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New! TANGO LENTO for Saxophone Quartet and Electronic Backing Track

Stanley M. Hoffman

Mar 26, 20251 min read

My MINUTE WALTZ for flute and guitar has been selected for Fifteen-Minutes-of-Fame featuring Linda Chatterton and YunZhe Lin

My MINUTE WALTZ for flute and guitar has been selected for Fifteen-Minutes-of-Fame featuring Linda Chatterton and YunZhe Lin. Vox Novus...

Stanley M. Hoffman

Mar 23, 20251 min read

MILONGA will receive will receive its premiere performance on May 10th

My piece, MILONGA, will receive its premiere performance by this fabulous bayan accordion performer on May 10th.

Stanley M. Hoffman

Mar 23, 20251 min read

Why does choral music sound so good?

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Stanley M. Hoffman

Mar 9, 20251 min read

NEW! "Millay Songs": Song Cycle for Alto and Piano on Nine Poems by Edna St. Vincent Millay (2024)

1. First Fig 2. City Trees 3. Afternoon On A Hill 4. Grown-up 5. Midnight Oil 6. Travel 7. Thursday 8. Wild Swans 9. Second Fig Follow...

Stanley M. Hoffman

Mar 9, 20251 min read

The Chicago Temple Choir performed my setting of the traditional Jewish Sabbath prayer,“Veshameru” for baritone solo, mixed chorus, and organ, on March 5th

I’m pleased to find that the Chicago Temple Choir performed my setting of the traditional Jewish Sabbath prayer,“Veshameru” for baritone...

Stanley M. Hoffman

Mar 7, 20251 min read

Vocal Composition of the Day, Installment 16; FINAL INSTALLMENT OF PIECE OF THE DAY: "Four Songs for Soprano Solo" (2024)

NEW! Vocal Composition of the Day, Installment 16: FINAL INSTALLMENT OF PIECE OF THE DAY: "Four Songs for Soprano Solo" (2024) 1. Behold, the sun at twilight time (1a. Lament) 2. My Love 3. Place a Glass In my Hand 4. Say To the Young Man I composed "Four Songs for Soprano Solo" for a call for scores from the 15 Minutes of Fame Concert Series presented by Composers Voice/Vox Novus/Robert Voisey. The call for scores is for "arias" from four different soprano soloists. Sopran

Stanley M. Hoffman

Feb 20, 20252 min read

Vocal(/Choral) Piece of the Day, Installment 15: "Mists" (Nebbie) Respighi/Hoffman, arr.; Medium Voice and Orchestra (or SATB Chorus and Piano or Orchestra) (arr. 2018)

Vocal(/Choral) Piece of the Day, Installment 15: "Mists" (Nebbie) Respighi/Hoffman, arr.; Medium Voice and Orchestra (or SATB Chorus and Piano or Orchestra) (arr. 2018) The dark, hauntingly beautiful, early secular song "Mists" (Nebbie) by Ottorino Respighi (1879-1936) composed to a text by his contemporary writer, Ada Negri (1870–1945), has been a part of my consciousness since I was a voice student of Wesley Copplestone at the Boston Conservatory of Music during the early

Stanley M. Hoffman

Feb 19, 20252 min read

Vocal(/Choral) Piece of the Day, Installment 14: "Separazione" (Parting); Italian Folk Song/Sgambati/Hoffman, arr.

Vocal(/Choral) Piece of the Day , Installment 14: "Separazione" (Parting); Italian Folk Song Edited, and Provided With Accompaniment by...

Stanley M. Hoffman

Feb 17, 20252 min read

Vocal Composition of the Day, Installment 13: "the Cambridge ladies who live in furnished souls" for Voice, Piano, and Maraca; Text by E. E. Cummings (2022)

Vocal Composition of the Day, Installment 13: "the Cambridge ladies who live in furnished souls" for Voice, Piano, and Maraca; Text by...

Stanley M. Hoffman

Feb 12, 20253 min read

Vocal(/Choral) Composition of the Day, Installment 13: "Yih'yu l'ratson" (May the words of my mouth); High or Low Voice and Keyboard (or SATB Chorus) (2001)

Vocal(/Choral) Composition of the Day, Installment 13: "Yih'yu l'ratson" (May the words of my mouth) ; High or Low Voice and Keyboard (or...

Stanley M. Hoffman

Feb 11, 20252 min read

Vocal(/Choral) Composition of the Day, Installment 12: "Veshameru" for Baritone or Alto Solo & Organ, or for Baritone or Alto Solo, SATB Chorus & Organ, (1993, rev. 2000)

Vocal(/Choral) Composition of the Day, Installment 12: "Veshameru" for Baritone or Alto Solo & Organ, or for Baritone or Alto Solo,...

Stanley M. Hoffman

Feb 10, 20253 min read

Vocal(/Choral) Composition of the Day, Installment 11: "She Gave Him All Her Heart" for Tenor or Baritone Solo (or SATB or TTBB Chorus) and Piano (2000); Text by Zallman Shneour in English Translation

Vocal(/Choral) Composition of the Day, Installment 11: "She Gave Him All Her Heart" for Tenor or Baritone Solo (or SATB or TTBB Chorus)...

Stanley M. Hoffman

Feb 7, 20253 min read

Vocal(/Choral) Composition of the Day, Installment 10: "The Scattered Leaves": for Solo Voice (or Unison Chorus) & Piano; Text by Joseph H. Albeck (1995, Revised 2005)

Vocal(/Choral) Composition of the Day, Installment 10: "The Scattered Leaves": a Piece for Jewish Holocaust Remembrance for Solo Voice...

Stanley M. Hoffman

Feb 6, 20253 min read

Vocal Composition of the Day, Installment 9: "Is there a flower (whom" for Mezzo-Soprano and Piano (1980);

Vocal Composition of the Day, Installment 9: "Is there a flower (whom" for Mezzo-Soprano and Piano (1980); Text by E. E. Cummings Today...

Stanley M. Hoffman

Feb 4, 20252 min read

Vocal Composition of the Day, Installment 8: "Of All the Souls That Stand Create" for Baritone and Piano (1984); Text by Emily Dickinson

Vocal Composition of the Day, Installment 8: "Of All the Souls That Stand Create" for Baritone and Piano (1984); Text by Emily...

Stanley M. Hoffman

Feb 3, 20252 min read

Vocal(/Choral) Composition of the Day, Installment 7: "Mi y'maleil" (Who can recount), a Chanukah Composition for Solo Voice (or SATB Chorus) and Piano or Chamber Orchestra (2004)

Vocal(/Choral) Composition of the Day, Installment 7: " Mi y'maleil" (Who can recount), a Chanukah Composition for Solo Voice (or SATB...

Stanley M. Hoffman

Feb 2, 20253 min read

Vocal(/Choral) Composition of the Day, Installment 6: "An Easy Decision" for Mezzo-Soprano Solo (or Unison Chorus) and Piano (2006); Text by Kenneth Patchen

Vocal(/Choral) Composition of the Day, Installment 6: "An Easy Decision" for Mezzo-Soprano Solo (or Unison Chorus) and Piano (2006); Text...

Stanley M. Hoffman

Jan 31, 20253 min read

Vocal Composition of the Day, Installment 6: "A Psalm Beyond the Silences" for High Voice and Piano or Orchestra (1994), or Low Voice and Piano (2010)

Vocal Composition of the Day, Installment 6: "A Psalm Beyond the Silences" for High Voice and Piano or Orchestra (1994), or Low Voice...

Stanley M. Hoffman

Jan 30, 20253 min read

Vocal(/Wind Ensemble) Composition of the Day, Installment 5: "Selections from 'The Song of Songs'", Three Interconnected Songs for Male Voice and Wind Ensemble or Piano (1997, 14 minutes)

Vocal(/Wind Ensemble) Composition of the Day, Installment 5: "Selections from 'The Song of Songs'", Three Interconnected Songs for Male...

Stanley M. Hoffman

Jan 29, 20253 min read

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New! TANGO LENTO for Saxophone Quartet and Electronic Backing Track

My MINUTE WALTZ for flute and guitar has been selected for Fifteen-Minutes-of-Fame featuring Linda Chatterton and YunZhe Lin

MILONGA will receive will receive its premiere performance on May 10th

Why does choral music sound so good?

NEW! "Millay Songs": Song Cycle for Alto and Piano on Nine Poems by Edna St. Vincent Millay (2024)

The Chicago Temple Choir performed my setting of the traditional Jewish Sabbath prayer,“Veshameru” for baritone solo, mixed chorus, and organ, on March 5th

Vocal Composition of the Day, Installment 16; FINAL INSTALLMENT OF PIECE OF THE DAY: "Four Songs for Soprano Solo" (2024)

Vocal(/Choral) Piece of the Day, Installment 15: "Mists" (Nebbie) Respighi/Hoffman, arr.; Medium Voice and Orchestra (or SATB Chorus and Piano or Orchestra) (arr. 2018)

Vocal(/Choral) Piece of the Day, Installment 14: "Separazione" (Parting); Italian Folk Song/Sgambati/Hoffman, arr.

Vocal Composition of the Day, Installment 13: "the Cambridge ladies who live in furnished souls" for Voice, Piano, and Maraca; Text by E. E. Cummings (2022)

Vocal(/Choral) Composition of the Day, Installment 13: "Yih'yu l'ratson" (May the words of my mouth); High or Low Voice and Keyboard (or SATB Chorus) (2001)

Vocal(/Choral) Composition of the Day, Installment 12: "Veshameru" for Baritone or Alto Solo & Organ, or for Baritone or Alto Solo, SATB Chorus & Organ, (1993, rev. 2000)

Vocal(/Choral) Composition of the Day, Installment 11: "She Gave Him All Her Heart" for Tenor or Baritone Solo (or SATB or TTBB Chorus) and Piano (2000); Text by Zallman Shneour in English Translation

Vocal(/Choral) Composition of the Day, Installment 10: "The Scattered Leaves": for Solo Voice (or Unison Chorus) & Piano; Text by Joseph H. Albeck (1995, Revised 2005)

Vocal Composition of the Day, Installment 9: "Is there a flower (whom" for Mezzo-Soprano and Piano (1980);

Vocal Composition of the Day, Installment 8: "Of All the Souls That Stand Create" for Baritone and Piano (1984); Text by Emily Dickinson

Vocal(/Choral) Composition of the Day, Installment 7: "Mi y'maleil" (Who can recount), a Chanukah Composition for Solo Voice (or SATB Chorus) and Piano or Chamber Orchestra (2004)

Vocal(/Choral) Composition of the Day, Installment 6: "An Easy Decision" for Mezzo-Soprano Solo (or Unison Chorus) and Piano (2006); Text by Kenneth Patchen

Vocal Composition of the Day, Installment 6: "A Psalm Beyond the Silences" for High Voice and Piano or Orchestra (1994), or Low Voice and Piano (2010)

​Vocal(/Wind Ensemble) Composition of the Day, Installment 5: "Selections from 'The Song of Songs'", Three Interconnected Songs for Male Voice and Wind Ensemble or Piano (1997, 14 minutes)

Vocal(/Wind Ensemble) Composition of the Day, Installment 5: "Selections from 'The Song of Songs'", Three Interconnected Songs for Male Voice and Wind Ensemble or Piano (1997, 14 minutes)