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, I hope you...

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interested in exploring the possibility of recording and releasing a CD devoted to a selection of my published and/or unpublished titles.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, my biography...

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. Here is a link to...