Stanley M. Hoffman, Ph.D. - Unpublished Works Page

Stanley M. Hoffman, Ph.D.

Composer, Arranger, Editor, Conductor, Baritone, Lecturer

Selected Unpublished Works

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

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

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Disclaimers

The sound in some of the scores has some weird pauses at the ends of bars that could not be fixed. Also, the program does not interpret notated string harmonics correctly.

Choral Compositions and Arrangements

Adon olam (Hebrew - original setting of the traditional Hebrew prayer - original version Lord of the World [withdrawn] commissioned by the Hood River Valley High School Choir, Hood River, Oregon, Mark Steighner, conductor) - SATB divisi - 1994, rev. 2010 - N. Click here to view a score for this piece complete with sound. This piece is available for sale exclusively 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 - 2000 - arranged for SATB in 2011 - N. Click here to view a score for the unison version of this piece complete with sound; click here to view a score for the SATB version of this piece complete with sound. This title is for sale exclusively from oySongs.com.

Anim Zemiros (A Hymn of Glory) (original setting of a traditional Hebrew Shabbat prayer - Transliteration by S.M.H.) - SATB divisi - 1985 - N. Third place prize winner - 2008 Choral Composition Competition sponsored by The New York Virtuoso Singers, Harold Rosenbaum, conductor. Click here and then click on "Listen" to hear this performance. This recording is used with the kind permission of Harold Rosenbaum. The entire score may be viewed as a PDF.

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 - N - 6 min. Click here to view a score for this piece complete with sound. This piece is available for sale exclusively from oySongs.com.

Little Garden, A (text by Frantisek [“Franta”] Bass [b. Brno, 1930; Deported to Terezin, 1941; d. Auschwitz, 1944]) - unison treble chorus & piano - 2011 - N. Click here to view a score for this piece complete with sound. This piece is available for sale exclusively from oySongs.com. Please see the listing for voice below for a picture of the author.

Lord of the World - WITHDRAWN - please see Adon olam above.

Shalom rav - sacred contemporary song for cantor (low voice), SATB & piano - Hebrew - includes versions for both regular and High Holiday Shabbat services - 2007. Click here to view a score for this piece complete with sound. This piece is available for sale exclusively from oySongs.com.

Shalom rav - sacred contemporary song for unison chorus & piano - Hebrew - includes versions for both regular and High Holiday Shabbat services - 2007. Click here to view a score for this piece complete with sound. This piece is available for sale exclusively from oySongs.com.

Shtiler, shtiler (Quiet, quiet) - Music by Alec Volkoviski, text by Shmerke Kaczerginski, Yiddish and English, Holocaust remembrance - arranged for SSA chorus, piano and clarinet - arr. 2004 - N. Click here to view a score for this piece complete with sound. This title is also available in a version without clarinet.

There Is a Name (dedication piece for the New England Holocaust Memorial, Boston) - (English - text by Joseph H. Albeck) - SA chorus & amplified classical guitar - 1995 - Y. Click here to view a score for this piece complete with sound. This piece is for sale exclusively from oySongs.com.

V'ahavta (Deuteronomy 6:5-9) - sacred contemporary song for unison voice(s), keyboard and/or guitar, or SATB, keyboard and/or guitar - 2000 - arranged for SATB in 2011 - N. Click here to view a score for the unison version of this piece complete with sound; click here to view a score for the SATB version of this piece complete with sound. This title is for sale exclusively from oySongs.com.

Vocalise - music by Sergei Rachmaninoff arranged for soprano solo, SATB chorus (divisi) - arr. 2011 - N. Click here to view a score for this piece complete with sound.

Vocalise - music by Sergei Rachmaninoff arranged for men’s chorus (divisi), or optional tenor or soprano solo, men’s chorus (divisi) - arr. 2010 - N. Click here to view a score for this piece complete with sound.

Compositions for Solo Voice and Other Instruments

And thou shalt love (Deuteronomy 6:5-9, King James version) - sacred contemporary song for voice(s), keyboard and/or guitar - 2000 - N. This piece is for sale exclusively from oySongs.com.

Little Garden, A (text by Frantisek [“Franta”] Bass [b. Brno, 1930; Deported to Terezin, 1941; d. Auschwitz, 1944]) - soprano solo & piano - 2011 - N. Click here to view a score for this piece complete with sound. This piece is available for sale exclusively from oySongs.com.

Photo of Franta Bass (at around the age he wrote the poem A Little Garden)

provided and used by permission of his brother, Pavel Uri Bass.

Of All the Souls That Stand Create (text by Emily Dickinson) - baritone & piano - 1985 - Y. Click here to view a score for this piece complete with sound.

Selections From The Song Of Songs (written for the Metropolitan Wind Symphony, David Martins, conductor) - three interconnected songs for male voice & wind ensemble or piano - I. Kumee Lach (Rise Up) - Hebrew, II. Ich Bin Gekumen In Mein Gorten (I Have Come Into My Garden) - Yiddish, III. Behold, Thou Art Fair, My Love - English - 1997 - Y (first song only) - 15 min. Click here to view the text for this piece. Click here to view a score for this piece complete with sound.

Shalom rav - sacred contemporary song for cantor (low voice) & piano - Hebrew - includes versions for both regular and High Holiday Shabbat services - 2007. Click here to view a score for this piece complete with sound. This piece is available for sale exclusively from oySongs.com.

Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird (BMI Award 1984-85, text by Wallace Stevens) - mezzo-soprano & string quartet - 1985, rev. 1993 -Y (unrevised version) - 15 min. Click here to view the performance notes for this piece. Click here to view a score for this piece complete with sound.

Arrangement for Wind Ensemble

Es ist ein Ros' entsprungen (Johannes Brahms, Op. 122, No. 8 [organ]) arr. for wind ensemble (fl.,ob., bn., 3 cl., a.cl., b.cl., 2 a.sax., t.sax., b.sax., 3 tpt., 2 hn., 3 tbn., bar., tba., timp.) - 1994 - Y. Click here to view a score for this piece complete with sound.

Composition for Wind Ensemble

Orchestral Arrangements

Gymnopédie No. 1 (Erik Satie, 1888 [piano]) arr. for oboe and string orchestra - arr. 2011 - N. Click here to view a score for this piece complete with sound.

Nuages Gris (Franz Liszt, 1881 [piano]) arr. for chamber orchestra (2 fl., ob., bn, 3 tbn., timp., hp., str.) - arr. 2009 - N. Click here to view a score for this piece complete with sound.

To a Wild Rose (Edward MacDowell [piano]) arr. for chamber orchestra (ob., cl, str.) - arr. 2009 - N. Click here to view a score for this piece complete with sound.

Variation 25 (from the Goldberg Variations by J.S. Bach [Harpsichord]) arr. for solo violin, string orchestra (or quintet) & harpsichord - 1993 - N - 12 min. Click here to view a score for this piece complete with sound.

Orchestral Compositions With or Without Voices

Fantasypiece for Orchestra - 2001, arr. 2002 - N - 12 minutes. Click here to view a score for this piece complete with sound.

Little Sea Nocturne - 1983 - Y. Click here to view a score for this piece complete with sound.

Poem and Lamentations - violin & string orchestra - 1987, arr. 2009 - 12 min. Click here to view a score for this piece complete with sound.

Romance for Orchestra (Senior Thesis, The Boston Conservatory) - 1982 - N. - 10 min. Click here to view a score for this piece complete with sound.

There Is a Name (dedication piece for the New England Holocaust Memorial, Boston - English - text by Joseph H. Albeck - originally scored for SA chorus & amplified classical guitar, 1995) - arr. for SA chorus and orchestra - arr. 2000 - N. (Click here to view the full score as a PDF.)

Compositions for Large Chamber Ensembles

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 - N. Click here to view a score for this piece complete with sound.

Movement for Strings and Piano (string orchestra & piano) - 1981 - N. Click here to view a score for this piece complete with sound.

Nocturne for Nine Players (Ph.D. dissertation composition, Brandeis University) [2 fl. (a.fl.), ob. (e.hn.), cl. (b.cl.), bn., 2 hn., harp, perc.] - 1992 - Y - 17 min. Click here to view a score for this piece complete with sound.

Arrangement for Small Chamber Ensemble

To a Wild Rose (Edward MacDowell [piano]) arr. for oboe and two English horns - arr. 2009 for the Threeds Oboe Trio - N. Click here to view a score for this piece complete with sound.

Compositions for Small Chamber Ensembles With or Without Voices

Allegretto (in the Classical Style) - (composed for the Classical Marimba League Composition Competition) - marimba & piano - 2007 - N. Click here to view a score for this piece complete with sound.

Fanfare, Tango and Fughetta on Hebrew Themes (commissioned by Carolina Brass) - brass quintet & optional timpani - 2008 - N. Click here to view a score for this piece complete with sound.

Fantasypiece - violoncello & double bass - 2001 - N - 12 minutes. Click here to view a score for this piece complete with sound.

Fugue? - string quartet - 1981 - Y. Click here to view a score for this piece complete with sound.

In Memoriam - flute, viola & double bass - 2011 - N. Click here to view a score for this piece complete with sound.

Lovely Summer Night, A (composed for saxophonist Kenneth Radnofsky) - tenor saxophone & piano - 2000 - N. Click here to view a score for this piece complete with sound.

Meditations and Memories - two alto flutes - 2009 - N. Click here to view a score for this piece complete with sound. This title is featured on the CD Monologues and Dialogues performed by flautist Peter Sheridan on the Australian label MOVE Records (Catalogue Number: MD 3349). The individual track will also eventually be made available on iTunes by MOVE Records.

Moulded Clay - Chiselled Rock - instrument in C (range b4-d6) & piano - 1994 - N. Click here to view a score for this piece complete with sound.

Movement for String Sextet (From a Prison) (2 violins, 2 violas, 2 violoncellos) - 1984 - N. Click here to view a score for this piece complete with sound.

Pacific Prelude, A - brass quintet (2 C trumpets, horn, trombone & tuba) - 1995 - Y - 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 PDF.

Passacaglia, Chorale and Dance - four trombones - 2010 - N. Click here to view a score for this piece complete with sound.

Poem and Lamentations - violin & piano - 1987 - Y - 12 min. Click here to view a score for this piece complete with sound.

Rondino - wind quintet - 1983 - Y. Click here to view a score for this piece complete with sound.

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 - Y - 18 min. Click here to view a score for this piece complete with sound.

There Is a Flower - oboe & piano - 1980 - N. Click here to view a score for this piece complete with sound.

Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird (BMI Award 1984-85, text by Wallace Stevens) - mezzo-soprano & string quartet - 1985 (rev. 1993) -Y (unrevised version) - 15 min. Click here to view the performance notes for this piece. Click here to view a score for this piece complete with sound.

Trio In One Movement (commissioned by ALEA III, the contemporary ensemble in residence at Boston University, Theodore Antoniou, Music director) - clarinet, viola & violoncello - 1996 - Y - 9 min. 30 sec. Click here to view a score for this piece complete with sound.

Variant on "Battle Cry of Freedom - wind quintet - 2012 - N. Click here to view a score for this piece complete with sound.

Variant on "Kojo no tsuki" - clarinet & piano - 2011 - N. Click here to view a score for this piece complete with sound.

Variation on "Rozmarin In Coltul Mesei" - soprano saxophone & piano - 2012 - N. Click here to view a score for this piece complete with sound.

Compositions for Piano

Aubade - piano solo - 1980 - Y. Click here to view a score for this piece complete with sound.

Canonic Serenade - piano solo - 1980 - Y. Click here to view a score for this piece complete with sound.

Cycles - piano solo - 1984 - Y. Click here to view a score for this piece complete with sound.

Expanses, The (Intermezzo) - piano solo - 1980 - Y. Click here to view a score for this piece complete with sound.

“Get me a rag!” “Just a minute...” - piano solo - 2011 - N. Click here to view a score for this piece complete with sound. This piece will be given its world premiere performance by Shiau-uen Ding, along with fourteen other chosen titles, as part of the Composer's Voice "15 Minutes of Fame" Concert Series, at 1:00 PM on February 12, 2012, in Jan Hus Church, 351 E. 74th St., New York City.

Piano Piece (1986) - piano solo - 1986 - N. Click here to view a score for this piece complete with sound.

Two-Part Invention - piano solo - 1980 - Y. Click here to view a score for this piece complete with sound.

Variations on "Arirang" (2008) - piano solo - N. Click here to view a score for this piece complete with sound.

Compositions for Solo Instruments

Limericks and Laughter Thereafter - clarinet solo - 2011 - N. Click here to view a score for this piece complete with sound. This work has been chosen for performance by clarinetist Bruce Curlette who will perform fifteen one minute works on October 30, 2011, at 1:00 PM at Jan Hus Church in New York City for the Vox Novus Composer's Voice concert series. Please click here for more information.

Bagatelle - bassoon (or bass trombone) solo - 1994 - Y. Click here to view a score for this piece complete with synthesized sound. Click here to watch and listen to a performance by bass trombonist Jamie Wehr in Flash Video (flv) format. Click here to listen this performance in mp3 format (without video).

Man in the Street, The - violoncello solo - 1981 - Y. Click here to view a score for this piece complete with sound.

Poem from "Poem and Lamentations" - transcribed for violin, viola or violoncello solo - 1987, arr. 2002 - Y (version for violin). Click here to view a score for the version of this piece for violin complete with sound. Click here to view a score for the version of this piece for viola complete with sound. Click here to view a score for the version of this piece for violoncello complete with sound.

Brief Technical Studies for Solo Instruments

Brief Etude - flute solo - 1982 - N. Click here to view a score for this piece complete with sound.

Little Etude - flute solo - 1982 - N. Click here to view a score for this piece complete with sound.

Klezmer Music

Tango for Klezmer Ensemble - 2010 - flute, clarinet, accordion, drum set and bass - N. This score, which is currently unavailable, will eventually be for sale exclusively from oySongs.com shortly after it receives its premiere performance by the group to whom it is dedicated, the Casco Bay Tummlers.

Yiddishe Mambo, A - 2010 - humorous parody piece for trumpet & accordion - N. Click here to view a score for this piece complete with sound. This score is available for sale exclusively from from oySongs.com.

Film Score

Mother's Soup - synthesized string trio - 2009 - Y. Music by Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach from the second movement of Cello Concerto in A Major (Wq172) freely adapted and arranged by Stanley M. Hoffman. Click here to hear the film score in MP3 format. Click here to watch the film and hear the film score. This file is in FLV format so you will need a player which supports it. This film is used by permission of Lenny Hoffman. (Disclaimer: The reason my name does not appear in the film credits is that the film score was composed well after the film was created. My cousin, Lenny Hoffman, one of the creators of the film, gave me permission to add the music track and post the film on my Web site. The music is © Copyright 2009 by Stanley M. Hoffman. All rights reserved. As far as I know the film is not copyrighted as it is freely shared by its creators around the Internet.)

Professionally engraved scores for all pieces and cassette tape recordings or CDs for many of those cited above are available upon request.

Editions Contributed to the Choral Public Domain Library

Johannes Brahms - Schaffe in mir, Gott, ein rein Herz (Create in me, God, a pure heart) - (1st movement only) - SATBB. You can also download this title from my Web site 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. You can also download this file from my Web site 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. You can also download this file from my Web site by clicking here to retrieve a printable PDF. *

* (Disclaimer: In my opinion, musically speaking, My America is not an outstanding song. I chose to create these editions because the lyrics capture the selfless, patriotic spirit of certain Jewish immigrants to America in the early part of the 20th century. During the summer of 2009, I spent time at the National Yiddish Book Center in Amherst, Massachusetts. After hours of leafing through the collection of stand-alone songs housed there, I found no song quite so unusual as this one. "Thy wish is holy, thy command, I deem as writ by God’s own hand." The Zeitgeist is truly remarkable. It seems the writers would have unquestioningly done anything the American government told them to do and that they were trying to spread this message to others in their community. [Clearly they were part of a generation untainted by the American government's actions in later wars such as Vietnam and Iraq!] I believe that vocalists and choral conductors should seriously consider programming this song for this reason alone. If they disagree with me about the song itself, great; enjoy! A conductor of Jewish choral music once "dissed" me for my having focused on this song. I truly feel sorry for this person and believe that this conductor cannot see the forest for the trees. There is so much more to bringing [Jewish] music history to life than bringing one's own personal tastes to bear in program planning, and in so doing, shielding one's singers and audience from music to which they would not have been otherwise exposed. There is Mozart and there is Dittersdorf. Dittersdorf is no Mozart, yet his music also gets performed. Need I say more?)