 She used traditional Irish melodies in her "String Quartet on Ancient Irish Airs," and French-Canadian music in her 1887 "Trois Esquisses canadiennes" (Three Canadian Sketches), 'Dialogue,' 'Nocturne,' and 'Chant du voyageur'.She also incorporated French-Canadian melodies in her three-act opera, "Pipandor" (with libretto by F.A.Dixon of Ottawa).