Stanley M. Hoffman, Ph.D. - Published Works Page

Stanley M. Hoffman, Ph.D.

Composer, Arranger, Editor, Conductor, Baritone, Lecturer

Published Works

Title of Work (Explanations, if any) - Scoring- Year - Catalog Number - Recorded (Y or N) - Duration

All works are 2-5 minutes in duration unless otherwise noted.

Works Published by ECS Publishing, Framingham, MA

Distributor: Canticle Distributing, a division of MorningStar Music, St. Louis, MO

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Choral Compositions and Arrangements - Mixed Chorus

Beau Soir (Beautiful Evening) (music by Claude Debussy [voice & piano], Stanley M. Hoffman, arr. - French and English - singing translation by Ruth T. Hoffman [my wife] and Stanley M. Hoffman) - SATB & piano - 2010 - ECS #7689 - Y. Click here to see a PDF of the score and hear a performance by the Philovox Ensemble, Robert Schuneman, conductor. Click here to see a PDF score of one of the public domain versions of this art song which I used as the basis for my copyrighted arrangement. Click here to see a PDF of the IPA transliteration for the French text.

Behold, God Is My Salvation - (English, Translation of Isaiah 12 by S.M.H.) - SATB & organ - 2001 - ECS # 5850 - Y. Click here to hear a performance by the Philovox Ensemble, Jennifer Lester, conductor, Heinrich Christensen, organist. This work is also available with brass quintet, organ and optional brass quintet accompaniment in an arrangement which was created in 2010 (full score = ECS # 7597, parts = ECS # 7598; the organist plays from ECS # 5850).

Easy Decision, An (English - text by Kenneth Patchen) - SATB & piano - 2006 - ECS #6747 - Y. Click here to see a PDF of the score and hear a performance by the Philovox Ensemble, Jane Ring Frank, conductor, Scott Nicholas, pianist.

Grant Us Peace (one of the selected works in the Waging Peace Through Singing repertoire) - (English - text from Gates of Prayer) - SATB - 2001 - ECS #6031 - Y. Click here to see a PDF of the score. Click here to listen to a performance of this work by the Philovox ensemble, Jennifer Lester, conductor.

Haneirot halalu - (a piece for Chanukah - original setting of a traditional Hebrew text) tenor solo, SATB - 1999 - ECS #5492 - Y. Click here to hear a performance by the Philovox Ensemble, Jennifer Lester, conductor, Craig Hanson, tenor soloist.

Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen (music by Gustav Mahler from Lieder nach Ruckert - [soprano & orchestra], Stanley M. Hoffman, arr. - German and English - singing translation by Robert Schuneman) - SATB & piano (or orchestra) - 2000 - ECS #5755 - Y (with piano). The full score and parts of the original version for solo voice and orchestra are available on rental from the publisher to be used in conjunction with my arrangement. Click here to hear an exquisite performance by the New England Conservatory Concert Choir, Erica Washburn, conductor, October 24, 2011, Jordan Hall, Boston. Click here to hear a very fine demo recording by the Philovox Ensemble, Jennifer Lester conductor, Michael Monroe, pianist. Click here to see a PDF score of one of the public domain versions of this art song which I used as the basis for my copyrighted arrangement.

In the Shadow of Your Wings (English) - SATB - 2009 - ECS #7394 - Y. Click here to see a PDF of the score and hear a performance by the Philovox Ensemble, Robert Schuneman, conductor.

Land of Crystal Dreams (a secular carol for the winter holiday season) - (English - text by Erica L. Hoffman [my niece] ) - SATB chorus & optional percussion (glockenspiel and vibraphone) - 2002 - ECS #6166 - Y. Click here to see a PDF of the score and hear a performance by the Philovox Ensemble, Jennifer Lester, conductor.

Mi y'maleil (Who can recount) (Hebrew and English - original setting of a traditional Chanukah text - Translation by S.M.H.) - SATB & piano - 2004 - ECS #6460 - Y. Click here to see a PDF of the score and hear a performance by the Philovox Ensemble, Jennifer Lester, conductor, Andrew Goodridge, pianist.

Morgen! (Tomorrow!) (music by Richard Strauss [voice & piano], Stanley M. Hoffman, arr. - German and English - singing translation by Stanley M. Hoffman) - SATB & piano or chamber orchestra (3 horns, harp, violin solo, strings [3, 3, 2, 2, 2) - 2011 - piano/choral score = ECS #7774, full score = ECS # 7775, parts = ECS #7776 - N. Click here to see a PDF of the two public domain versions of this art song which I used as the basis for my copyrighted arrangement. Click here to see a PDF of the IPA transliteration for the German text.

Nature (English) - SATB & piano - 2008 - ECS #7432 - Y. Click here to see a PDF of the score and hear a performance by the Philovox Ensemble, Robert Schuneman, conductor.

Prayer for Chanukah, A - (Al hanisim) - (English, Translation by S.M.H.) - baritone solo, SATB & chamber orchestra or piano - 2001 - ECS # 5884 - Y. Click here to hear a performance by the Philovox Ensemble, Jennifer Lester, conductor, Michael Olbash, baritone soloist, Linda Osborne Blashke, pianist.

Prayer for Peace, A (English) - SATB - 2007 - ECS #7142 - Y. Click here to see a PDF of the score and hear a performance by the Philovox Ensemble, Jane Ring Frank, conductor.

Prayer for the World, A (English - text by Harold S. Kushner, renowned author of When Bad Things Happen to Good People) - SATB - 2004 - ECS #6328 - Y. Click here to see a PDF of the score and hear a performance by the Philovox Ensemble, Jennifer Lester, conductor.

Psalm 1 - (English, Translation by S.M.H.) - mezzo-soprano & tenor soli, SATB divisi - 1998 - ECS #5367 - N. Click here to see the translation and then click on "Listen" to hear a synthesized performance of this work in WAV format.

Psalm 23 - (English, Translation by S.M.H.) - alto solo, SATB divisi - 1998 - ECS #5316 - Y. Click here to listen to a performance of this work by the American Repertory Singers, Leo Nestor, conductor.

Psalm 67 - (English, Translation by S.M.H.) - SATB & organ - 1999 - ECS #5466 - Y. . Click here to listen to a performance of this work by the Philovox ensemble, Jennifer Lester, conductor, Mark Dwyer, organist.

Psalm 84 - (English, Translation by S.M.H.) - SATB - 2002 - ECS #6065 - Y. Click here to see a PDF of the score and hear a performance by the Philovox Ensemble, Jennifer Lester, conductor.

Psalm 117 - (English, Translation by S.M.H.) - SATB - 2000 - ECS # 5775 - Y. Click here to hear a performance by the Philovox Ensemble, Jennifer Lester, conductor.

Psalm 121 - (English, Translation by S.M.H.) - SATB divisi - 1998 - ECS #5382 - Y. Click here to listen to a performance of this work by the American Repertory Singers, Leo Nestor, conductor.

Psalm 130 - (English, Translation by S.M.H.) - baritone solo, SATB - 1999 - ECS #5676 - Y. Click here to hear a performance by the Philovox Ensemble, Jennifer Lester, conductor, Aaron Engebreth, baritone soloist.

Psalm 146 - (English, Translation by S.M.H.) - SATB divisi - 1999 - ECS #5677- Y. Click here to hear a performance by the Philovox Ensemble, Jennifer Lester, conductor.

Psalm Beyond the Silences, A (a piece for Jewish Holocaust remembrance - English - text by Joseph H. Albeck) - SATB & piano (or orchestra) - 1994 - ECS #5322 - Y (with piano). Click here to listen to a performance of this work by the Seraphim Singers, Jennifer Lester, conductor.

Psalm Beyond the Silences, A (a piece for Jewish Holocaust remembrance - English - text by Joseph H. Albeck) - SAB & piano - 1994, arr. 1999 - ECS #5323 - N. The SATB version directly above gives a very good idea of how the SAB version sounds.

Rain - (Secular - English translation by Mark Elliott Shapiro of a Hebrew text by contemporary Israeli poet Haim Gouri) - SATB divisi - 1988, rev. 1999 - ECS #5315 - N. The text is copyrighted so it cannot be displayed apart from the music. Click here to hear a synthesized performance of this work in WAV format.

Scattered Leaves, The (a piece for Jewish Holocaust remembrance - English - text by Joseph H. Albeck) - SATB & piano - 1995, arr. 2005 - ECS #6842 - Y. Click here to see a PDF of the score and hear a performance by the Philovox Ensemble, Jane Ring Frank, conductor, Scott Nicholas, pianist.

She Gave Him All Her Heart (English - text by Zallman Shneour) - SATB & piano - 2000 (arr. 2004) - ECS #6625 - Y. Click here to see a PDF of the score and hear a performance by the Philovox Ensemble, Jane Ring Frank, conductor, Scott Nicholas, pianist.

Song, A (English - text by Howard Schwartz) - SATB & flute -2004 - ECS #6432 (flute part = ECS #6433) - Y. Click here to see a PDF of the score and hear a performance by the Philovox Ensemble, Jennifer Lester, conductor, Tim Macri, flautist.

That time of year (English - text by William Shakespeare) - SATB - 2010 - ECS #7740 - Y. Click here to listen to the official world premiere performance by the Saint Joseph Valley Camerata, David A. Seitz, music director, which took place on November 14, 2010, in the Rieth Recital Hall, Goshen College Music Center, Goshen, IN.

Three Miniatures (1. The Lute, 2. The Thunderbolt, 3. The Sun) - (Secular - English, Translation by S.M.H. of Hebrew text by Judah al Harizi,13th century) - SATB - 1999 - (arr. 2004) - ECS #6435 - N. Click here to see the poems and then click on "Listen" to hear a synthesized performance of this work in WAV format. The movements are separated by around five seconds of silence each. The professional demo recording of the SSAA version of this title below (under the heading "Choral Compositions - Treble Chorus") also gives one a very good idea of what the mixed chorus version sounds like.

Veshameru (a piece for Shabbat - original setting of a traditional Hebrew text) baritone or alto solo, SATB & organ - 1993, rev. 2000 - ECS #5493 - Y. Click here to listen to a performance of this work by the Philovox ensemble, Jennifer Lester, conductor, Heinrich Christensen, organist.

Writing of Autumn, The - (Secular - English, Translation by S.M.H. of Hebrew text by Solomon Ibn Gabriol, 11th century) - SATB & piano - 1999 - ECS #5421 - Y. Click here to listen to a performance of this work by the Philovox ensemble, Jennifer Lester, conductor, Ronald Maltais, pianist.

Yih'yu l'ratson (May the words of my mouth) (Hebrew and English - original setting of a traditional Shabbat prayer - Transliteration and English Translation by S.M.H.) - SATB - 2001 - ECS #5864 - Y. Click here to see a PDF of the score and to listen to a performance of this work sung in Hebrew by the Philovox ensemble, Jennifer Lester, conductor. Click here to listen to their performance of the English version. The performance in Hebrew below is by the Augustana Choir, (Sioux Falls, South Dakota), James R. Johnson, conductor, froim their 2011 Interim concert.

The performance in Hebrew below is by Alegria Oda Korosu (Alegria Chamber Choir), M. Inci Tigli, conductor, June 6, 2009, Ankara, Turkey.

Yism'chu (Hebrew - original setting of a traditional Shabbat prayer - Transliteration by S.M.H.) - soprano solo, SATB - 2003 - ECS #6225 - Y. Click here to hear a performance by the Philovox Ensemble Jennifer Lester, conductor, Margaret Hunter, soprano soloist,

Choral Compositions - Men's Chorus

Haneirot halalu - (a piece for Chanukah - original setting of a traditional Hebrew text) tenor solo, TTBB - 1999, arr. 2010 for the University of Minnesota Men's Chorus, Matthew Mehaffey, Conductor. - ECS #7688 - N. Click here to hear a synthesized performance of this version in WAV format. The SATB version above also gives a general idea of how the TTBB version sounds.

Psalm 117 - (English, Translation by S.M.H.) - TTBB - 2000 - ECS # 5754 - Y. Click here and then click on "Listen" to hear a performance by the University of Michigan Men's Glee Club, Ann Arbor, Michigan, Paul Rardin, director. This recording is used with the kind permission of Paul Rardin.

Psalm Beyond the Silences, A (a piece for Jewish Holocaust remembrance - English - text by Joseph H. Albeck) - TTBB & piano - 1994, arr. 1999 - ECS #5325 - Y. Click here and then click on "Listen" to hear a performance by the Richmond Men's Chorus, Richmond, Virginia, Timothy Gillham, conductor, Steve Austin, piano.

She Gave Him All Her Heart (English - text by Zallman Shneour) - TTBB & piano - 2000, arr. 2004 - ECS #6624 - N. Click here to see a PDF of the score. The SATB version above gives a general idea of how the TTBB version sounds.

Choral Compositions - Treble Chorus

Easy Decision, An (English - text by Kenneth Patchen - unison treble chorus or mezzo-soprano solo & piano - 2006 - ECS #6748 - N. Click here to see a PDF of the score. The SATB version above gives a general idea of how the treble version sounds.

Psalm 117 - (English, Translation by S.M.H.) - SSAA - 2000 - ECS # 5776 - Y. Click here to listen to a performance by the Peace College Chamber Singers of Raleigh, NC, James S. Smith, conductor. This recording is used with the kind permission of James S. Smith.

Psalm Beyond the Silences, A (a piece for Jewish Holocaust remembrance - English - text by Joseph H. Albeck) - SA & piano - 1994, arr. 1999 - ECS #5324 - N. The SATB version above gives a general idea of how the SA version sounds.

Scattered Leaves, The (a piece for Jewish Holocaust remembrance - English - text by Joseph H. Albeck) - unison chorus or solo voice and piano - 1995 (rev. 2005) - ECS #6841 - N. Click here to see a PDF of the score. The SATB version above gives a general idea of how the treble version sounds.

Three Miniatures (1. The Lute, 2. The Thunderbolt, 3. The Sun) - (Secular - English, Translation by S.M.H. of Hebrew text by Judah al Harizi,13th century) - SSAA - 1999 - ECS #5678 - Y. Click on each of the following links to listen to a performance of this work by the women of the Philovox ensemble, Jennifer Lester, conductor. 1. The Lute, 2. The Thunderbolt, 3. The Sun

Writing of Autumn, The (arranged for the New England Conservatory Children's Chorus, Jean Meltaus conductor) - SA & piano - arr. 2000 - ECS #5722 - N. The SATB version above gives a general idea of how the treble version sounds.

Compositions for Solo Voice and Other Instruments

Easy Decision, An (English - text by Kenneth Patchen) - unison treble chorus or mezzo-soprano solo & piano - 2006 - ECS #6748 - N. Click here to see a PDF of the score. The SATB version above gives a general idea of how the unison version sounds (focus on the melody in the soprano part).

Mi y'maleil (Who can recount) (Hebrew and English - original setting of a traditional Chanukah text - Translation by S.M.H.) - solo voice & piano - 2004 - ECS #6461 - N. Click here to see a PDF of the score. The SATB version above gives a general idea of how the unison version sounds (focus on the melody in the soprano part).

Psalm Beyond the Silences, A (a piece for Jewish Holocaust remembrance - English - text by Joseph H. Albeck) - high voice & piano - 1994 - ECS #5326 - Y. The SATB version above gives a general idea of how the version for high voice sounds (focus on the melody in the soprano part).

Psalm Beyond the Silences, A (a piece for Jewish Holocaust remembrance - English - text by Joseph H. Albeck) - mezzo-soprano or tenor voice & piano - 1994 (transposed from A minor to G minor - version created in 2010 for Karen Mercedes) - ECS #7680 - N. The SATB version above gives a general idea of how this version sounds (focus on the melody in the soprano part).

She Gave Him All Her Heart (English - text by Zallman Shneour) - tenor & piano - 2000 - ECS #6626 - N. Click here to see a PDF of the score. The SATB version above gives a general idea of how the unison version sounds (focus on the melody in the soprano part).

She Gave Him All Her Heart (English - text by Zallman Shneour) - baritone & piano - 2000 (arr. 2001) - ECS #6627 - N. Click here to see a PDF of the score. The SATB version above gives a general idea of how the unison version sounds (focus on the melody in the soprano part). The baritone version is transposed to a lower key.

Veshameru (a piece for Shabbat - original setting of a traditional Hebrew text) baritone or alto solo & organ - 1993 (rev. 2000) - ECS #5494 - N. The SATB version above gives a general idea of how the unison version sounds (focus on the cantor's part).

Yih'yu l'ratson (May the words of my mouth) (Hebrew and English - original setting of a traditional Shabbat prayer - Transliteration and English Translation by S.M.H.) - high voice & keyboard - 2001 - ECS #5876 - N. The SATB version above gives a general idea of how the unison version sounds (focus on the melody in the soprano part; the choral parts are covered by the keyboard part in the solo version).

Yih'yu l'ratson (May the words of my mouth) - low voice & keyboard - 2001 - ECS #5877 - N. The SATB version above gives a general idea of how the unison version sounds (focus on the melody in the soprano part; the choral parts are covered by the keyboard part in the solo version). The version for low voice is transposed to a lower key.

Orchestral Compositions and Arrangements with Chorus

Morgen! (Tomorrow!) (music by Richard Strauss [voice & piano], Stanley M. Hoffman, arr. - German and English - singing translation by Stanley M. Hoffman) - SATB & chamber orchestra (3 horns, harp, violin solo, strings [3, 3, 2, 2, 2) - 2011 - full score = ECS #7775, parts = ECS #7776 - N.

Psalm Beyond the Silences, A (a piece for Jewish Holocaust remembrance - English - text by Joseph H. Albeck) - SATB chorus & orchestra - 1994, arr. 2000 - ECS #5723 - N. The full score and parts are available from the Rental Department of the publisher. The version for SATB and piano above gives a general idea of how the version with orchestral accompaniment sounds.

Prayer for Chanukah, A - (Al hanisim) - (English, Translation by S.M.H.) - baritone solo, SATB & chamber orchestra - 2001 - full score = ECS #5906; parts = ECS #5907 - Y. Click here to watch and listen to a performance by the San Diego Festival Chorus, Anthony V. Mostardo, music director.

Orchestral Compositions

Interlude for Orchestra - 1999, arr. 2005 - ECS #6631 (score), ECS #6632 (parts) - N. The full score and parts are available for sale from the publisher. Click here to hear a synthesized performance of this work in MP3 format.

Lord Is My Shepherd, The - string orchestra - 1998, arr. 2002 - ECS #6081 (score), ECS #6082 (parts) - Y. The full score and parts are available for sale or on rental from the publisher. Click here to hear a performance by strings of the The Winchester Orchestra conducted by Henry Mollicone.

Rain Is Falling - orchestra - 1988, arr. 2006 - ECS #6655 (score), ECS #6656 (parts) - N. The full score and parts are available for sale from the publisher. Click here to hear a synthesized performance of this work in MP3 format.

Variations for String Orchestra - 2006, arr. 2009 - ECS #7489 (score), ECS #7490 (parts) - N. The full score and parts are available for sale from the publisher. Click here to hear a synthesized performance of this work in MP3 format.

Chamber Music

Not an Easy Decision - soprano saxophone & piano - ECS #7581 (score & part) - 2006 (arr. 2009) - N. The set is available for sale from the publisher. Click here to hear a synthesized performance of this work in MP3 format.

Prayer - saxophone quartet - ECS #7580 (score & parts) - 2001 (arr. 2009) - N. The set is available for sale from the publisher. Click here to hear a synthesized performance of this work in MP3 format.

Composition for Brass Ensemble

Psalm (By the Rivers of Water) - solo horn, solo trumpet, 2 horns, 4 trumpets, 3 trombones - ECS #6650 (score), ECS #6651 (parts) - 1998 (arr. 2006) - Y. The full score and parts are available for sale from the publisher. Click here to hear a reading session by the New England Conservatory Brass Ensemble conducted by Charles Peltz.

Compositions for Keyboard

Intermezzo (commissioned by Carson P. Cooman) - organ solo - 1999 - ECS #5679 - N. Click here to hear a synthesized performance of this work in MP3 format.

Variations on "Dank sei dir, Herr" - organ manuals or piano solo - 2006 - ECS #6922 - Y. Click here to see a PDF of the score. Click here to hear a reading on the organ at The Memorial Church, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts by Carson P. Cooman.

Composition for Horn Solo

Song Without Words, A - horn solo - 1994 - ECS #6434 - Y. Click here to hear a synthesized performance of this work in MP3 format.

Work Published by Fatrock Ink, Music Publishers, Los Angeles, CA

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Title of Work (Explanations, if any) - Scoring- Year - Fatrock Ink Catalog Number - Recorded (Y or N) - Duration

Trio in One Movement for Flute, Viola and Harp - 2004 - Catalog No. 076-2248 - N. Click here to hear a synthesized performance of this work in MP3 format.

Work Published by Oxford University Press

US Distributor: Edition Peters

Remember (English - setting of the poem Remember by Christina Rossetti) - 2009 - SATB divisi - Catalog No. 978-0-19-337222-1 - Y. Click here to see the poem and then click on "Listen" to hear a synthesized performance of this work in MP3 format. Click here to see the publisher's publicity material for this title from page 9 of their "New Music Bulletin - New Publications July–December 2010." For US orders, click here. For UK orders, click here. (On August 5, 2011, Remember was featured at the Choral Conductor's Workshop Concert, Rodney Eichenberger, Artistic Director, Adam Thome, conductor, in Canon Beach, Oregon. Click here to see and hear the reading session. Click here to listen to the reading session. (Disclaimer: the choir sings incorrect notes during the passage featuring the words "...And afterwards remember, do not grieve: For if the darkness and corruption leave A vestige of the thoughts that once I had..." Otherwise it is a lovely reading of this piece.)

Work Published by Wehr's Music House, Winter Park, FL

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Title of Work (Explanations, if any) - Scoring- Year - Wehr's Music House Catalog Number - Recorded (Y or N) - Duration

Naomi's Lullaby - oboe, or clarinet, or trumpet and piano (WM #338), or bass trombone & piano (WM #394) - 2005 - N - 4 minutes. Click here to hear a synthesized performance of this work in MP3 format with oboe as the solo instrument. This rendition is without any formal repeats, hence its shortened duration.