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Full CatalogPlease feel free to email me if you would like more information on any of the compositions below. A First Symphony For Young String OrchestraFour movements in easy keys, standard classical form and style. Name: A First Symphony For Young String Orchestra
A New Sweden RhapsodyArrangement for local orchestra, mostly of folk melodies used by Hugo Alfven in Midsommarvoka (Swedish Rhapsody). Performed often in New Sweden, ME. Name: A New Sweden Rhapsody
A Pair Of ParaphrasesHarmony of Oh Canada and The Star-Spangled Banner in "enigma" variations. Chorale-like, easy ranges. Name: A Pair Of Paraphrases
A Paraphrase Of PeaceVariations on Dona Nobis Pacem, composed for a Quaker gathering. Name: A Paraphrase Of Peace
A Rising Fourth CelebrationWritten 9/11/02 to mark our safe return to the site where we were exactly a year before. Name: A Rising Fourth Celebration
AlhambraA moody piece, evoking the famous Moorish castle. Name: Alhambra
Alpha & OmegaFour very short enigmatic movements, based on a children's song. Name: Alpha & Omega
American Folk SongsDown In The Valley, Careless Love, Little Brown Jug, five others. Written for Russian violin classes, who always play with a conservatory student accompanist. Basic, some divisi. Name: American Folk Songs
American MusicsWritten for two expert players. Blues, Semi-waltz, Mexican mix-up, Quiet time, Amazing Grace. Name: American Musics
AndanteA lush romantic solo for I violin and cello. Quartet version of orchestral Andante. leisurely, with cross-rhythms. Name: Andante
Andante PastoraleVery sweet and melodic, with a passing storm. A spinoff from Ariaga Quartet #2. Name: Andante Pastorale
Another Waltz, ExtendedBased on my Ragtime for piano. Name: Another Waltz, Extended
Aroostook Winter MusicShivery, a study in tremelo and abbreviations. Our County has a long cold season. Name: Aroostook Winter Music
Assorted etudessome 15 violin etudes, duets, etc. with various instructive elements, including Blues Etude From Shift City, Dance No 1, No 2, Halloween Sneak-up, Well Baby Clinic, Hammer-finger exercises, Stop-bow Country Waltz, Busyfingers And Slow Bow, Swing Blues, Tocatta Etude, others. Name: Assorted etudes
Back-beat Dorian Bluesmay be played by violin & piano. Name: Back-beat Dorian Blues
Basic BluesStudent Strings and advanced strings, fast and swingy. Chamber Orchestra supplemental parts available. Name: Basic Blues
Bird Song WaltzBased on a New Brunswick bird call. Name: Bird Song Waltz
Blues EtudeBass/cello drives the rhythm, lower violins carry the melody, upper violin (solo) is high harmony, all in 1st position. Name: Blues Etude
Blues License #3Student Strings and advanced strings, fast and driving. Chamber Orchestra supplemental parts available. Name: Blues License #3
Brahms Serenade in AMakes this piece available to full orchestra. In a clear ink manuscript. Name: Brahms Serenade in A
Caribbean PiecesFor expert players. Name: Caribbean Pieces
Casey JonesSolo violin up high, ends with a crash and sssssssssssss. Name: Casey Jones
Cello Miniatures (Russian Waltz)Russian style piece for cello and piano. Written for a genial Russian cellist. Name: Cello Miniatures (Russian Waltz)
Cherished For A CenturyMelodies from Scheherezade, Babes in Toyland, The Entertainer. For 2003 UMPI 100th anniversary. Name: Cherished For A Century
Classical QuartetTypical sonata form exposition, and it ends there, on the dominant. Name: Classical Quartet
Concertino for HornA romantic style piece Name: Concertino for Horn
Concertino for HornEasier accompaniment than any other horn concerto, in romantic style. Name: Concertino for Horn
Concertino for HornVery playable music for all, in romantic style. Name: Concertino for Horn
Concerto In EchoThree full movements, in Baroque style, easy keys, each phrase is echoed by the solo quartet in true concerto grosso style. Name: Concerto In Echo
Dark Blue #2Open string, beginner (low 2), and more advanced string parts. Beginner strings repeat melody throughout. Name: Dark Blue #2
Dark BluesStudent strings and advanced strings, slow and moody and bluesy. Chamber Orchestra supplemental parts available. Name: Dark Blues
Deep Velvet Jump BluesFive part flute choir - E-flat, 2 C, 2F, bass. Twice through a slow blues in the style of the gospel "jump" organ. Difficult. Name: Deep Velvet Jump Blues
Dorian MarchViola and II violin are the same, cello may be played by bass also. Name: Dorian March
Duets for Advanced Violin Studentsfive pieces using 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th positions equally in both violins. Composed in Leningrad just before it became St. Petersburg again. High-quality music. Name: Duets for Advanced Violin Students
Duets for Kreutzer EtudesDuet parts for Kreutzer violin etudes nos. 2, 3, 4, 7, 5, 8, 9, 11, 13, 23 and 27. Each duet part is as difficult as the original. For professors to play with their students - very advanced. Viola duet versions also available in appropriate keys. Name: Duets for Kreutzer Etudes
Dvorak '”New World"Symphony introductionAnyone who has rehearsed the opening of the first movement know it is extremely difficult because of Dvorak's time signature. This is re-written in 4/4 with twice as many measures, so that the Dvorak's sixteenth-note becomes a quarter-note, and it is readable. It sounds exactly like the original. Full score is included. Name: Dvorak '”New World"Symphony introduction
Easter - Good News!Another Easter super-cheerful piece. Name: Easter - Good News!
Eight EpisodesA study in styles for the soloists, influenced by Mahler, for expert players. Name: Eight Episodes
Fiddlers’ CarolsFourteen familiar and traditional carols arranged in the violin’s easiest key, for duet or trio. Silent Night, We Three Kings, Away in a Manger, Jingle Bells, The First Noel, etc. in duet or trio arrangement which may be played with or without cello. I Violin (I Viola); II Violin (II Viola) in harmony, and optional Cello in trio harmony. Cello is in viola range. The harmonies differ a bit from the hymnbook standard – and are more playable. Name: Fiddlers’ Carols
Four Seasons In MainePurchase this from Alry Publications. My first flute choir piece, and very successful, it was included on the National Flute Choir's CD "Silver". Name: Four Seasons In Maine
French Horns In Three-Quarter TimeUnison near-beginner horns with band - an easy waltz with no back-beats except in snare drum. Name: French Horns In Three-Quarter Time
Gentle Raga gem, not as easy as it looks because of cross-rhythms. Name: Gentle Rag
Gentle Ragwritten for and performed by Julliard graduates. Name: Gentle Rag
Gentle Ragfor expert players, double-stops, etc. Name: Gentle Rag
Graduation MarchAn expandable piece with many possibilities of repeats and stopping points. Name: Graduation March
Heartsongs for Valentine's DayI Love You Truly and Let Me Call You Sweetheart in an easy arrangement. with no back-beats. Name: Heartsongs for Valentine's Day
Hobble Waltz3/4 and 4/4 measures make the hobble. Name: Hobble Waltz
Incidental Music for "The Story Of the Acadians"Background music for the DVD. Not concert music at all. Name: Incidental Music for "The Story Of the Acadians"
Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring (Bach)The usual, with no confusing dotted rhythms. In G Major, with optional trumpet or clarinet on the chorale melody. Name: Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring (Bach)
Klesmer ConcertoKlesmer-style music for two show-off clarinetists who love this stuff. Name: Klesmer Concerto
Legend (Tchaikovsky)In G Major, straightforward. Name: Legend (Tchaikovsky)
Listen And CountThe tape plays a bass line 15 times, and the quartet plays increasingly more yet basic challenging rhythms. Name: Listen And Count
Little Symphony for two recordersFun music, four short movements. Name: Little Symphony for two recorders
Lo 2 BluesAlternate viola parts for Vln 2 & 3, cello is pizz. Quasi-Gershwin melody. Name: Lo 2 Blues
Locomotive 400lots of crunchy playing, b-flat to c-sharp featured in violins. Name: Locomotive 400
Long-wiggle DuetsWorks the two players from unison to polyphony in various "long-wiggle" bow strokes, in five pages. Name: Long-wiggle Duets
Long-wiggle PiecesWorks the quartet from unison to polyphony in various "long-wiggle" steady-speed bow strokes, in five pages. Name: Long-wiggle Pieces
MagnificatDramatic soprano and horn, nothing else. Melodic, and demanding. Name: Magnificat
March For A Solemn ProcessionalAn expandable piece with many possibilities of repeats and stopping places, and it will preserve the first trumpeter's lip. Name: March For A Solemn Processional
March, Variation, and FinaleA piece for an end-of-year recital, incorporates "In the Good Old Summertime", an "advanced" variation included along with grandiose finale. Not difficult. Name: March, Variation, and Finale
Moment Musicale (Schubert)Schubert's perfect gem, in a much easier key. For students. Trio version with piano also available. Name: Moment Musicale (Schubert)
Mood MarchStudent strings play slow easy melody in A Minor (on A string) over and over while advanced players embellish. Written for a school/ college situation. Name: Mood March
More American MusicsSwingbop, City-Mood, Spring Song, Midsummer Prance. For Julliard graduates - quite difficult. Name: More American Musics
Music For A Long Winter's NightFor good friends who live in the bush in Canada. Name: Music For A Long Winter's Night
Music For A MelodramaCorny entracte music for a play with student musicians - villain, hero, heroine, chase, "my hero", happy ending. Four movements. Name: Music For A Melodrama
Nar Juldargs MorganglimmarA student song from Brahms Academic Festival Overture is also a Christmas eve tune. Four variations, with chromatic third-relationship Wagnerian modulations. Name: Nar Juldargs Morganglimmar
OffertoryFor church services and the like. In the style of standard church music of the early 20th century. Name: Offertory
One-linerA study in rhythmic exactitude in subdividing the beat. For quartet workshop environment. Name: One-liner
Orono VariationsTheme and variations, for college and adult orchestra. Name: Orono Variations
Pastorale from "Aucassin e Nicolette"Composed by my college roommate E. H. "Ted" Handy in 1952, arranged by me in admiration. Name: Pastorale from "Aucassin e Nicolette"
Pavane - Slow MarchWritten for the Heavenly Harpers of Houlton. Marilyn learned the hard part! Name: Pavane - Slow March
Peace Is Flowing Like a RiverIn G Major. This nice 8-measure canon is very useful for beginners in ensembles. Name: Peace Is Flowing Like a River
Pinkie Piecesa bunch of exercises that require the fourth finger. Very hard work for the 4th finger. Name: Pinkie Pieces
Prelude & ScherzoTrumpet is integral part of ensemble and needs a good lip. Horn and trumpet double-tongue together. Some comtemporary harmony, for competent amateurs. Name: Prelude & Scherzo
Psalms 23 & 95Horn and soprano both very exposed, parts intertwine throughout. For your strongest players who can hold their parts. Two full scores provided for performance. Name: Psalms 23 & 95
Quiet Country MusicFor two pairs of horns on two hilltops - requires a truly silent outdoor environment (very rare), preferably with quiet water between. A Leisurely, very unusual ensemble relationship. Name: Quiet Country Music
Ragtime-Waltz-CircusFor three expert players. A big show. Name: Ragtime-Waltz-Circus
Recorder duetsSix or so little recorders duets written for fellow Quakers at gatherings - Sad Samba, South Of the Borders, First Variations, Two Pieces Before Breakfast, more. Name: Recorder duets
Resurrection DayOptional trombone also. Should have been named Easter Recessional. Written for a trumpeter with braces. Name: Resurrection Day
Sad-Glad MusicD Minor, F Major, and D Major illustrate various moods in this easy student piece. Name: Sad-Glad Music
Sea MiniaturesOne Small Boat, First Flights. Difficult, descriptive, totally exposed. Name: Sea Miniatures
Secret SymphonyVery basic cello, for a beginner. Violin, II violin or viola, cello. Name: Secret Symphony
SerenadeViola is the soloist within the quartet throughout. Five movements, very melodic. Name: Serenade
Serenade for Flute & StringsThree movements in Mozartean classical style, flute leads almost all the time. Name: Serenade for Flute & Strings
Seven Carols For 4 ViolinsAway In A Manger, Angels We Have Heard On High, Jingle Bells, etc. Name: Seven Carols For 4 Violins
Seven SpiritualsWritten for a Russian violin class with professional pianist in a music school. Go Down Moses, Joshua Fit, Swing Low, Git on Board, etc. Name: Seven Spirituals
Short Pieces For CellistsNine pieces for Russian cello classes at the Petrozavodsk branch of St. Petersburg Conservatory, written at their request. Divisi is common, as is common in Russian style. Name: Short Pieces For Cellists
Slope Oaks SymphonyBased on a family tune, for family playing. Five movements, Grandiose opening, Waltz, Tango, Siciliana, Finale Rondo. Not difficult. Name: Slope Oaks Symphony
Square Dance!Piano does the back-beats, others mostly fiddle. Yellow Rose, Little Brown Jug, and a new one. Name: Square Dance!
String Quartet in Early Classical StyleSonata form, I violin is much more difficult than other parts. Name: String Quartet in Early Classical Style
String Quartet in G MinorA Sturm & Drang classical piece. Name: String Quartet in G Minor
StringfestWritten for high school strings visiting and performing with college players. Expert percussion required, optional winds and brass available. Seven movements. Name: Stringfest
Suite For SunsetThree atmospheric movements. Name: Suite For Sunset
Suite In Baroque Style For Two RecordersSerious music, baroque binary forms. Name: Suite In Baroque Style For Two Recorders
Sunny SonatinaEasy, based on Judas Macabeus melody. Name: Sunny Sonatina
Sunny Summer MarchFor a group recital after just a few summer lessons. Name: Sunny Summer March
Swedish Fiddle TunesTraditional Swedish fiddle tunes strung together. Name: Swedish Fiddle Tunes
Swing Lives!Violins play tune in 1st position, then an octave higher in II position. Many shifts, cutesy rhythm. Name: Swing Lives!
Swing Lives! (#2)features E# and A#, and it swings. Cello pizz throughout. Name: Swing Lives! (#2)
TangoA great favorite in Fredericton, NB. Chamber Orchestra parts available. Name: Tango
Teddy’s Springtime Waltzbased on ideas from a beginner. Name: Teddy’s Springtime Waltz
The Dixieland RagA ragtime for Community Band. It incorporates "The Saints". Name: The Dixieland Rag
The Double-down RagFeatures re-take of bow many times. Keyboard plays the back-beats. Name: The Double-down Rag
The Four "D's"Six duet etudes, each beginning with four "D's" in violin. Name: The Four "D's"
The Phantom DownbeatThis ensemble-instructive piece has essentially no musical events on the down-beat. Name: The Phantom Downbeat
The Swan (Saint-Seans)No sixteenth-notes - viola plays eighth-notes. In C Major. Name: The Swan (Saint-Seans)
The Swan (Saint-Seans)No sixteenth-notes. Name: The Swan (Saint-Seans)
The Unused PortionFour pieces that gently guide the players to use the neglected part of their bows. Name: The Unused Portion
Theme and Variations In the Style Of HaydnHaydn theme appears at the end only. Name: Theme and Variations In the Style Of Haydn
Three Blues For TwoTwo familiar old blues tunes and a new bluew waltz/song. Name: Three Blues For Two
Three French-Canadian Folk SongsVive Le Canadiene, two others. Flute also available to make a quintet. Name: Three French-Canadian Folk Songs
Three From OneThree movements based on one theme. For Band, about grade III. Name: Three From One
Toccata EtudeTwo violins exchange roles every phrase. Name: Toccata Etude
Train Ride On A Sunny DayCheerful tune, II violin is open string. Name: Train Ride On A Sunny Day
TrotterA Bowing exercise for quartet. Name: Trotter
Two Poems on Children, Two Poems on WarWritten for Mark Amspoker, a graduate vocal student in Manhattan. Very gutsy poems by Elizabeth Barrett Browning. Tonal, but very demanding for both performers. Name: Two Poems on Children, Two Poems on War
Un Boucheron Songeur (The Dreaming Woodsman)An ambitious piece, about the St. John Valley French of Maine and New Brunswick (The kingdon of Madawaska). Name: Un Boucheron Songeur (The Dreaming Woodsman)
Variations in E MinorPiano part is repetitious, easy - this is an accompanied violin etude. Name: Variations in E Minor
Variations on "I Wonder As I Wander"written for my sister's wedding, played by myself and two professional string players. Name: Variations on "I Wonder As I Wander"
Variations on "Jingle Bells"Takes the familiar tune through music history from Orlando di Lassus through Handel, Beethoven, Brahms, Wagner, 19th Century virtuoso to chromatic blues. Name: Variations on "Jingle Bells"
Variations on A Song For Sarah"Mozartean melody composed by Steven Roper and variations by Dad. Name: Variations on A Song For Sarah"
Wait!!Makes each member of the group wait for a cue, many times. For a "hurry up" amateur quartet. A joke, with a lesson Name: Wait!!
Walking TuneCheerful fall walk with a gust of wind in the leaves. A great favorite with students in Houlton. Name: Walking Tune
Warm SunshineAn elementary band piece. Highest horn notes are written D. Name: Warm Sunshine
Water Music (Handel)Various familiar pieces, in what may be close to the original - two violins, viola, cello, two horns, in theusual keys. Name: Water Music (Handel)
Winter (Vivaldi)The beautiful slow melody from "The Seasons", in D Major. Name: Winter (Vivaldi)
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