Unpublished Works

Selected Unpublished Works

Title of Work (Explanations, if any) - Scoring- Year - all works are 2-5 minutes in duration unless otherwise noted.

Please contact me via email to obtain licensed copies of my unpublished music, or order it from Sheet Music Direct and Sheet Music Plus. Various Jewish music-related titles are available for sale through oySongs.com.

Choral Compositions and Arrangements

A Dream (Marzenie) - text by Abraham (“Abramek”) Koplowicz (b. 1930, Lodz, Poland, d. 1944, Auschwitz-Birkenau) as translated by Sarah Lawson and Malgorzata Koraszewska - SATB chorus and piano or orchestra - 2024. Click here to view a watermarked PDF of the piano/choral score. Click here to view a watermarked PDF of the full score. Click here to listen to a synthesized performance of the piano/choral score. Click here to listen to a synthesized performance of the full score. This title is available for sale from Sheet Music Plus.

A Little Garden (text by Frantisek ["Franta"] Bass [b. Brno, 1930; Deported to Terezin, 1941; d. Auschwitz, 1944]) - English or Yiddish - unison treble chorus or soprano solo & piano - 1983.

English Version: A Little Garden. Click here to view a watermarked PDF for this version. Click here to listen to a synthesized rendition.

Yiddish Version: A Bissle Gorten. Click here to view a watermarked PDF for this version. Click here to listen to a synthesized rendition. This title is available for sale from oySongs.com.

Adon olam (Hebrew - original setting of the traditional Hebrew prayer - original version Lord of the World [WITHDRAWN] - commissioned by the Hood River Valley High School Choir, Hood River, Oregon, Mark Steighner, conductor) - SATB divisi - 1994, rev. 2010. Click here to view a watermarked PDF for this piece. Click here to listen to a synthesized rendition. This title is available for sale from oySongs.com.

And thou shalt love (Deuteronomy 6:5-9) - sacred contemporary song for unison voice(s), keyboard and/or guitar, or SATB, keyboard and/or guitar, or lead sheet - 2000 - arranged for SATB in 2011.

Versions: unison voice(s), keyboard and/or guitar; SATB, keyboard and/or guitar; lead sheet.
All versions are also available in a Hebrew singing translation titled V'ahavta.
Click here to view a watermarked PDF of the lead sheet for the English version.
Click here to view a watermarked PDF of the version for unison voice(s), keyboard and/or guitar for the English version; click here to listen to a synthesized rendition.
Click here to view a watermarked PDF of the version for SATB Chorus, keyboard and/or guitar for the English version; click here to listen to a synthesized rendition.
Click here to view a watermarked PDF of the lead sheet for the Hebrew version.
Click here to view a watermarked PDF of the version for unison voice(s), keyboard and/or guitar for the Hebrew version; click here to listen to a synthesized rendition.
Click here to view a watermarked PDF of the version for SATB Chorus, keyboard and/or guitar for the Hebrew version; click here to listen to a synthesized rendition.

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Anim Zemiros (A Hymn of Glory) (original setting of a traditional Hebrew Shabbat prayer - Transliteration by S.M.H.) - SATB divisi - 1985. Third place prize winner - 2008 Choral Composition Competition sponsored by The New York Virtuoso Singers, Harold Rosenbaum, conductor. Click here to view a watermarked PDF of the score. Click here to listen to the world premiere performance by The New York Virtuoso Singers, Harold Rosenbaum, conductor, in a YouTube music video. This title is available for sale from Sheet Music Plus.

Be unto love as rain is unto colour; create - text by E. E. Cummings - SATB chorus and piano - 1981 - [WITHDRAWN] - see Fanfare for Brass and Percussion.

Dormiva dolcemente (Homage to Gabrieli) - SATB/SATB - 2023. Click here to view a watermarked PDF of the score. Click here to listen to a synthesized rendition. This title is available for sale from Sheet Music Plus.

El Yivneh Hagalil (Hebrew) - SATB - 2018. Click here to view a watermarked PDF for this piece. Click here to listen to a synthesized rendition. This title is available for sale from oySongs.com.

From Silent Night (John Dowland [c. 1563–1626]) - arranged for SATB Quartet or Chorus, Treble Viol or Viola, Bass Viol or Violoncello, and Lute or Guitar - English - 2024. Click here to view a watermarked PDF for this piece. Click here to listen to a synthesized rendition. This title is available for sale from Sheet Music Plus.

Homage to Rossi (1. Bar'chu [by Salomone Rossi], 2. Baruch 1, 3. Adonai, erech apayim, 4. Baruch 2) (Hebrew - running English translation by S.M.H.) - SATB - 2010 - 6:00. Click here to view a watermarked PDF for this piece. Click here to listen to a synthesized rendition. This title is available for sale from oySongs.com.

Hope (text by Emily Dickinson) - SAATB & piano - 2024. Click here to view a watermarked PDF of the score. Click here to listen to a synthesized rendition. This title is available for sale from Sheet Music Plus.

I Am (setting of the poem Do not stand at my grave and weep by Mary Elizabeth Frye) - SATB - secular - 2018. Click here to view a watermarked PDF of the score. Click here to listen to a synthesized rendition. This title is available for sale from Sheet Music Plus.

I don't know. I don't care: Mobile for SATB Chorus unaccompanied. - music by Stanley M. Hoffman based loosely on “Prelude in C Major” from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1 (BWV 846, No. 1), with apologies to J. S. Bach (1680–1750) - 2023 - dedicated to apathetic, willfully ignorant people everywhere. Click here to view a watermarked PDF of the score. Click here to listen to a synthesized rendition. This title is available for sale from Sheet Music Plus.

Mists (Nebbie) (Ottorino Respighi [1879-1936]) - arranged for SATB chorus and piano or orchestra - English and Italian - 2018. Click here to view a watermarked PDF for the piano/choral score; click here to listen to a synthesized rendition.

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These arrangements are available for sale from Sheet Music Plus.

My Red Boots - text by the composer's late mother, Rita Hoffman - SATB (divisi) - 2024. Click here to view a watermarked PDF for the full score. Click here to listen to a synthesized rendition of the full score. This title is available for sale from Sheet Music Plus.

Nächtens (At Night) from Sechs Quartette, Op. 112, No. 2 (Brahms/Hoffman, arr.) - SATB chorus and orchestra - German Text by Franz Kugler - arr. 2023. Click here for a watermarked full score. Click here to listen to a synthetic rendition. This title is available for sale from Sheet Music Plus. Click here to download a free PDF of a piano/choral score with rehearsal marks matching those in the full score. Permission is not granted to republish this PDF, only to use it for rehearsals and performances with Dr. Hoffman's orchestral arrangement.

Only from Blood Does Freedom Grow - based in part on Hatikvah (The Hope), the national anthem of Israel - text by the composer's late mother, Rita Hoffman - SATB (divisi) and piano or orchestra - 2024. Click here to view a watermarked PDF for the piano/choral score. Click here to listen to a synthesized rendition of the piano/choral score. Click here to view a watermarked PDF for the full score. Click here to listen to a synthesized rendition of the full score. This title is available for sale from Sheet Music Plus.

Refuge - English - text by Sara Teasdale - SATB chorus (divisi) unaccompanied - 2021. Click here to view a watermarked PDF for this piece. Click here to listen to a synthesized rendition. This title is available for sale from Sheet Music Plus.

"Sehnsucht" (Longing) from Sechs Quartette, Op. 112, No. 1 (Brahms/Hoffman, arr.) - SATB chorus and orchestra - German Text by Franz Kugler - arr. 2023. Click here for a watermarked full score. Click here to listen to a synthetic rendition. This title is available for sale from Sheet Music Plus. Click here to download a free PDF of a piano/choral score with rehearsal marks matching those in the full score. Permission is not granted to republish this PDF, only to use it for rehearsals and performances with Dr. Hoffman's orchestral arrangement

Separazione (Parting) - Italian Folk Song - Edited, and provided with accompaniment by Giovanni Sgambati (1841–1914) - Italian | English singing translation by the arranger - SATB and chamber orchestral versions by the arranger.

SATB chorus and piano - Click here for a watermarked full score. Click here to listen to a synthetic rendition.

This title is available for sale from Sheet Music Plus.

Set No. 10 of Three Pieces (Charles Ives [1874-1954]) - 1) Like a Sick Eagle, 2) Luck and Work, 3) The Indians, arranged for SATB chorus (divisi) and piano - English - composed 1920-1921, arranged 2021. Click here to view a watermarked PDF for this piece. Click here to listen to a synthesized rendition. This title is available for sale from Sheet Music Plus.

Shalom rav - sacred contemporary song for cantor (low voice) & piano, or cantor (low voice), SATB & piano - Hebrew - includes versions for both regular and High Holiday Shabbat services - 2007.

Click here to view a watermarked PDF for the solo/unison version. Click here to listen to a synthesized rendition.
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The Captain’s Daughter (On the Water) - English - SATB & piano or orchestra - text by James T. Fields (1817–1881), 2021. Click here to view a watermarked PDF for the SATB & piano version. Click here to listen to a synthesized rendition. Click here to view a watermarked PDF for the SATB & orchestra version. Click here to listen to a synthesized rendition. This title is available for sale from Sheet Music Plus.

The City In the Sea (setting of the poem of the same name by Edgar Allan Poe [1809-1849]) - secular - version for SATB chorus (divisi) unaccompanied - 2012 - 6:40. Click here to view a watermarked PDF for this piece. Click here to listen to a synthesized rendition. This title is available for sale from Sheet Music Plus.

The City In the Sea: Choral Tone Poem (setting of the poem of the same name by Edgar Allan Poe [1809-1849]) - secular - for SATB chorus (divisi) and orchestra - 2022 - 13:00. Click here to view a watermarked PDF of the full score. Click here to listen to a synthesized rendition. The choral part is available for sale from Sheet Music Plus. Click here for ordering information. The full score, instrumental parts, and piano/choral rehearsal score are also available for sale from Sheet Music Plus. Click here for ordering information.

The Whole World Is a Very Narrow Bridge (Kol ha’olam kulo gesher tsar me’od) - (Hebrew - text by Rabbi Nachman of Bratslav and from Isaiah 41:10) - SATB chorus unaccompanied - 2018. Click here to view a watermarked PDF for this piece. Click here to listen to a synthesized rendition. This title is available for sale from oySongs.com.

There Is a Name (dedication piece for the New England Holocaust Memorial, Boston) - (English - text by Joseph H. Albeck) - SA chorus & amplified classical guitar or orchestra - 1995. Performance Jenny Kowall, Rachel Rosenman, Taylor Webster (children's chorus), William Buonocore, guitar - New England Holocaust Memorial, Boston - world premiere performance, October 22, 1995 - performed before an audience of over 8000 people at the dedication ceremonies of the New England Holocaust Memorial. Click here to listen to this performance. Click here to view a watermarked PDF of the choral/guitar score. Click here to view a watermarked PDF of the full score. Click here to listen to a synthesized rendition of the full score. The choral/guitar score is available for sale from oySongs.com.

Three Songs from the Jewish Ghettos: 1. Es Brent!, 2. A Yiddish Kind, 3. Ani Mamin! - (Yiddish, Hebrew) - SATB chorus unaccompanied - 1985. Click here to view a watermarked PDF for this piece. This title is available for licensing from the composer.

V'ahavta - see And thou shalt love (above).

Arrangements for Voice and Orchestra

Mists (Nebbie) (Ottorino Respighi [1879-1936]) - arranged for medium voice and orchestra - English and Italian - 2018, 2023. Click here to view a watermarked PDF for this piece. Click here to listen to a synthesized rendition. This title is available for sale from Sheet Music Plus.

Separazione (Parting) - Italian Folk Song - Edited, and provided with accompaniment by Giovanni Sgambati (1841–1914) - Italian | English singing translation by the arranger - voice and chamber orchestral version by the arranger.

Voice and chamber orchestra - Click here for a watermarked full score. Click here to listen to a synthetic rendition.

This title is available for sale from Sheet Music Plus.

Compositions for Mezzo-Soprano and Accompaniment

Is there a flower (whom - English - text by E. E. Cummings in the Public Domain in USA - mezzo-soprano & piano - 1980. Click here to view a watermarked PDF of the score. Click here to listen to a synthesized rendition. This title is available for licensing from the composer.

Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird - English - (BMI Award 1984-85, text by Wallace Stevens now in the public domain) - mezzo-soprano & string quartet - 1985, rev. 1993 - 15 min. Performance by the Brandeis University contemporary music ensemble (Susan Klebanow, mezzo-soprano, Lisa Crockett, violin, James Cook, violin, Leonard Matczynski, viola, Leslie Svilokos, violoncello, David Hoose, conductor) - Slosberg Recital Hall, Brandeis University - world premiere performance - December 4, 1984. Click here to listen to this performance. Click here to view a watermarked PDF of the score. This title is available for sale from Sheet Music Plus.

Compositions for Soprano Unaccompanied

Behold, the sun at twilight time - text by the 11th century poet Solomon Ibn Gabriol originally in Hebrew - English translation by the composer - soprano solo - 2024. See below for details regarding availability.

Lament - ibid. This title is an excerpt from Behold, the sun at twilight time. Lament was submitted to a call for scores. Details regarding availability will be posted here after the results are in.

My Love - Immanuel of Rome (1261–ca. 1335) - English translation by the composer - soprano solo - 2024. This work was submitted to a call for scores. Details regarding availability will be posted here after the results are in.

Place a Glass In my Hand - Anonymous ancient Hebrew text - English translation by the composer - soprano solo - 2024. This work was submitted to a call for scores. Details regarding availability will be posted here after the results are in.

Say To the Young Man - text by the 11th century poet Solomon Ibn Gabriol originally in Hebrew - English translation by the composer - soprano solo - 2024. This work was submitted to a call for scores. Details regarding availability will be posted here after the results are in.

Song Cycle for Mezzo-Soprano and Piano

Teasdale Songs - texts by Sara Teasdale (1884–1933) - music composed in 2024 - total duration: 19:35.

1. A Minuet of Mozart’s
2. Immortality
3. It Is Not A Word Spoken
4. Peace
5. Sea Longing
6. Swallow Flight
7. The Song Maker
8. To-Night
9. Twilight
10. Winter Dusk

This title is currently unavailable as it is being readied for submission to a composition competition. Details to follow.

Composition for Tenor and Piano

A Lovely Summer Night - tenor & piano - English - Words by Antonio Machado - 2000. Click here to view a watermarked PDF score. Click here to listen to a synthesized rendition. This title is available for sale from Sheet Music Plus.

Compositions for Bass-Baritone Unaccompanied

Autumn - bass-baritone - English - Words by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875–1926) translated and adapted by the composer - version for bassoon solo titled Bagatelle, 1994; version for bass-baritone solo 2024. Click here to view a watermarked PDF score. Click here to listen to a synthesized rendition. This title is available for sale from Sheet Music Plus.

Composition for Low Voice, Low Flutes, and Piano

Twilight, Goodbye, Peace (composed for Peter Sheridan - low voice, low flutes (alto and bass), and piano - 2016 - 6:41.

Texts: 1. Twilight: Solomon Ibn Gabriol (eleventh century); 2. Goodbye: Samuel Clemens (1835–1910); 3. Peace: Attributed to Fra Giovanni Giocondo (1513), but probably written by Earnest Temple Hargrove (1870–1939) Click here to view a watermarked PDF score. Click here to listen to a synthesized rendition. This title is available for sale from Sheet Music Plus.

Compositions for Baritone and Electronic Accompaniment

Two Songs of Passion

1. Pears (baritone & electronic accompaniment) - English - Words by Linda Pastan - 2022;

2. Her True Body (baritone & electronic accompaniment) - English - Words by Jerred Metz - 2022.

Composed for a Composer's Voice virtual concert presented by Vox Novus, Andrew White, baritone, May 14, 2022.

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Composition for Spoken Voice, Piano, and Percussion

the Cambridge ladies who live in furnished souls - voice, piano, and maraca - English - text by E. E. Cummings in the Public Domain in USA- 2022. Click here to view a watermarked PDF score. Click here to listen to a synthesized rendition. This title is available for licensing from the composer.

Opera Scenes

Two Scenes from the Lodz Ghetto - 1. At the Clothing Department (3:00); 2. To Get a Ration (9:00) - vocal soloists & piano or chamber ensemble (cl, bn, tpt, tbn, perc, vln, vc) with live or prerecorded crowd noise - 2021, 2024. The libretto is comprised of the insightful observations of a young Jewish boy—Abraham “Abramek” Koplowicz—who was trapped by the Nazis in the Lodz ghetto and who later died in Auschwitz. The libretto appears before each scene in the scores.

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Orchestral Arrangements

Capriccio in B Minor, Op. 76, No. 2 (Johannes Brahms [piano]) arr. for orchestra (2 fl, ob, eh, cl, bcl, bn, cbn, 4 hn, 2 tpt, tbn, btbn, tuba, timp, str) - arr. 2023. Click here to view a watermarked PDF of the full score. Click here to view a watermarked PDF of the rehearsal score with piano accompaniment. Click here to listen to a synthesized rendition of the full score. Click here to listen to a synthesized rendition of the full score. Click here to listen to a synthesized rendition of the rehearsal score with piano accompaniment. This title is available for sale from Sheet Music Plus.

Capriccio in G Minor, Op. 116, No. 3 (Johannes Brahms [piano]) arr. for orchestra (2 fl, ob, eh, 2 cl, bn, cbn, 4 hn, 2 tpt, tbn, tuba, timp, cym, str) - arr. 2023. Click here to view a watermarked PDF of the score. Click here to listen to a synthesized rendition. This title is available for sale from Sheet Music Plus.

Intermezzo in E Major, Op. 116, No. 4 (Johannes Brahms [piano]) arr. for orchestra (2 fl, 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bn, 4 hn, 2 tpt, 2 tbn, tuba, timp, hp, str) - arr. 2022. Click here to view a watermarked PDF of the score. Click here to listen to a synthesized rendition. This title is available for sale from Sheet Music Plus.

Intermezzo in E Major, Op. 116, No. 6 (Johannes Brahms [piano]) arr. for orchestra (2 fl, ob, eh, cl, bcl, bn, cbn, 4 hn, 2 tpt, tbn, btbn, tuba, timp, hp, str) - arr. 2022. Click here to view a watermarked PDF of the score. Click here to listen to a synthesized rendition. This title is available for sale from Sheet Music Plus.

Intermezzo in E-flat Major, Op. 117, No. 1 (Johannes Brahms [piano]) arr. for orchestra (2 fl [2 doubles on picc], 2 ob [2 doubles on eh], 2 cl, 2 bn, 4 hn, 2 tpt, tbn, btbn, tba, timp, hp, str) - arr. 2023. Click here to view a watermarked PDF of the score. Click here to listen to a synthesized rendition. This title is available for sale from Sheet Music Plus.

Intermezzo in B-flat Minor, Op. 117, No. 2 (Johannes Brahms [piano]) arr. for orchestra (2 fl [1 doubles on picc], 2 ob, 2 cl, 1 bn, 1 cbn, 4 hn, 2 tpt, 3 tbn, timp, hp, str) - arr. 2021. Click here to view a watermarked PDF of the score. Click here to listen to a synthesized rendition. This title is available for sale from Sheet Music Plus.

Intermezzo in B Minor, Op. 119, No. 1 (Johannes Brahms [piano]) arr. for orchestra (2 fl, 2 ob, 2 cl, 1 bn, 1 cbn, 4 hn, 2 tpt, 2 tbn, tba, timp, hp, str) - arr. 2022. Click here to view a watermarked PDF of the score. Click here to listen to a synthesized rendition. This title is available for sale from Sheet Music Plus.

Intermezzo in E Minor, Op. 119, No. 2 (Johannes Brahms [piano]) arr. for orchestra (2 fl, 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bn, 4 hn, 2 tpt, 2 tbn, tba, timp, hp, str) - arr. 2022. Click here to view a watermarked PDF of the score. Click here to listen to a synthesized rendition. This title is available for sale from Sheet Music Plus.

Intermezzo in C Major, Op. 119, No. 3 (Johannes Brahms [piano]) arr. for orchestra (2 fl, 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bn, 4 hn, 2 tpt, 2 tbn, tba, timp, hp, str) - arr. 2022. Click here to view a watermarked PDF of the score. Click here to listen to a synthesized rendition. This title is available for sale from Sheet Music Plus.

Rhapsody in B Minor, Op. 79, No. 1 (Johannes Brahms [piano]) arr. for orchestra (2 fl, 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bn, cbn, 4 hn, 2 tpt, 2 tbn, tba, timp, 2 hps, perc (cym, tri), str) - arr. 2023. Click here to view a watermarked PDF of the score. Click here to listen to a synthesized rendition. This title is available for sale from Sheet Music Plus.

Rhapsody in G Minor, Op. 79, No. 2 (Johannes Brahms [piano]) arr. for orchestra (2 fl, ob, eh, cl, bcl, bn, cbn, 4 hn, 2 tpt, tbn, btbn, tuba, timp, perc (cym), str) - arr. 2023. Click here to view a watermarked PDF of the score. Click here to listen to a synthesized rendition. This title is available for sale from Sheet Music Plus.

Rhapsody in E-flat Major, Op. 119, No. 2 (Johannes Brahms [piano]) arr. for orchestra (2 fl. [2 picc.], 2 ob. (eh.), bn, (cbn) tbn., btbn, tba, timp, str) - arr. 2023. Click here to view a watermarked PDF of the score. Click here to listen to a synthesized rendition. This title is available for sale from Sheet Music Plus.

Romanze in F Major, Op. 118, No. 5 (Johannes Brahms [piano]) arr. for orchestra (2 fl, 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bn, 4 hn, 2 tpt, 2 tbn, tba, timp, hp, str) - arr. 2023. Click here to view a watermarked PDF of the score. Click here to listen to a synthesized rendition. This title is available for sale from Sheet Music Plus.

Nuages Gris (Franz Liszt, 1881 [piano]) arr. for chamber orchestra (2 fl., ob., bn, 3 tbn., timp., hp., str.) - arr. 2009. Click here to view a watermarked PDF of the score. Click here to listen to a synthesized rendition. This title is available for sale from Sheet Music Plus.

Variation 25 (from the Goldberg Variations, J.S. Bach [Harpsichord]) arr. for solo violin and string orchestra of violas, cellos, and basses (or string trio) & harpsichord - 1993 - 12 min. Click here to view a watermarked PDF of the score. Click here to listen to a synthesized rendition. This title is available for sale from Sheet Music Plus.

Waltz in A-flat Major, Op. 39, No. 15 (Johannes Brahms [piano]) arr. for orchestra (2 fl, 2 ob, 2 cl, bcl, 2 bn, cbn, 4 hn, 2 tpt, 2 tbn, tba, tri, hp, str) - arr. 2023. Click here to view a watermarked PDF of the score. Click here to listen to a synthesized rendition. This title is available for sale from Sheet Music Plus.

Orchestral Compositions

Azure Sunrise - (organ four-hands , 2018) arranged for harp and string orchestra - 2022. Click here to view a watermarked PDF score. Click here to listen to a synthesized rendition. This title is available for sale from Sheet Music Plus.

Backwards Decade - chamber orchestra - one of 52 six-second works performed by the Vine Orchestra conducted by Michael Mikulka on December 1, 2013. Click here to listen to their performance. Click here to view a watermarked PDF of the score. This title is available for sale from Sheet Music Plus.

Elegiac Rondo - string orchestra - Begun in 2001; completed in 2018 - 7 min. Click here to view a watermarked PDF score. Click here to listen to a synthesized rendition. This title is available for sale from Sheet Music Plus.

Elegy on "In Paradisum" (originally for organ solo) - 2018 - composed for Carson Cooman in memory of Ronald Arnatt - arranged for organ and string orchestra in 2023. Click here to view a watermarked PDF score. Click here to listen to a synthesized performance. This title is available for sale from Sheet Music Plus.

Arranged for string orchestra in 2024. Click here to view a watermarked PDF score. Click here to listen to a synthesized performance. This title is available for sale from Sheet Music Plus.

Homage to Bach - Theme and 7 Variations on Prelude in C Minor (BWV 999) - harpsichord and chamber orchestra - 2023 - ca. 12:00.

Prelude (Theme) (harpsichord)

Theme and Variation 1 (chamber orchestra)

Maggiore (harpsichord)

Tempesto (chamber orchestra)

In 5 (harpsichord)

Waltz (harpsichord and chamber orchestra)

Molto Cantabile

Tango in which BWV 999 Meets BWV 846, No. 1 (harpsichord and chamber orchestra)

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Theme and Variation 1 - harpsichord and chamber orchestra

Variation 6 - Molto Cantabile - harpsichord and string orchestra (woodwinds tacet)

Variation 6 - Molto Cantabile - oboe (1) and harpsichord

Homage to Sibelius - chamber orchestra - 2023 - ca. 11:30. Click here to view a watermarked PDF score. Click here to listen to a synthesized rendition. This title is available for sale from Sheet Music Plus.

Homage to Vaughan Williams - string orchestra - 2022 - 10:40. Click here to view a watermarked PDF score. Click here to listen to a synthesized rendition. This title is available for sale from Sheet Music Plus.

I Lift Up My Eyes To the Mountains - Psalm 121 for SATB chorus (divisi) unaccompanied, 1998, arranged for string orchestra in 2022. Click here to view a watermarked score. Click here to listen to a synthesized rendition. This title is available for sale from Sheet Music Direct, and from Sheet Music Plus. This arrangement may be used as an optional accompaniment to the published choral score. For purely business rather than quality-related reasons, ECS Publishing Group decided not to publish this version. Objectively speaking, the two versions would work very well together.

Little Sea Nocturne - orchestra - 1983. Click here to view a watermarked score. Click here to listen to a synthesized rendition. This title is available for sale from Sheet Music Plus.

Movement for Strings and Piano - 1981 - [WITHDRAWN] - see Fanfare for Brass and Percussion.

Pasacalle Triste (Sad Passacaglia - "Apotheosis of the Circle of Fifths") - string orchestra - 2024 - 7 min. Click here to view a watermarked score. Click here to listen to a synthesized rendition. Click here to read the program notes. This title is available for sale from Sheet Music Plus.

Poem and Lamentations - violin & string orchestra - 1987, arr. 2009 - 12 min. Click here to view a watermarked PDF score. Click here to listen to a synthesized rendition. This title is available for sale from Sheet Music Plus.

Romance for Orchestra (Senior Thesis, The Boston Conservatory) - 1982. - 10 min. Click here to view a watermarked PDF score. Click here to listen to a synthesized rendition. This title is available for sale from Sheet Music Plus.

Romance for String Orchestra - 2024. - 9 min. Click here to view a watermarked PDF score. Click here to listen to a synthesized rendition. This title is available for sale from Sheet Music Plus.

Round and Six Variations on a Theme by William Byrd - oboe, harp, string orchestra - 2024. - 5 min. Click here to view a watermarked PDF score. Click here to listen to a synthesized rendition. This title is available for sale from Sheet Music Plus.

The Expanses (Intermezzo for Chamber Orchestra) - version for piano: 1980 - version for chamber orchestra: 2024. Click here to listen to a synthesized version. Click here to view a watermarked PDF score. This title is available for sale from Sheet Music Plus.

Theme and Twelve Variations on "The Marines Hymn" - string orchestra - 2022. Click here to view a watermarked PDF score. Click here to listen to a synthesized rendition. This title is available for sale from Sheet Music Plus.

Band Composition

Dirge for the 9/11 First Responders (band) - 2016. Click here to view a watermarked PDF score. Click here to listen to a synthesized mp3. This title is available for sale from Sheet Music Plus.

Compositions and Arrangements for Large Chamber Ensembles

Dormiva dolcemente (Giovanni Gabrieli) - Double Brass Quartet - 2023. Click here to view a watermarked PDF of the score. Click here to listen to a synthesized rendition. This title is available for sale from Sheet Music Plus.

Fanfare for Brass and Percussion - Brass Ensemble and Percussion - 2022; fyi, same ensemble as for Fanfare for the Common Man (Copland) but the 1st Trumpet doubles on Piccolo Trumpet. Click here to view a watermarked PDF score. Click here to listen to a synthesized rendition. This title is available for sale from Sheet Music Plus.

Fanfare for Flute Choir - 2022. Click here to view a watermarked PDF score. Click here to listen to a synthesized rendition. This title is available for sale from Sheet Music Plus.

"Get me a rag!" "Just a minute..." - piano solo - 2011 - arranged 2021 for Ragtime ensemble (piccolo, E-flat clarinet, trombone, tuba, drum set, piano, 2 violins, viola, violoncello, contrabass) . Click here to view a watermarked PDF score. Click here to listen to a synthesized rendition. This title is available for sale from Sheet Music Plus.

Hymn of Glory (an ensemble of at least four violas and four violoncellos [preferably for a string orchestra of violas and violoncellos]) - 1985, arr. 1988. Click here to view a PDF watermarked score. Click here to listen to a synthesized rendition. This title is available for sale from Sheet Music Plus.

Nocturne for Nine Players (PhD dissertation composition, Brandeis University) [2 fl. (a.fl.), ob. (e.hn.), cl. (b.cl.), bn., 2 hn., harp, perc.] - 1992 - 17 min. Brandeis University contemporary music ensemble (Christine Fish [Moulton], flute, Suellen Hershman, flute, Kathy Halvorson, oboe, Katherine Matasy, clarinet, Gregory Newton, bassoon, Robert Marlatt, horn, Jean Rife, horn, Ruth Emanuel Maffa, harp, Michael Parola, percussion, Adam Grossman, guest conductor) - Slosberg Recital Hall, Brandeis University - world premiere performance, December 6, 1992. Click here to listen to this performance. Click here to view a watermarked PDF score. This title is available for sale from Sheet Music Plus.

Compositions for Small Chamber Ensembles

A Lovely Summer Night - (composed for saxophonist Kenneth Radnofsky) tenor saxophone & piano - 2000 - version for horn & piano - 2009. Click here to view a watermarked PDF score of the version for tenor saxophone & piano. Click here to listen to a synthesized rendition. This title is available for sale from Sheet Music Plus. Click here for ordering information. Click here to view a watermarked PDF score of the version for horn & piano. Click here to listen to a synthesized rendition. This title is available for sale from Sheet Music Plus.

A Pacific Prelude - brass quintet (2 C trumpets, horn, trombone & tuba) - 1995 - 7 min. Click here and then click on "Listen" to hear a performance by the Prism Brass Quintet. The entire score may be viewed as a watermarked PDF. This title is available for sale from Sheet Music Plus.

A Snippet from the Inexorable March of Time - saxophone quartet - 2017. Click here to view a watermarked PDF score. Click here to listen to a synthesized rendition. This title is available for sale from Sheet Music Plus.

Allegretto (in the Classical Style) - marimba and piano - 2012 - likely composed for a very strange call for scores - [WITHDRAWN].

Berceuse - flute, clarinet, bassoon - 2016. Click here to view a watermarked PDF score. Click here to listen to a synthesized rendition. This title is available for sale from Sheet Music Plus.

Brief Prelude for Violin and Piano - 2013, rev. 2022. Click here to view a watermarked PDF score. Click here to listen to a synthesized rendition. This title is available for sale from Sheet Music Plus.

Calling for Harmony - horn quartet - 2021. Click here to view a watermarked PDF score. Click here to listen to a synthesized rendition. This title is available for sale from Sheet Music Plus.

Contrasts (Homage to Béla Bartók) Fantasypiece for Viola Duet - viola duet - 2023. This title is composed for a call for scores. Details regarding availability will be posted here after the results are in.

Demented Music (Pervertimento for Cello Quartet or String Quartet) - 2014.

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Click here to view a watermarked PDF score of the version for string quartet. Click here to listen to a synthesized rendition of this version. This title is available for sale from Sheet Music Plus.

In Memoriam - flute, viola & double bass - 2011 Click here to view a PDF watermarked PDF score. Click here to listen to a synthesized rendition. This title is available for sale from Sheet Music Plus.

Kojo no tsuki Variant - (Variant on "Kojo no tsuki" [clarinet & piano], arranged) - 2 contrabass flutes - 2011, arr. 2015. Click here to view a watermarked PDF score. Click here to listen to a synthesized rendition. This title is available for sale from Sheet Music Plus.

Meditation - tenor saxophone and harp - 2017. Click here to view a watermarked PDF score. Click here to listen to a synthesized rendition. This title is available for sale from Sheet Music Plus.

Minute Waltz - flute and guitar - 2024. This title is composed for a call for scores. details regarding availability will be posted here after the results are in.

Movement for Mallet Quartet (glockenspiel, xylophone, marimba, and vibraphone) - 2018 - 4:23. Click here to view a watermarked PDF score. Click here to listen to a synthesized rendition. This title is available for sale from Sheet Music Plus.

Moulded Clay - Chiselled Rock - soprano saxophone & piano - 1994. Click here to view a watermarked PDF score. Click here to listen to a synthesized rendition. This title is available for sale from Sheet Music Plus.

Movement for String Sextet (From a Prison) (2 violins, 2 violas, 2 violoncellos - originally Brass Sextet for 2 trumpets, 2 horns, and 2 trombones) - 1984, arr. 2012). Click here to view a watermarked PDF score. Click here to listen to a synthesized rendition. This title is available for sale from Sheet Music Plus.

Now, Be Sharp! (flute, bassoon, piano) - 2024. Click here to view a watermarked PDF score. Click here to listen to a synthesized rendition. This title is available for sale from Sheet Music Plus.

Poem and Lamentations - violin & piano - 1987 - 12 min. Brandeis University contemporary music ensemble (Judith Eissenberg, violin, David Kopp, piano) - Slosberg Recital Hall, Brandeis University - world premiere performance November 21, 1987. Click here to listen to this performance. (A formal repeat which no longer exists has been edited out of this recording.) Click here to view a watermarked PDF score. This title is available for sale from Sheet Music Plus.

Quick Tango in Five - saxophone quartet - 2023. Click here to view a watermarked PDF score. Click here to listen to a synthesized rendition. This title is available for sale from Sheet Music Plus.

Rondino - Wind Quintet - 1983 - [WITHDRAWN].

String Quartet (1987) (2 violins, viola, violoncello) (performed by the Boston Composers String Quartet at the New England Conservatory of Music in Jordan Hall, Boston, January 29, 1989, and in Weill Recital Hall, Carnegie Hall, New York City, February 12, 1989) - 1987 - 17 min. Click here to listen to the Boston performance. Click here to view a watermarked PDF score. This title is available for sale from Sheet Music Plus.

Tango Semplice, Malinconia, e Trionfante - flute and harp - 2016. Click here to view a watermarked PDF score. Click here to listen to a synthesized rendition. This title is available for sale from Sheet Music Plus.

The Gift - string quartet - 2013. Click here to view a watermarked PDF score. Click here to listen to a synthesized rendition. This title is available for sale from Sheet Music Plus.

The Monkey (aka Capricorn) - clarinet, violin & piano - 2013. Click here to view a watermarked PDF score. Click here to listen to a synthesized rendition. January 2016: this piece was released on a CD titled DREAMTIME on the Blue Griffin label as performed by The Zodiac T rio. This title is available for sale from Sheet Music Plus.

The Wolf and the Goat - Flute and Marimba - 2015. Click here to view a watermarked PDF score. Click here to listen to a synthesized rendition. This title is available for sale from Sheet Music Plus.

There Is a Flower - oboe or soprano saxophone & piano - 1980 (oboe) - 2009 (saxophone). Click here to view a watermarked PDF score of the version for oboe & piano. Click here to listen to a synthesized rendition. Click here to view a watermarked PDF score of the version for soprano saxophone & piano. Click here to listen to a synthesized rendition. This title is available for sale from Sheet Music Plus.

Three Artistic Styles - 1. Pointillism, 2 . Expressionism, 3. Romanticism - trumpet and piano - 2021. Click here to view a watermarked PDF score. Click here to listen to a synthesized rendition. This title is available for sale from Sheet Music Plus.

Trio In One Movement (commissioned by ALEA III, the contemporary ensemble in residence at Boston University, Theodore Antoniou, Music Director) - clarinet, viola & violoncello - 1996 - 9 min. 30 sec. Diane Heffner, clarinet, Bina Breitner, viola, Mark Simcox, violoncello - world premiere performance - February 7, 1996, Tsai Performance Center, Boston University. Click here to listen to this performance. Click here to view a watermarked PDF score. This title is available for sale from Sheet Music Plus.

Two-part Tango Fughetta (Homage to Piazzolla) - instrumental duet - 2023-2024. The original version of this piece was for melodica duet and is dedicated to David Bohn. This piece can be performed by any instruments with the following ranges: Instrument I - Gb3–Bb2; Instrument II - (Eb3 or) F#3–F2. For example, a viola on Instrument I, and a clarinet on Instrument II.
Click here to view a watermarked score. Click here to listen to David Bohn's rendition. This title is available for sale from Sheet Music Plus. Version for oboe and tenor saxophone created for Ava Wirth and Drew Hosler 16 September 2024.

Variant on "Battle Cry of Freedom" - wind quintet - 2012. This piece received its world premiere performance by the West Point Wind Quintet as part of the Composer's Voice "15 Minutes of Fame" Concert Series on April 29, 2012, in Jan Hus Church in New York City. Click here to see a movie of this performance. Click here to view a watermarked score. This title is available for sale from Sheet Music Plus.

Variant on "Kojo no tsuki" - clarinet & piano - 2011. Click here to view a watermarked PDF score. Click here to listen to a synthesized rendition. This title is available for sale from Sheet Music Plus.

Variation on "Rozmarin In Coltul Mesei" - soprano saxophone & piano - 2012. Click here to view a PDF watermarked score. Click here to listen to a synthesized rendition. This title is available for sale from Sheet Music Plus.

Compositions for Keyboard Instruments

Bayan (Accordion)

Milonga - Bayan - 2024. This work was created for a call for scores. Details regarding availability to follow.

Clavichord

Chromatic Prelude After Bach - clavichord - 2023. Click here to view a watermarked PDF score. Click here to listen to a synthesized rendition. This title is available for sale from Sheet Music Plus.

Organ

Azure Sunrise - organ four-hands - 2018. Click here to view a watermarked PDF score. Click here to listen to a synthesized rendition. This title is available for sale from Sheet Music Plus.

Crimson Sunset - organ solo - 2012. Click here to view a watermarked PDF score. Click here to listen to a performance by organist Carson Cooman. This title is available for sale from Sheet Music Plus.

Elegy on "In Paradisum" - organ solo - 2018. This work was composed for Carson Cooman in memory of Ronald Arnatt. Click here to view a watermarked PDF score. Click here to listen to a performance by Carson Cooman on YouTube. This title is available for sale from Sheet Music Plus.

Melancholy Prelude - organ solo - 2024. This title is composed for a call for scores. Details regarding availability will be posted here after the results are in.

Piano Music

"Aubade" from Three Piano Pieces - 1980 - [WITHDRAWN].

"Canonic Serenade" from Three Piano Pieces - 1980 - [WITHDRAWN].

Cycles - piano solo - 1984. Click here to view a watermarked PDF score. Click here to listen to a synthesized rendition. This title is available for sale from Sheet Music Plus.

Fantasy Prelude - piano four-hands - 2021. Click here to view a watermarked PDF score. Click here to listen to a synthesized performance. This title is available for sale from Sheet Music Plus.

"Get me a rag!" "Just a minute..." - piano solo - 2011. Click here to view a watermarked PDF score. Click here to listen to a synthesized rendition. This title is available for sale from Sheet Music Plus.

Iberian Tango - piano solo - 2012. Click here to view a watermarked PDF score. Click here to listen to a synthesized rendition. This title is available for sale from Sheet Music Plus.

I'm In the Mood for Hungarian Two - high school level piano soloist - 2024. This piece was composed as part of a call for scores. Details regarding availability to follow.

Piano Piece (1986) - piano solo - 1986. Click here to view a watermarked PDF score. Click here to listen to a synthesized rendition. This title is available for sale from Sheet Music Plus.

Satie Obsessions: Variation on “Berceuse” from Enfantillages Pittoresques - piano solo - Public Domain Music by Erik Satie (1866–1925) - Variation by Stanley M. Hoffman, 2021 - 1. a la Satie; 2. Satie meets Bartok. Click here to view a watermarked PDF score. Click here to listen to a synthesized rendition. This title is available for sale from of Sheet Music Plus.

Serenata Popular - piano solo - 2016. Click here to view a watermarked PDF score. Click here to listen to a synthesized rendition. This title is available for sale from of Sheet Music Plus.

The Expanses (Intermezzo for Piano), (No. 2 from Three Piano Pieces [Nos. 1. Aubade, and 3. Canonic Serenade, are WITHDRAWN]) - 1980. The late Michael Dewart, May 3, 1981, Seully Hall, The Boston Conservatory. Click here to listen to this performance. Click here to view a watermarked PDF score. This title is available for sale from Sheet Music Plus.

Two-part Invention - piano solo - 1980 - [WITHDRAWN].

Compositions for Solo Instruments

A Daydream Waltz - bass flute - 1983. Click here to view a watermarked PDF score. Click here to listen to a synthesized rendition. This title is available for sale from Sheet Music Plus.

Bagatelle - bassoon (or bass trombone) - 1994. Click here to view a watermarked PDF score. Click here to listen to a performance by bass trombonist Jamie Wehr in Flash Video (flv) format. Click here to listen this performance (without video). This title is available for sale from Sheet Music Plus.

Beating the Doldrums - violoncello - 2021. Click here to view a watermarked PDF score. Click here to listen to a synthesized rendition. This title is available for sale from Sheet Music Plus.

Enigmatic Dance Suite - vibraphone - 2024. This piece was composed as part of a call for scores. Details regarding availability to follow.

Enigmatic Gavotte - guitar - 2024. Click here to view a watermarked PDF score. Click here to listen to a synthesized rendition. This title is available for sale from Sheet Music Plus.

Hebraic Lament - violoncello - 2024. This piece was composed as part of a call for scores. Details regarding availability to follow.

I'm In the Mood for Hungarian - flute - 2024. This piece was composed as part of a call for scores. Details regarding availability to follow.

Jolly Joker - oboe solo - 2023. Click here to view a watermarked PDF score. Click here to listen to a synthesized rendition. This title is available for sale from Sheet Music Plus.

Limericks and Laughter Thereafter - clarinet - 2011. Click here to view a watermarked PDF score. Click here to listen to a synthesized rendition. This title is available for sale from Sheet Music Plus.

Marking Time - tenor saxophone - 2023. click here to view a watermarked PDF score. Click here to listen to a synthesized rendition. This title is available for sale from Sheet Music Plus.

Murmuration (The Flight of a Starling Flock) - synthesizer - 2024. Click here to view a watermarked PDF score. Click here to listen to a synthesized rendition. Click here to watch the music video. This title is available for licensing from the composer.

Notturno Pastorale - trumpet in C - 2016. Click here to view a watermarked PDF score. Click here to listen to a synthesized rendition. This title is available for sale from Sheet Music Plus.

Phrygian Variations: Six Etude-like Variations on an Original Dirge - guitar - 2022. Click here to view a watermarked PDF score. Click here to listen to a synthesized rendition. This title is available for sale from Sheet Music Plus.

Poem from "Poem and Lamentations" - transcribed for violin, viola or violoncello - 1987, arr. 2002.
Violin version: Click here to view a watermarked PDF score. Click here to listen to a performance by renowned violinist Susanne Stanzeleit. This title is available for sale from Sheet Music Plus.

Viola version: Click here to view a watermarked PDF score. Click here to listen to a synthesized rendition. This title is available for sale from Sheet Music Plus.

Violoncello version: Click here to view a watermarked PDF score. Click here to listen to a synthesized rendition. This title is available for sale from Sheet Music Plus.

The Man in the Street - violoncello - 1981. Click here to view a watermarked PDF score. Click here to listen to a synthesized rendition. This title is available for sale from Sheet Music Plus.

The Saxophonist - tenor saxophone - 2024. This piece was composed as part of a call for scores. Details regarding availability to follow.

The Sneak - contrabass- 2023. ClicK here to view a watermarked PDF score. Click here to listen to a synthesized rendition. This title is available for sale from Sheet Music Plus.

Theme, Variation and Reprise - flute (or bass flute) - 2013. Click here to view a watermarked PDF score. Click here to listen to a synthesized rendition. This title is available for sale from Sheet Music Plus.

Unsettled Pastorale - oboe - 2022. Click here to view a watermarked PDF score. Click here to listen to a synthesized rendition. This title is available for sale from Sheet Music Plus.

Brief Technical Studies for Solo Instruments

Brief Etude - flute - 1982. Click here to view a watermarked PDF score. Click here to listen to a synthesized rendition. This title is available for sale from Sheet Music Plus.

Little Etude - flute - 1982. Click here to view a watermarked PDF score. Click here to listen to a synthesized rendition. This title is available for sale from Sheet Music Plus.

Longing - clarinet - 1983. Click here to view a watermarked PDF score. Click here to listen to a synthesized rendition. This title is available for sale from Sheet Music Plus.

Morning in Boston - tenor saxophone - 2021. Click here to listen to a synthesized rendition. This title is available for sale from Sheet Music Plus.

Two Brief Fantasy Pieces - oboe (microtonal studies) - 1982. Click here to view a watermarked PDF score. Click here to listen to a synthesized rendition. This title is available for sale from Sheet Music Plus.

Winter, You Scoundrel! (The Wrong of Winter) - bassoon - 1983. Click here to view a watermarked PDF score. Click here to listen to a synthesized rendition. This title is available for sale from Sheet Music Plus.

Klezmer Music

A Yiddishe Mambo - 2010 - humorous parody piece for trumpet & accordion. Click here to view a watermarked PDF score.

Click here to listen to a synthesized rendition. This title is also available for sale from oySongs.com.

Tango for Klezmer Ensemble - 2010 - flute, clarinet, accordion, drum set and bass. Click here to view a watermarked PDF score. Click here to listen to a synthesized rendition. This title is available for sale from oySongs.com.

Pop Music

Dawn - instrument in C and piano - 1978. Click here to view a watermarked PDF score. Click here to listen to a synthesized rendition. This title is available for sale from Sheet Music Plus.

Donna's Song - piano solo - 2006. Click here to view a watermarked PDF score. Click here to listen to a synthesized rendition. his title is available for sale from Sheet Music Plus.

Uptown Punk - violin - 2024. This piece was composed as part of a call for scores. Details regarding availability to follow.

Free Editions

2013 Edition of Kol Nidre - Setting by Henry Russotto - Adapted and Edited by Stanley M. Hoffman. You can download this title by clicking here to retrieve a free printable PDF. Click here to listen to a performance by Thomas Dawkins, organ, cantor, choir. NB: This edition differs substantially from the original public domain edition. Click here to view or print the editorial notes from the free 2013 edition. Click here to view or print a digitally cleaned-up version of the original public domain edition.

Three Moods - clarinet solo - 1. Confusion, 2. Suspicion, 3. Perseverance - 1979. This is an early piece from the composer's student years that he is leaving in manuscript form and making available as a free download. No composition teacher ever laid eyes on it. It is kind of fun for what it is. The third movement stuck in his memory, and he later used it as the basis for his 2013 composition, The Monkey. Click here to download a PDF of Three Moods.

Three Songs from the Jewish Ghettos - (Yiddish - 1. Es Brent [M. Gebirtig] , 2. A Yiddish Kind [Trad./C. Chaitkin], 3. Ani Mamin [Trad./New Union Prayer Book]) - SATB - 1985. Click here to download a digitally cleaned-up scan of the arranger's manuscript.

Editions Contributed to the Choral Public Domain Library

Johannes Brahms - Lev tahor b'rah li Elohim (Schaffe in mir, Gott, ein rein Herz) - [1st movement only] - SATBB. This version of the above title with the lyrics set in Hebrew is not in the CPDL - download this version by clicking here to retrieve a printable PDF.)

Johannes Brahms - Schaffe in mir, Gott, ein rein Herz - (1st movement only) - SATBB - download this title by clicking here to retrieve a printable PDF.

Henry A. Russotto/Morris Rosenfeld - My America - (unison) voice(s) and piano - document name = My America.pdf - download this file by clicking here to retrieve a printable PDF.

Henry A. Russotto/Morris Rosenfeld - My America - SATB & opt. piano (arrangement by S.M.H.) - document name = My America SATB.pdf - download this file by clicking here to retrieve a printable PDF.

Twelve Songs, Op. 27., by Alexander Zemlinsky

English Singing Translations by Stanley M. Hoffman

1. Abduction (Entführung) - Stefan George
2. Summer (Sommer) - Kalidasa
3. Spring (Frühling) - Kalidasa
4. Now Is the Time (Jetzt ist die Zeit) - Kalidasa
5. The Rejected (Die Verschmähte) - Amaru
6. The Autumn Wind (Der Wind des Herbstes) - Kalidasa
7. Misery (Elend) - Langston Hughes
8. Harlem Dancer (Harlem Tänzerin) - Claude McKay
9. African Dance (Afrikanischer Tanz) - Langston Hughes
10. Give Me a Song Again (Gib ein Lied mir wieder) - Stefan George
11. The Time of Rain (Regenzeit) - Kalidasa
12. Wanderer’s Nightsong (Wandrers Nachtlied) - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Dr. Hoffman wrote his 1993 doctoral dissertation based on this set of songs. A link to a webpage about his book appears below. Nearly all of Zemlinsky's music entered the Public Domain in 2012. In 2017–2018, Dr. Hoffman completed a newly edited piano/vocal score which includes his own English translations. He also orchestrated the songs and created versions of them for soprano solo and SATB chorus. Copyright issues related to several African-American song texts—in German translation only—prevented him from making these songs available sooner. Those issues were ironed-out in 2022, so he is now pleased to make his editions and arrangements available for performance. Purchasing options appear below.

Read the Preface to the scores here.

Available Editions:

Piano/Vocal Score (soprano solo and piano) - link to a watermarked PDF
Piano/Choral Score (soprano solo, SATB chorus, and piano; each song is also available separately - see below) - link to a watermarked PDF
Full Orchestral Score for the vocal version - link to a watermarked PDF study score
Full Orchestral Score for the choral version - link to a watermarked PDF study score
Instrumental Parts that work with both versions

Instrumentation - Chamber Orchestra:

Flute/Piccolo
Oboe/English Horn
Clarinet in B-flat/optional Soprano Saxophone in B-flat in songs 7–9
Bassoon

2 Horns in F
Trumpet in B-flat
Trombone
Tuba

Percussion

(Glockenspiel, Suspended Cymbal, Wind Chimes, Bass Drum, Timpani, Tom-toms [4])
Keyboard (Celesta/Piano)
Harp

Strings

Duration:

ca. 17:00

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Individual Choral Octavos Extracted from the Piano/Choral Score

All titles are accompanied by piano or chamber orchestra; none are unaccompanied.

2024 Update: Nos. 1-6 and 10-12 are now also available for sale from Sheet Music Plus.

Choose the number of singers you have by the number of copies you are purchasing.
Contact Dr. Hoffman by email with the name of your choir.
He will email a PDF licensed to your group for the number of copies you are requesting.