Organ Volumes

From 1999–2016, Carson Cooman’s organ music was published primarily by Leupold Editions. Many works are available collected in volumes.

Organ Music, Vol. I is available.
Organ Music, Vol. II is available. (ERRATA LIST – important)
Organ Music, Vol. III is the pedagogical work A Hiker’s Gear
Organ Music, Vol. IV is the pedagogical work The Transportation Age
Organ Music, Vol. V is available. (ERRATA LIST)
Organ Music, Vol. VI is available. (ERRATA LIST)
Organ Music, Vol. VII is available.
Organ Music, Vol. VIII (“Piccoli fiori musicali”) is available.
Organ Music, Vol. IX is available. (ERRATA LIST)
Organ Music, Vol. X is available.

Other works and volumes (and all publications released since 2016) are available from various publishers. Specific publication information is listed on the page for each work.

Many organ publications from after 2016 are available from Zimbel Press/Subito Music Corp.

Organ Works

Op. 260Offertories for the Church Year (2001) for Organ14 min.
  • Advent – “Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus”, STUTTGART (for Gerald Near)
  • Christmas – “O Come, All Ye Faithful”, ADESTE FIDELES (for Bruce Klanderman)
  • Epiphany – “Songs of Thankfulness and Praise”, SALZBURG (for Alfred Fedak)
  • Lent – “When I Survey the Wondrous Cross”, HAMBURG (for Eileen Vanderzwan)
  • Easter – “Good Christians All, Rejoice and Sing”, GELOBT SEI GOTT (for Kristin Naragon)
  • Ascension – “Jesus Shall Reign”, DUKE STREET (for Sandra Gay)
  • Pentecost – “Holy Spirit, Truth Divine”, SONG 13 (for Charles Callahan)
  • Ordinary Time I – “When Peace Like a River”, VILLE DU HAVRE (for Beatrice Benedict)
  • Ordinary Time II – “For the Beauty of the Earth”, DIX (for Matthew Burt)
  • Ordinary Time III – “Stand Up, Stand Up for Jesus”, WEBB (for Marnie Masters)

Commission: Commissioned by Marnie Masters

Publisher: Wayne Leupold Editions, Inc. in "Carson Cooman: Organ Music, Vol. 1"

Op. 1389Old North Musings (2021) for Organ8 min.

Erik Simmons, organ

Dedication: for Jeffrey Cutts (and remembering Peggy and Robby)

Publisher: Zimbel Press/Subito Music Corp. in "Five Nantucket Pieces"

Op. 223On Lofty Places (2000) for Organ3.75 min.

Edward Elwyn Jones, organ

Dedication: for Peter J. Gomes

Commission: Commissioned by the Murray Schultz Service Playing Competition

Publisher: Lauren Keiser Music Publishing in "A Carson Cooman Organ Album"

Op. 1453Opening Day (2022) for Organ3.5 min.

Carson Cooman, organ

Dedication: for Felix Edward Cooman on his birthday, March 18, 2022

Publisher: SMP Press

Op. 1224Organ Symphony No. 2 (2017) for Organ34 min.
  • Fanfare
  • Rondo grave
  • Ballo
  • Ostinato
  • Paduana
  • Sea Dream
  • Estampie
  • Lament
  • Ground
  • Dance
  • Hymn
  • Sun Song

Carson Cooman, organ

Dedication: for Philip Hartmann

Publisher: Zimbel Press/Subito Music Corp.

Op. 1251Organ Symphony No. 3, “Portals” (2017) for Organ24 min.

Erik Simmons, organ

Dedication: for Philip Hartmann

Commission: Commissioned by Philip Hartmann for the Martin-Luther-Kirche (Ulm, Germany)

Publisher: Zimbel Press/Subito Music Corp.

Op. 173Organbook I (Pieces for Manuals) (1999, rev. 2001) for Organ (manuals only)13 min.
  • Divertimento
  • Passacaglia
  • Trumpet Tune
  • Chorale Prelude
  • Lament
  • Canon
  • Verset
  • Second Passacaglia
  • Prayer
  • Toccata

Dedication: for Wayne Leupold

Commission: Commissioned by Sally T. Hobson

Publisher: Wayne Leupold Editions, Inc. in "Carson Cooman: Organ Music, Vol. 5"

Op. 1188Ostinato Diptych on a Sorbian Easter Chorale (2017) for Organ6 min.

Erik Simmons, organ

Dedication: for Feliks Brojer

Publisher: Zimbel Press/Subito Music Corp. in "Three Sorbian Pieces"

Op. 1329Ostinato Fanfare (2019) for Organ Duet (four hands, two feet)2 min.

Dedication: for Felix Bräuer and Thorsten Schwarte

Commission: Commissioned by Felix Bräuer

Op. 1239Ostinato Postlude on a Motive of Andreas Willscher (2017) for Organ2.5 min.

Carson Cooman, organ

Dedication: for Philip Hartmann

Publisher: Zimbel Press/Subito Music Corp. in "Hamburg Organbook"

Op. 1259Overture concertante (2018) for Organ and Strings (quartet, quintet, or orchestra)6 min.

Heinrich Christensen, organ; Julia McKenzie and Katherine Winterstein, violin; Susan Seeber, viola; Colleen McGary-Smith, cello; Scot Fitzsimmons, bass

Dedication: for Betty and Bill English

Publisher: Zimbel Press/Subito Music Corp.

Op. 1431Overture to “Uncle Vanya” (2022) for Organ9 min.

Dedication: for Tom

Publisher: Zimbel Press/Subito Music Corp.

Op. 1134Owl Night (2016) for Organ or Piano8-20 min.

Erik Simmons, organ

Dedication: for Eva-Maria Houben

Op. 1384Paraphrase on “In paradisum” (2021) for Organ4+ min.

Erik Simmons, organ

Dedication: in memoriam James Primosch (1956–2021)

Publisher: SMP Press

Op. 1223Paraphrase on a Motive of Andreas Willscher (2017) for Organ7 min.

Carson Cooman, organ

Dedication: for Philip Hartmann

Publisher: Zimbel Press/Subito Music Corp. in "Hamburg Organbook"

Op. 624Partita on “St. Elizabeth” (2005) for Organ6 min.
  • Theme
  • Duo
  • Gigue
  • Meditation
  • Chorale

Erik Simmons, organ

Dedication: for Bruce Klanderman, in celebration of fifty years of ministry through service playing

Commission: Commissioned in honor of Bruce Klanderman

Publisher: Wayne Leupold Editions, Inc. in "The Organist’s Companion (September 2006 issue)"

Op. 1528Partita on “Herzliebster Jesu” (2023) for Organ (opt. pedal)7.5 min.

Carson Cooman, organ

Dedication: for Ralph Looij

Publisher: SMP Press

Op. 1371Partita on “O Heiland, reiß die Himmel auf” (2021) for Organ8 min.
  • Fanfare
  • Ostinato
  • Aria
  • Finale

Erik Simmons, organ

Dedication: for Philip Hartmann and the dedication of the new Kuhn choir organ in Ulm Cathedral, Ulm, Germany

Publisher: SMP Press

Op. 1509Partita on “Wer nur den lieben Gott läßt walten” (2023) for Organ11.5 min.
  • Ostinato marcato
  • Bicinium
  • Aria
  • Gigue-Finale

Carson Cooman, organ

Dedication: for Bruce Klanderman

Commission: Commissioned by Bruce Klanderman

Publisher: Zimbel Press/Subito Music Corp.

Op. 1288Partita on a Theme of Raimund Schächer (2018) for Keyboard4 min.

Erik Simmons, organ

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Dedication: for Raimund and Marga

Publisher: free download

Op. 1123Partita semplice (2015) for Organ (manuals only)6 min.

Erik Simmons, organ

Dedication: in memoriam Robert Byrd (1959–2014)

Publisher: Zimbel Press/Subito Music Corp. in "Cambridgeport Collection"

Op. 1080Passacaglia semplice (2014) for Organ (manuals only)3.5 min.

Erik Simmons, organ

Dedication: for Lee Ridgway

Publisher: Zimbel Press/Subito Music Corp. in "Cambridgeport Collection"

Op. 1150Pastorale (E.M.M.) (2016) for Keyboard3.25 min.

Erik Simmons, organ

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Dedication: for Rosalind Mohnsen, in memory of her mother

Publisher: free download

Op. 1228Pastorale on a Hymn by Andreas Willscher (2017) for Organ3.5 min.

Carson Cooman, organ

Dedication: for Philip Hartmann

Publisher: Zimbel Press/Subito Music Corp. in "Hamburg Organbook"

Op. 1520Pastorale RPS (2023) for Organ4+ min.

Carson Cooman, organ

Dedication: for Thomas Sheehan

Publisher: Zimbel Press/Subito Music Corp. in "Three RPS Pieces"

Op. 1336Pastorella acustica (2019) for Organ3.5 min.

Erik Simmons, organ

Dedication: for Hartwig Barte-Hanssen and Tord Siemen

Publisher: Zimbel Press/Subito Music Corp. in "Cambridgeport Collection"

Op. 317Pastorella and Fanfare (2001) for Organ4.5 min.
  • Pastorella
  • Fanfare

Erik Simmons, organ

Dedication: for James David Christie

Publisher: Wayne Leupold Editions, Inc. in "Carson Cooman: Organ Music, Vol. 1"

Op. 1418Pastorella rustica (2021) for Organ4.5 min.

Carson Cooman, organ

Dedication: for Ralph Looij

Publisher: Zimbel Press/Subito Music Corp. in "Riverside Collection"

Op. 1337Paulus-Praeludium (2019) for Organ4 min.

Erik Simmons, organ

Dedication: for Philip Hartmann

Publisher: Zimbel Press/Subito Music Corp. in "Cambridgeport Collection"

Op. 1534Pavane and Galliard (2024) for Organ (manuals only)3.25 min.
  • Pavane
  • Galliard

Carson Cooman, organ

Dedication: for Howard Skempton

Op. 1070Pavane for a Duchess at St. Andrew’s (2014) for Organ6 min.

Erik Simmons, organ

Dedication: in memory of Dorothy Virginia Garman Blankenship Laurie for St. Andrew’s Catholic Church, Roanoke, Virginia

Commission: Commissioned in memory of Dorothy Virginia Garman Blankenship Laurie for St. Andrew’s Catholic Church, Roanoke, Virginia

Op. 8Petit Carillon (1992) for Organ2 min.

Erik Simmons, organ

Op. 1575Petit écho (2024) for Organ2 min.

Carson Cooman, organ

Dedication: for Erik

Op. 1206Piccola fantasia francescana (2017) for Organ7 min.

Carson Cooman, organ

Dedication: for Andreas Willscher

Publisher: Zimbel Press/Subito Music Corp. in "St. Francis Organbook"

Op. 1098Pièce héroïque (2014) for Organ5 min.

Erik Simmons, organ

Dedication: for David Carrier

Publisher: Carus-Verlag in "Expressions for Organ"

Op. 1015Plaint (2013) for Organ4 min.

Erik Simmons, organ

Dedication: for Murray Forbes Somerville, in memory of his mother Brenda (1912–2013)

Publisher: Goodmusic Publishing Ltd. in "Four Pieces for Organ"

Op. 951Planctus II (2012) for Organ3 min.

Erik Simmons, organ

Dedication: for Paul Cienniwa

Publisher: Wayne Leupold Editions, Inc. in "Carson Cooman: Organ Music, Vol. 8"

Op. 1071Planctus IV (2014) for Organ3 min.

Erik Simmons, organ

Dedication: in memoriam Elodie Lauten (1950–2014)

Publisher: SMP Press

Op. 1339Plymouth Soundings (2019) for Organ5.5 min.

Erik Simmons, organ

Dedication: for Clive Jenkins, Richard Line, and Michael Eaton

Commission: Commissioned for the Mayflower 400 celebrations

Publisher: Goodmusic Publishing Ltd.

Op. 1513Portmanteau (2023) for Sustaining Keyboard6+ min.

Carson Cooman, organ

Dedication: for Michael Calabris

Op. 1527Postlude for the Beloved Disciple (2023) for Organ1.75 min.

Carson Cooman, organ

Dedication: for the Society of St. John the Evangelist, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Publisher: SMP Press

Op. 1521Postlude RPS (2023) for Organ3+ min.

Carson Cooman, organ

Dedication: for Erik Simmons

Publisher: Zimbel Press/Subito Music Corp. in "Three RPS Pieces"

Op. 1182Postludium (2017) for Organ3 min.

Erik Simmons, organ

Dedication: for Flemming Chr. Hansen

Publisher: Zimbel Press/Subito Music Corp. in "Franklin Collection"

Op. 1245Postludium on Two Themes (2017) for Organ4 min.

Erik Simmons, organ

Dedication: for Andreas and Brigitte Willscher

Publisher: Carus-Verlag in "Expressions for Organ"

Op. 1260Praeambulum festivum (2018) for Organ6 min.

Erik Simmons, organ

Dedication: for Hartmut Siebmanns

Commission: Commissioned by Hartmut Siebmanns

Publisher: Carus-Verlag in "Expressions for Organ"

Op. 1242Praeludium in festo S. Andreae apostoli (2017) for Organ (or Harmonium) (opt. pedal)4 min.

Carson Cooman, organ

Dedication: for Andreas Willscher

Publisher: Zimbel Press/Subito Music Corp. in "Three Apostolic Preludes"

Op. 1243Praeludium in festo S. Philippi apostoli (2017) for Organ (or Harmonium) (opt. pedal)4.5 min.

Carson Cooman, organ

Dedication: for Philip Hartmann

Publisher: Zimbel Press/Subito Music Corp. in "Three Apostolic Preludes"

Op. 1253Praeludium in festo S. Thomae apostoli (2017) for Organ (or Harmonium) (opt. pedal)5 min.

Erik Simmons, organ

Dedication: for Thomas Sheehan

Publisher: Zimbel Press/Subito Music Corp. in "Three Apostolic Preludes"

Op. 1345Prayer in Darkness (2019) for Organ4+ min.

Erik Simmons, organ

Dedication: for Klaus Geitner, in celebration of the addition of the pedal 10 2/3′ stop to the Eule organ of the Himmelfahrtskirche, Munich-Sendling, Germany

Commission: Commissioned by Klaus Geitner

Publisher: Zimbel Press/Subito Music Corp. in "Riverside Collection"

Op. 1442Preambolo e toccata energica (2022) for Organ8.5 min.

Erik Simmons, organ

Dedication: for David von Behren

Commission: Commissioned by David von Behren

Publisher: Zimbel Press/Subito Music Corp.