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"Sandburg Songs" represents a different sort of composition for me. It is a pastiche of mostly brand new music, but also some old musical ideas, both from my own oeuvre, and also from the pen of Ottorino Respighi. Pan-diatonicism is contrasted with chromatically rich harmonies and melodies. 1. Fog 2. Flux 3. Under the harvest moon 4. Monotone 5. Young Sea 6. I sang 7. Follies 8. Uplands in May 9. Between two hills Words: from "Chicago Songs;" Public Domain. Music: © Copyright

A reworking of a composition from 1984. Olde English Words by Thomas Campion (1567–1620). The sheet music is available for licensing from me, and for sale from Sheet Music Plus. Link to a scrolling score video. https://youtu.be/zu3fHQcVoXU

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AFTERNOON ON A HILL is a brief, uncomplicated, modal setting of the poem of the same name by Edna St. Vincent Millay scored for soprano, violin, and viola. It features the major and minor second as the predominant-sounding interval, more so in the accompaniment, but also in the melodic lines of the voice, and of the two string parts. Those melodic lines are more linear than they are intervallic, intervallic leaps being more so prevalent in the accompaniment. Timing in at 2:25

Being a senior citizen, and having survived a nasty case of malignant cancer this year, I am facing the twilight years of my life as a creator of classical orchestral compositions and arrangements, and am seeking a first-rate choir, and/or a first rate orchestra interested in exploring the possibility of recording and releasing a CD devoted to a selection of my published and/or unpublished titles. If you are unfamiliar with my music and are wondering about my qualifications,

Some say the world will end in fire, Some say in ice. From what I’ve tasted of desire I hold with those who favor fire. But if it had to perish twice, I think I know enough of hate To say that for destruction ice Is also great And would suffice. —Robert Frost (1874–1963) Words: Public Domain. Music: © Copyright 2025 by Stanley M. Hoffman. www.stanleymhoffman.com All rights reserved. This title is available for licensing from the composer, and for sale from Sheet Music Plus.

CONTENTS 1. Love came at dawn 2. Genius 3. O Lord, Our Father 4. These annual bills! 5. Warm summer sun Words: Public Domain. Music: © Copyright 2025 by Stanley M. Hoffman. www.stanleymhoffman.com All rights reserved. The sheet music is available for licensing from the composer, and for sale from Sheet Music Plus. Here is a link to a synthesized scrolling score music video on YouTube. https://youtu.be/rCoFJGi9q44 Thanks for listening!

Right now I’m in a different place' And though we seem far apart I’m closer than I ever was… I’m there inside your heart. I’m with you when you greet each day And when the sun shines bright I’m there to share the sunsets, too… I’m with you every night. I’m with you when the times are good, To share a laugh or two, And if a tear should start to fall… I’ll still be there for you. And when the day arrives That we no longer are apart I’ll smile and hold you close to me… Forever i

"Waltz-Scherzo" is inspired by Chopin's scaler chromatic waltzes. Since the call for one-minute scores for which this title was composed involved a virtuoso pianist, I did not hold back regarding the difficulty level of the music. Accompanied chromatic scales are shared between the hands in the two outer sections. The middle section features accompanimental figuration doubled in octaves. Link to scrolling score music video on YouTube. https://youtu.be/KVxPe_9XnBE

I’m pleased to be back at editing sheet music for customers, and to composing new music after eight months of fighting and apparently defeating a particularly nasty case of malignant, internal cancer of the head and neck. Among my freelance editing clients are the NYC-based choirs Empire City Men's Chorus, and Choral Chameleon. Both groups are conducted by Vince Peterson. Among my projects are editing his transcription of the opening movement of J. S. Bach’s “Christmas Orator

"Fanfare for Orchestra" was completed in April 2025 for a call for scores for a lively concert opener and 2 - 5 minutes in length. Music: © Copyright 2025 by Stanley M. Hoffman. www.stanleymhoffman.com All rights reserved. The music is available for licensing from the composer, and for sale from Sheet Music Plus. Link to scrolling score music video. https://youtu.be/QtrF2ptBCek?si=JjyI_QWMbeoVEcl2

Although this piece was composed for a piano competition in which high school level pianist was one of the categories, I'M IN THE MOOD...

Follow the next URL to view a high quality synthesized scrolling score music video for this title on my YouTube channel which I created to encourage live performances. https://youtu.be/5vaLsg7Uroo This title is available for licensing from me, and for sale from Sheet Music Plus. www.sheetmusicplus.com Follow the next URL to view a watermarked PDF score of this title on my website. https://www.stanleymhoffman.com/_files/ugd/f3e5c9_4188afb055644cb5ba5fe448a0c8c04e.pdf Follow th

Here is a link to a new synthesized scrolling score music video for my composition MILONGA for bayan accordion solo....

In case you missed it, here is Stas Venglevski's excellently played world premiere performance of my composition MILONGA for bayan...

Premiere performance of my musical composition MILONGA for bayan accordion by the amazing performer, Stas Venglevski.

One week from today until the premiere performance of my musical composition MILONGA for bayan accordion by the amazing performer, Stas...

Happy to learn that the Pennsylvania Music Educators Association (PMEA) chose my choral arrangement of Gustav Mahler’s song “Ich bin der...