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.

Works for Organ

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. 884Truly the Light Is Sweet (2010) for SATB Chorus and Organ3.5 min.

Text from the Bible: Ecclesiastes 11:7, 9

Harvard University Choir; Edward Elwyn Jones, conductor

Dedication: in celebration of the restoration of Appleton Chapel, The Memorial Church, Harvard University

Commission: Commissioned by The Memorial Church, Harvard University

Publisher: Zimbel Press/Subito Music Corp.

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"

Op. 1235Two Elevations (2017) for Organ10 min.

Erik Simmons, organ

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Dedication: for Flemming Chr. Hansen

Publisher: free download

Op. 1170Two Fantasias (2016) for Organ12 min.

Carson Cooman, organ

Dedication: for Raimund Schächer

Publisher: Zimbel Press/Subito Music Corp.

Op. 900Two Folk Songs (2011) for Organ6 min.
  • Every Night, When the Sun Goes Down
  • Sourwood Mountain

Dedication: for Christian Lane

Commission: Commissioned by The Memorial Church, Harvard University

Publisher: Zimbel Press/Subito Music Corp.

Op. 62Two for Lent (1997, rev. 1999) for Organ6 min.
  • Ah, Holy Jesus – HERZLIEBSTER JESU (for Bruce and Alice Klanderman)
  • “What Wondrous Love” – WONDROUS LOVE (in memory of Frank E. Cooman)

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

Op. 171Two for Pentecost (1999) for Organ6.75 min.
  • Eternal Spirit, God of Truth – FOREST GREEN (for Frederick Frahm)
  • “Creator Spirit, by Whose Aid” – MELITA (in memory of Calvin Hampton)

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

Op. 172Two for Redemption (1999) for Organ5 min.
  • How Great Thou Art – O STORE GUD (in memory of Baden and Helen Frewin)

  • “Come, You Sinners, Poor and Needy” – ARISE (for Alice Parker)

Judy Congdon, organ

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

Op. 1019Two from the British Isles (2013) for Organ7 min.
  • Prelude on “Kingsfold”
  • Postlude on “Hyfrydol”

Erik Simmons, organ

Dedication: for Erik and Charissa Simmons

Commission: Commissioned by Erik and Charissa Simmons

Publisher: SMP Press

Op. 1216Two Impressions (2017) for Organ (opt. pedal)4 min.

Erik Simmons, organ

Dedication: for Jan and Ingrid Elgarøy

Op. 284Two Liturgical Meditations (2000) for Handbell Ensemble (10 bells, 5 ringers)4 min.
  • Magnificat
  • Nunc dimittis

Dedication: for Frederick Frahm

Op. 1187Two Mantras (2017) for Organ10 min.
  • Meditation (In paradisum)
  • Postludium (Deo gratias)

Dedication: for Felix Bräuer

Publisher: Zimbel Press/Subito Music Corp.

Op. 1298Two Nantucket Sketches (2018) for Organ4.5 min.

Erik Simmons, organ

Dedication: for Barbara Elder

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

Op. 1391Two Nantucket Sketches (Set 2) (2021) for Organ5 min.
  • Prelude
  • Shanty

Erik Simmons, organ

Dedication: for Joe Hammer and St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Nantucket, Massachusetts

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

Op. 1318Two Orgelkids Pieces (2018) for Organ ("Do-organ"; Orgelkids project)3.5 min.

Erik Simmons, organ

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Dedication: for Lydia Vroegindeweij

Publisher: free download

Op. 1433Ulmer Spatzenmusik (2022) for Organ4 min.

Erik Simmons, organ

Dedication: for Philip and Karin Hartmann

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

Op. 1300Ulmkreis (2018) for Organ7 min.

Erik Simmons, organ

Dedication: for Philip Hartmann

Publisher: Bardon Enterprises

Op. 963Utrecht Fantasia (2012) for Organ6 min.

Erik Simmons, organ

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Dedication: for Erik Simmons

Publisher: free download

Op. 1432Valediction (2022) for Organ2.5+ min.

Carson Cooman, organ

Dedication: in memoriam Howard B. Chadwick, Jr. (1940–2022)

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

Op. 1503Vanishing Point (2023) for Organ3 min.

Carson Cooman, organ

Dedication: for Huw Morgan

Publisher: Zimbel Press/Subito Music Corp. in "Vanishing Point, Cloud Mountains, and Estuary"

Op. 216Variations on “Jesu, Dulcia Memoria” (2000) for Organ6 min.
  • (Slow)
  • (Very slow)
  • Passacaglia (Moderate)
  • (Exuberant)

Dedication: for Murray Forbes Somerville

Publisher: Wayne Leupold Editions, Inc. in "Carson Cooman: Organ Music, Vol. 2"

Op. 1428Variations on “Aurelia” (2022) for Organ11 min.
  • Ricercare
  • Trio
  • Poem
  • Arpeggiata
  • Fanfare-Finale

Erik Simmons, organ

Dedication: in memory of Shirley Cooman Holtman (1930–2012)

Commission: Commissioned by Bruce Klanderman

Publisher: Zimbel Press/Subito Music Corp.

Op. 1212Variations on a Basque Noël (2017) for Organ5 min.

James Kibbie, organ [recorded by David Lau of Brookwood Studio]

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Dedication: for James Kibbie

Publisher: free download

Op. 1210Variations on a Theme of Andreas Willscher (2017) for Organ8 min.

Erik Simmons, organ

Dedication: for Walter Zielke

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

Op. 1254Variations on a Theme of Haydn (2017) for Organ8 min.

Dedication: for Christoph Hintermüller

Commission: Commissioned by Christoph Hintermüller

Publisher: Zimbel Press/Subito Music Corp.

Op. 1376Variazioni sawiane (2021) for Organ8 min.

Erik Simmons, organ

Dedication: for Jan Bartłomiej Bokszczanin

Publisher: Zimbel Press/Subito Music Corp.

Op. 1538Veranda (2024) for Violin and Organ2.5 min.

Dedication: for Gregory Tompkins and Charles Boyd Tompkins

Op. 1501Verbum (A Prelude on “Adeste fideles”) (2022) for Organ4 min.

Dedication: for Thomas Sheehan

Op. 1167Verbum supernum prodiens (2016) for Voices (in three spatially-separated groups) and Organ3.5 min.

Text from Liturgia Horarum (in Latin)

Harvard University Choir; Edward Elwyn Jones, conductor

Dedication: in memoriam Pauline Oliveros (1932–2016)

Commission: Commissioned by The Memorial Church, Harvard University

Publisher: Zimbel Press/Subito Music Corp.

Op. 955Verset I (2012) for Organ2 min.

Erik Simmons, organ

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Dedication: for Francis Chapelet

Publisher: free download

Op. 960Verset III, “Lied ohne Worte” (2012) for Organ3 min.

Erik Simmons, organ

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Dedication: for Professor Helmut Maier

Publisher: free download

Op. 487Vineyard Haven: Introduction and Free Accompaniment (2003) for Organ1.5 min.

on VINEYARD HAVEN by Richard Wayne Dirksen

Commission: Commissioned by Jung-A Lee

Op. 646Vision (2005) for Violin and Organ3.25 min.

Dedication: for Madeleine Isabelle Gough on her birth, July 12, 2005, and for Rupert and Rachel

Publisher: Musik Fabrik

Op. 274Vision: O the Lamb (2001) for Organ3 min.

Erik Simmons, organ

Dedication: for Sandra Gay

Publisher: Zimbel Press/Subito Music Corp.

Op. 397Voices of the Trumpet (2002) for Trumpet and Organ7 min.
  • Prelude
  • Aria
  • Rondino

Dedication: for Colby

Publisher: Lauren Keiser Music Publishing

Op. 1168Voluntary on “Bachofen” (2016) for Organ3.5 min.

Erik Simmons, organ

Dedication: in thanksgiving for the life and ministry of the Rev. Robert C. Wittler (1926–2016)

Commission: Commissioned by the American Guild of Organists Auction

Op. 1291Voluntary on “O du fröhliche” (2018) for Organ5 min.

Erik Simmons, organ

Dedication: for Klaus Stehling

Commission: Commissioned by Klaus Stehling

Publisher: Strube Verlag

Op. 1420Voluntary on “Wie schön leuchtet” (2021) for Organ3.5 min.

Erik Simmons, organ

Dedication: for Thomas Sheehan

Publisher: Zimbel Press/Subito Music Corp. in "Five Chorale Preludes"

Op. 1233Voluntary on a Motet by Andreas Willscher (2017) for Organ2.5 min.

Carson Cooman, organ

Dedication: for Philip Hartmann

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