are delighted to share that as of March 2026, Faber Music has entered into an agreement with the Estate of Ina Boyle to represent her catalogue. Faber is now the primary point of contact for the majority of her works, both published and those previously held in manuscript form.

While Faber Music represents the core of the collection, other publishers hold rights to specific pieces. To the best of our knowledge, the contact details for these various works are cited in the list below.

The Ina Boyle Society continues to work closely with Faber Music, musicians, and educational institutions to maintain an updated catalogue of her music.

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Chamber

  • Forces - Mezzo soprano or contralto + String Quartet

    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’.

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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’.

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  • Forces - String Quartet

    Principal Editor of critical edition - David Byers

    Typesetter - David Byers

    Additional Info - credit on each concert programme stating ‘edited by David Byers’

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  • Forces - Tenor + String Quartet

    Text - John Donne

    Published by - Oxford University Press

    Contact OUP here - OUP

  • Forces -Viola & Piano

    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.

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Choral

  • 1923-1924

    Forces - Choir (Mixed)

    Text - translated by Alexander Carmichael

    Published by - Chester Music

    Available Here

  • Forces - Choir (Mixed)

    Text by - Henry Vaughan

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  • Forces -Tenor, mixed choir + organ

    Published - Novello & Co.

    Additional information - Copies in St. Patrick’s Cathedral. May be accessed in British Library London reading rooms by registered readers. 

  • Forces -Vocal & Choral 

    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.

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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.

    May be accessed in British Library London reading rooms by registered readers. 

    Copyright enquiries to IBSL here - https://www.inaboyle.org/copyright-enquiry-form

Orchestral

  • Forces -Orchestra (2332/4030/TIMP/HP/STR)

    Typesetter - Sarah M. Burn

    Additional Info - RCM Patron’s Fund: Accepted for performance

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  • Forces - Orchestra + Violin (2222/2130/TIMP/STR)

    Typesetter - Sarah M. Burn

    Additional Info - Funded by BBC  for concert by Ulster Orchestra. Prepared for BBC Concert Orchestra.

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  • Forces - Cello + Orchestra (VC-SOLO/2222/2100/TIMP/STR.)

    Typesetter - Dr Emma O'Keefe

    Additional Info - Credit on each concert programme stating ‘Typeset by Dr Emma O'Keefe. ’Recorded ‘Cello Abbey’ Nadège Rochat.

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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.

  • Forces -Contralto/mezzo + String Orchestra

    Text by - Emily Brontë (Ellis Bell)

    Typesetter - David Byers

    Additional Info - Credit on each concert programme stating ‘edited by David Byers’. 

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  • Forces - Orchestra (2222/4231/PERC/HP/STR )

    Score and parts available from BBC Sheet Music Library - here

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  • Forces -Orchestra + Cello (2322/423/timp/hp/str.)

    Typesetter - Dr Emma O’Keefe 

    Additional Info - Typeset for BBC CD recording 2017

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  • Forces - Cello, Harp and String Orchestra

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  • Forces - Violin + Chamber Orchestra (1111/2000/TIMP/HP/STR)

    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.

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  • Forces -Orchestra (3322 4231 timp perc hrp str)

    Typesetter - Sarah M. Burn

    Additional Info - Typeset for BBC CD recording 2017

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    https://www.fabermusic.com/music/a-sea-poem

  • 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

    May be accessed in British Library London reading rooms by registered readers. 

    Copyright enquiries here - IBSL

  • Forces - Orchestra (2332/4231/TIMP/HP/STR)

    Principle Editor of Critical Edition - Sarah M. Burn

    Typesetter - Sarah M. Burn

    Additional Info - funded by Ambache Foundation

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    https://www.fabermusic.com/music/glencree-in-the-wicklow-hills-symphony-no-1

  • Forces -Orchestra (2222 4331 TIMP PERC HRP STR)

    Movements - Movt 1: Adagio - Allegro / Movt 2: Adagio / Movt 3: Grave - Moderato

    Typesetter - Sarah M. Burn

    Additional Info - Edited and typeset by Sarah M. Burn. Supported by the Arts Council.

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  • Forces - Small Orchestra (2222/2000/TIMP/HP/STR)


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Vocal

  • Forces - Voice + Piano

    Text by - P.H Pearse (Tr. T MacDonagh)

    Typesetter - Dr David J. Rhodes

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  • Forces -Voice + Piano

    Text by - Winifred Mary Letts

    Typesetter - David Scott

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    Additional Info - Typeset by David Scott and Brendan Finan from Trinity College Dublin. Edited by David Scott.

    Songbook can be purchased via CMC in Ireland or CHIMES in London.

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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/

  • Forces - Voice + Piano

    Text by - Robert Herrick

    Typesetter - Roy Holmes

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  • Forces - Voice + Piano

    Text by - Rudyard Kipling

    Typesetter - Roy Holmes

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  • Forces - Voice + Piano

    Text by - Isaiah XXV 8,9 (Funeral anthem)

    Published by - Stainer & Bell (1915)

    Available Here - Stainer & Bell

  • Forces -Voice + Piano

    Text by - Winifred Mary Letts

    Typesetter - David Scott

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    Additional Info - Typeset by David Scott and Brendan Finan from Trinity College Dublin. Edited by David Scott.

  • Forces -Voice + Piano

    Text by - Eva Gore-Booth

    Typesetter - David Scott

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    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.

    Songbook can be purchased via CMC in Ireland or CHIMES in London.

  • Forces -Voice + Piano

    Text by - Moira O’Neill

    Typesetter - David Scott

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    Additional Info - Typeset by David Scott and Brendan Finan from Trinity College Dublin. Edited by David Scott.

  • SLEEP SONG

    Forces - Voice + Piano

    Text by - Text by Déirín Dé.

    Translated by - P.H. Pearse

    Typesetter - Dr David J. Rhodes

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  • Forces -Voice + Piano

    Text by - W.B. Yeats

    Typesetter - David Scott

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    Additional Info - Typeset by David Scott and Brendan Finan from Trinity College Dublin. Edited by David Scott.

  • Forces -Voice + Piano

    Text by - Eva Gore-Booth

    Typesetter - David Scott

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    Additional Info - Typeset by David Scott and Brendan Finan from Trinity College Dublin. Edited by David Scott.

    1. Song of the Mad Prince

    2. The Pigs and charcoal-burner

    3. Moon, Reeds, Rushes

    Forces - Voice + Piano

    Text by - Walter de la Mare

    Typesetter - Dr David J. Rhodes

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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 (OUP)

    Copyright enquiries to IBSL here

  • Typesetter - Dr Orla Shannon

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  • Forces -Mezzo-soprano voice & piano

    Text by - Eva Gore-Booth

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    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.

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  • Forces -Mezzo-soprano voice & piano

    Text by - Walt Whitman

    Typesetter - Dr Orla Shannon

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    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.

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  • Forces -Mezzo-soprano voice & piano

    Text by - George Russell

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    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.

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  • Forces -Mezzo-soprano voice & piano

    Movements - I. Blyssid be the Tyme / II. Tyrle, tylow, tyrle, tylow

    Text by - I. Tempus Henry IV,  Sloane M.S.

    Typesetter - Dr Orla Shannon

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    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.

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  • Forces -Mezzo-soprano voice & piano

    Text by - Philip Sydney

    Typesetter - Dr Orla Shannon

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    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.

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  • Forces -Mezzo-soprano voice & piano

    Movements - I. Since Thou, O Fondest and Truest / II. Spring Goeth All in White

    Text by - Robert Bridges

    Suitable for middle to high voice and baritone.

    Typesetter - Dr Orla Shannon

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    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.

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  • Forces -Mezzo-soprano voice & piano

    Text by - Austin Clarke

    Typesetter - David Scott

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    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.

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  • Forces -Mezzo-soprano voice & piano

    Text by - Pamela Grey of Falloden

    Suitable for middle to high voice and baritone.

    Typesetter - Dr Orla Shannon

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    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.

    ​Songbook can be purchased via CMC in Ireland or CHIMES in London.

  • Forces -Mezzo-soprano voice & piano

    Text by - E. L. Twiss

    Suitable for middle to high voice and baritone.

    Typesetter - Dr Orla Shannon

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    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.

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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

    Text by - Grace Warrack

    Suitable for middle to high voice and baritone.

    Typesetter - Dr Orla Shannon

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    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.

    Songbook can be purchased via CMC in Ireland or CHIMES in London.

  • Forces-Mezzo-soprano voice & piano

    Movements - I. Sleep / II. Storm / II. Evening on the Moselle

    Text by - Anon. Medieval Latin lyrics, trans. Helen Waddell

    Suitable for middle to high voice and baritone.

    Typesetter - Dr Orla Shannon

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    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.

    Songbook can be purchased via CMC in Ireland or CHIMES in London.

  • Forces - for medium voice and piano

    Movements - I. Carrowdore (1966) / II. All Souls' Night (1961) / III. O Ghost, That Has Gone (1966)/ IV. The Mill-Water (1966)

    Text by - I. John Irvine / II. Frances Cornford / III. James Stephens.

    Typesetter - Dr Orla Shannon

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    Songbook can be purchased via CMC in Ireland or CHIMES in London.

  • Vocal

    Text by W.M. Letts

    Typeset by Dr Orla Shannon

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  • Vocal

    Text by & George Herbert

    Typeset by Dr Orla Shannon

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  • Vocal

    Text by Edith Sitwell (revd. 1927)

    Typeset by Dr Orla Shannon

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  • Vocal

    Text by Robert Bridges

    Typeset by Dr Orla Shannon

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  • Vocal

    Text by Robert Bridges

    Typeset by Dr Orla Shannon

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STAGE WORK

  • Virgilian Suite (1930-1)

    Ballet suite for small orchestra based on the Eclogues of Virgil.

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  • The Dance of Death (1935-6)

    Masque or ballet for orchestra. 35 mins.

    Additional info - This work is in MANUSCRIPT form at Trinity College Dublin TCD Digital Collections here.

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  • The Vision of Er (1938-9)

    A mimed drama with music, founded on Plato’s ‘the Republic’ Book X. 

    For SSA soloists and orchestra.

    Additional info - This work is in MANUSCRIPT form at Trinity College Dublin TCD Digital Collections 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)

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Archive SCORES IN MANUSCRIPT

Ina Boyle Manuscript Book
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The Library of Trinity College Dublin houses numerous manuscripts of Ina Boyle's early compositions.