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. 1246Suite in F (2017) for Organ11 min.

Erik Simmons, organ

Dedication: for Philip Hartmann

Publisher: Zimbel Press/Subito Music Corp.

Op. 1247Suite in G (2017) for Organ8.5 min.

Erik Simmons, organ

Dedication: for Jay Zoller

Publisher: Zimbel Press/Subito Music Corp.

Op. 255Sunburst (2001) for Organ1.75 min.

Dedication: for Robert Allworth

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

Op. 1038Symphony for Organ (2013) for Organ21 min.
  • Masque
  • Sarabande
  • Chorale

Erik Simmons, organ

Dedication: for Erik Simmons

Publisher: Zimbel Press/Subito Music Corp.

Op. 1118Tambourin (2015) for Organ2 min.

Erik Simmons, organ

Dedication: for Paul Fritts on his birthday

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

Op. 224Tarantella Demente (2000) for Organ Duet (four hands, four feet)1.25 min.

Dedication: for the Harvard Organ Society Halloween Concert

Op. 330Tenebrae Canticle (2001) for Organ4.25 min.

Erik Simmons, organ

Dedication: for Tom and Lois Dykstra

Commission: Commissioned by Rochester Christian Reformed Church

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

Op. 1508Terzetto (2023) for Organ (manuals only) or Piano2.75 min.

Erik Simmons, organ

Dedication: for Erik Simmons

Publisher: SMP Press

Op. 1211The Cloak with the Stars (2017) for Organ7 min.

Carson Cooman, organ

Dedication: for Andreas Willscher

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

Op. 1313The Forest for the Trees (2018) for Organ9 min.

Dedication: for Forrest Eimold

Publisher: Zimbel Press/Subito Music Corp.

Op. 1330The Lighthouses (2019) for Organ8.5 min.

Erik Simmons, organ

Dedication: for Klaus Geitner

Commission: Commissioned for the 12th Sendlinger Orgelnacht, Munich-Sendling, Germany

Publisher: Zimbel Press/Subito Music Corp. in "Spire and The Lighthouses"

Op. 562The Transportation Age (2004) for Organ and Opt. Narrator6 min.
  • An Automobile
  • An Airplane
  • A Bus
  • A Bicycle
  • A Subway

Dedication: for Christina and Jacob Burley

Commission: Commissioned by Wayne Leupold Editions, Inc.

Publisher: Wayne Leupold Editions, Inc.

Op. 1470Third Transparency (2022) for Organ5 min.

Carson Cooman, organ

Dedication: for Douglas Wagner at 70

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

Op. 214This Life-Long Gift of Praise (2000) for Organ4.25 min.

Dedication: for Paul and Ruth on the occasion of their wedding

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

Op. 1230Three Autumn Sketches after a Watercolor by Maria Willscher (2017) for Organ16 min.

Carson Cooman, organ

Dedication: for Hans-Peter Bähr

Publisher: Zimbel Press/Subito Music Corp.

Op. 170Three Chorale Preludes (1999) for Organ5.25 min.
  • Nun danket (in memory of William Albright)
  • Nun komm der Heiden Heiland (for Carol Doran)
  • Wie schön leuchtet (for Charles Ore)

Commission: Commissioned by the Ecumenical Millennium Celebration Council

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

Op. 1293Three Christmas Intonations (2018) for Trumpet and Organ3 min.
  • Adeste fideles
  • O du fröhliche
  • Gloria (Engel auf den Feldern singen / Hört der Engel helle Lieder)

Dedication: for José Miguel Asensi (Palma de Mallorca) and Klaus Stehling (Dortmund)

Commission: Commissioned by Klaus Stehling

Op. 1110Three Enigmas (2015) for Organ (manuals only)6 min.
  • (Quarter note = 63)
  • (Half note = 50)
  • (Eighth note = 80)

Erik Simmons, organ

Dedication: in memoriam Peter Bares (1936–2014)

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

Op. 1165Three Pastorales on a German Carol (2016) for Organ7 min.
  • (Adagio molto)
  • (Allegretto leggiero)
  • (Lento tranquillissimo)

Erik Simmons, organ

Dedication: for Andreas Willscher, St. Joseph, Hamburg-Wandsbek

Publisher: Strube Verlag in "Zwei Orgelwerke"

Op. 1079Three Renaissance Dances (2014) for Keyboard6 min.
  • Pavane
  • Tordion
  • Allemande

Matthew McConnell, harpsichord

Dedication: for Matthew McConnell

Publisher: Zimbel Press/Subito Music Corp.

Op. 1232Three Sound-Poems after Paintings by Andreas Willscher (2017) for Organ11 min.
  • Sonnenfeld (Sun Field)
  • Gebet des Hl. Franziskus (Prayer of St. Francis)
  • Laetare (Rejoice)

Dedication: for Philip Hartmann and the art-loving community of the Pauluskirche, Ulm, Germany

Publisher: Zimbel Press/Subito Music Corp.

Op. 1208Three St. Francis Legends (2017) for Organ12 min.

Erik Simmons, organ

Dedication: for Andreas Willscher

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

Op. 117Three Voluntaries (1999) for Organ7 min.

Erik Simmons, organ

Dedication: for Peggy Krewson and First Congregational Church, Nantucket, Mass.

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

Op. 1035Tiento (2013) for Organ (manuals only)3 min.

Erik Simmons, organ

Dedication: for Lois Regestein

Publisher: Zimbel Press/Subito Music Corp. in "Four Tientos"

Op. 1292Tiento de batalla (2018) for Organ (opt. pedal)4.5 min.

Erik Simmons, organ

Dedication: for Klaus Stehling

Commission: Commissioned by Klaus Stehling

Publisher: Zimbel Press/Subito Music Corp. in "Four Tientos"

Op. 1261Tiento de falsas (2018) for Organ5 min.

Erik Simmons, organ

Dedication: for Wolfgang Lindner

Publisher: Zimbel Press/Subito Music Corp. in "Four Tientos"

Op. 1334Tiento mixolítico (2019) for Organ4+ min.

Erik Simmons, organ

Dedication: for Klaus Stehling and in memory of Robert Earl Behrman (1972–2019)

Commission: Commissioned by Klaus Stehling

Publisher: Zimbel Press/Subito Music Corp. in "Four Tientos"

Op. 921Toccata Festiva (2011) for Organ6.5 min.

(also known as Toccata Electraca)

Erik Simmons, organ

Dedication: for Karen Electra Christianson

Commission: Commissioned by Wayne Leupold Editions, Inc.

Publisher: Wayne Leupold Editions, Inc. in "Carson Cooman: Organ Music, Vol. 9"

Op. 1269Toccata in A (2018) for Organ2.75 min.

Carson Cooman, organ

Dedication: for Garrett F. Martin

Publisher: Zimbel Press/Subito Music Corp. in "Toccatas and Flourishes"

Op. 1270Toccata in C (2018) for Organ2.25 min.

Carson Cooman, organ

Dedication: for Thomas Åberg (on the 40th)

Publisher: Zimbel Press/Subito Music Corp. in "Toccatas and Flourishes"

Op. 1299Toccata in E (2018) for Organ3 min.

Erik Simmons, organ

Dedication: for Jackson Borges

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

Op. 211Toccata on “Lasst uns erfreuen” (2000, rev. 2017) for Organ3 min.

Dedication: for Felix Bräuer

Op. 635Toccata on a Yoruba Hymn (2005) for Organ2 min.

Dedication: for Godwin Sadoh

Publisher: Wayne Leupold Editions, Inc. in "The Organist’s Companion (September 2012 issue)"

Op. 1063Toccata sequenziale sopra “ut re mi fa” (2014) for Keyboard5 min.

Erik Simmons, organ

Dedication: for Allan Winkler

Publisher: Zimbel Press/Subito Music Corp.

Op. 741Toccata-Fantasy on a Medieval Welsh Carol (2007) for Organ6.25 min.

Harry Lyn Huff, organ

Dedication: for Edward Elwyn Jones and Amanda Forsythe

Publisher: Wayne Leupold Editions, Inc. in "Carson Cooman: Organ Music, Vol. 6"

Op. 1076Toccata-Rondo (2014) for Organ3.5 min.

Erik Simmons, organ

Dedication: for Kris Rizzotto

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

Op. 1184Toccata, Aria, and Finale (2017) for Organ12 min.
  • Toccata
  • Aria
  • Finale

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

Publisher: Zimbel Press/Subito Music Corp.

Op. 708Toccata: Homage to Buxtehude (2007) for Organ5 min.

Dedication: for Joan DeVee Dixon

Commission: Commissioned by Joan DeVee Dixon

Publisher: Wayne Leupold Editions, Inc. in "Carson Cooman: Organ Music, Vol. 6"

Op. 1456Toll and Canon (2022) for Organ6 min.

Carson Cooman, organ

Dedication: for Christoph Ritter

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

Op. 1450Transparency (2022) for Organ4.5 min.

Carson Cooman, organ

Dedication: for Erik Simmons

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

Op. 1240Trilogy on B-A-C-H (2017) for Organ12 min.

Erik Simmons, organ

Dedication: for Rhonda Sider Edgington

Publisher: Zimbel Press/Subito Music Corp.

Op. 144Trinity Matins (1999) for Organ7 min.

Dedication: for John Rose

Publisher: Conners Publications

Op. 552Trio: in memoriam Dirk Flentrop (2004) for Organ2.75 min.

Erik Simmons, organ

Dedication: in memory of Dirk Andries Flentrop (1910-2003)

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

Op. 1236Triptych in honorem Gustav Willscher (2017) for Organ10 min.

Erik Simmons, organ

Dedication: for Andreas Willscher, in celebration of his “Troppauer Musiklexicon”

Publisher: Zimbel Press/Subito Music Corp.

Op. 1190Triptych on a Sorbian Carol (2017) for Organ5 min.
  • Cantus
  • Musette-Ostinato
  • Cantus extensa

Erik Simmons, organ

Dedication: for Feliks Brojer

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

Op. 879Trumpet Tune (2010) for Organ4 min.

Harry Lyn Huff, organ

Dedication: for Pauline Whittinghill Klyce and Robert Morgan Pennoyer II, on their wedding day, December 31, 2010

Commission: Commissioned by The Memorial Church, Harvard University

Publisher: Wayne Leupold Editions, Inc. in "The Organist’s Companion (November 2010)"

Op. 1222Tuba Tune (2017) for Organ2 min.

Carson Cooman, organ

Dedication: for Ian Tracey

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

Op. 249Twilight Undulations (2001) for Organ2.25 min.

Dedication: in memory of Robert Starer

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

Op. 1282Two Contrasts (2018) for Organ8 min.

Erik Simmons, organ

Dedication: for Timothy Miller

Publisher: Zimbel Press/Subito Music Corp.

Op. 1078Two Elegiac Pieces (2014) for Organ (manuals only)5 min.
  • (Moderato rubato)
  • (Moltissimo lento tranquillo)

Erik Simmons, organ

Dedication: for Andrew Paul Holman

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