Organ - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.534661 Composed by Claude Debussy/Robert Orledge. 20th Century,Concert,Halloween. Score. 16 pages. Musik Fabrik Music Publishing #5739561. Published by Musik Fabrik Music Publishing (A0.534661). Over the years 1908–16, Debussy had produced a viable scenario for Usher on his third attempt. But when he came to making a complete draft of the music, he seems to have lost interest during Roderick Usher’s long monologue, even though he was setting his own text. As in No-ja-li he jumped to the next passage that interested him, in this case the exciting final melodrama and the collapse of the Usher house itself.In the process of completing the missing half of the score, I discovered that by reusing Debussy’s material for similar psychological situations across the opera, and by metamorphosing existing ideas (as Debussy does with Mélisande’s theme in his opera Pelléas et Mélisande), the only things I really needed to add were linking material and any passages where fast music was required. So the ‘nightmare scherzo’, and Lady Madeline’s escape from her coffin and her final bloody revenge on her brother are all mine, but most of the rest is existing Debussy in changing contexts (in which the Russian technique of ‘changing backgrounds’, both harmonic and textural, proved extremely useful, as it did to Debussy in his Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune). Eventually, both my completed ballet No-ja-li and the House of Usher were successfully premiered in 2006 and the latter soon began to find its way into the established repertoire in Europe and the US. To further support this, I transcribed some of the highlights of Debussy’s score as A Night in the House of Usher for organ, and subsequently piano—with a focus on Scene 2 and the final, horrific and maca-bre melodrama. This climaxes in the double deaths of Roderick Usher and his Sister Madeline, together with the disintegration of the ill-fated House of Usher into the stagnant lake-all beneath a blood-red moon.In this form it was first performed by Ian Buckle in the Howard Assembly Rooms, Leeds in 2010.

Piano Solo - Digital Download SKU: A0.503545 Composed by William H. Doane. Arranged by Doug Little. Instructional,Sacred,Traditional. Score. 39 pages. Published by Robert D Little (A0.503545). Nine intermediate-level piano solos of favorite hymn tunes composed by Wm. H. Doane. Arrangement use various technical and interpretive skill-developing means for the growing pianist. Performance-worthy for church, school, recital, and other public settings.

Choral Choir,Choral (SSA) - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.998806 Composed by Robert A. Howard. 21st Century,Christian,Contemporary,Praise & Worship,Sacred. 3 pages. Robert A. Howard #6064405. Published by Robert A. Howard (A0.998806). This piece is the 'Glory Be' section only, devised as a stand-alone item, from Howard's 2011 setting of the Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis (also available via Sheet Music Plus). The 'Glory Be' is based on the Magnificat's opening organ material, and aptly features varied harmonisations of the phrase 'world without end'. The text is in English. The piece is appropriate for 3-part choirs of any size and most standards, including school, student, community, church and cathedral choirs. The original 4-part SATB version of this Gloria Patri is also available via Sheet Music Plus.Duration: 1 minute.Registered with PRS (Performing Rights Society, UK).Composer's website: www.roberthowardmusic.co.uk

Choral Choir,Choral (SATB) - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.998805 Composed by Robert A. Howard. 21st Century,Contemporary,Jazz,Praise & Worship,Sacred. 3 pages. Robert A. Howard #6064399. Published by Robert A. Howard (A0.998805). This piece is the 'Glory Be' section only, devised as a stand-alone item, from Howard's 2011 setting of the Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis (also available via Sheet Music Plus). The 'Glory Be' is based on the Magnificat's opening organ material, and aptly features varied harmonisations of the phrase 'world without end'. The text is in English. The piece is appropriate for 4-part choirs of any size and most standards, including schools, students, community, church and cathedral choirs. The work is also available in a version for SSA choir, from Sheet Music Plus.Duration: 1 minute.Registered with PRS (Performing Rights Society, UK).Composer's website: www.roberthowardmusic.co.uk

Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1408422 Composed by Robert A. Howard. 21st Century,Chamber,Classical,Contemporary,New Age. 4 pages. Robert A. Howard #991006. Published by Robert A. Howard (A0.1408422). Promenade II a flexibly scored, open form, improvisatory version of the original Promenade piece for full orchestra, based on the same musical material. This second piece features 21 separate musical 'blocks' (labelled A-U). These are to be allocated to the available musical instruments. The blocks can be freely stated and repeated, in an improvisatory manner, as players sensitively respond to the changing texture during the course of a performance. Full playing instructions are given on the score. Note: the document provided is the full score (with indicated transpositions). No audio track is provided due to the considerably flexibility and variability of performances. The original version is available via a search of the COMA Music Library.Duration: Variable.Registered with PRS (Performing Rights Society, UK).Composer's website: www.roberthowardmusic.co.uk

Handbell - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.998775 Composed by Robert A. Howard. 20th Century,Contemporary,Holiday. Score. 3 pages. Robert A. Howard #5868829. Published by Robert A. Howard (A0.998775). This short work for handbells was originally written as a centenary tribute to the great American composer Aaron Copland (born 1900). The work makes a brief reference to Copland's famous 'Fanfare for the Common Man' before developing its own sense of line. Harmonies are created by sustaining melodic notes in the manner of bells. The piece is highly accessible and is appropriate for virtually any standard of handbell player. The piano one hand, and the four horns versions of this work are available for purchase via Sheet Music Plus.Duration: 2 minutes 00 seconds.Registered with PRS (Performing Rights Society, UK).Composer's website: www.roberthowardmusic.co.uk.

Medium-High Voice,Vocal Solo - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1401788 Composed by Robert A. Howard. 21st Century,Christian,Contemporary,Praise & Worship,Sacred. 7 pages. Robert A. Howard #984972. Published by Robert A. Howard (A0.1401788). This catchy solo voice or unison voices version of the original three-part anthem with accompaniment, sets a text by Revd Canon Dr Gordon Giles, and was composed for the 2022 RSCM Harold Smart Anthem Competition. The work plays with alternating A minor and A major tonalities, with three verses exploring forms of textural variation. The imitative recurring chorus is also varied on each return. The coda gradually builds in dynamics, texture and pitch, in setting repetitions of the word 'Amen', leading to the final A minor climax. This anthem is also available in versions for three-part choir and for SA choir, both with accompaniment, as well as a piano solo version titled 'Lauda', all from SMP.Duration: 3 minutes 30 seconds.Registered with PRS (Performing Rights Society, UK).Composer's website: www.roberthowardmusic.co.uk

Digital Download SKU: A0.1471488 Composed by Robert A. Howard. 20th Century,Classical,Contemporary,Halloween,Thriller. 30 pages. Robert A. Howard #1049261. Published by Robert A. Howard (A0.1471488). This work aims to depict a common theme of certain pieces by some classical composers: that of deathly or devilish dances, and the like. This piece is an extended single movement structure for a mixed chamber ensemble that is an octet of oboe, 2 clarinets, bassoon, piano, viola, cello, and double bass. The form is divided into a series of contrasting dances (labelled as Dance, Folk Lament, Jig, Meditation, and Funeral March), all of which are interspersed with differing statements of an ostinato-based 'chorale' idea on the piano. The whole work is framed by an 'intrada', which builds the germinal motif on which the whole piece is based, characterised by semitones and fourths. Indeed, the 'devil's interval' of the augmented fourth has a particular function and significance. The piece actually ends with an 'epilogue', which features mysterious and ghostly reminiscences of the previous main sections. The title of this work also refers to the episode 'Dance of the Dead' from the 1960s cult TV series 'The Prisoner'. In part, the piece attempts to capture the mystery and atmosphere of the series, and of that specific episode. Indeed, the music's series of related but contrasting sections act almost as an original sequence of dramatic TV incidental music cues. The work is accessible to both performers and audience alike. The attached document is the full score only, with audio provided.Duration: 11 minutes 40 minutes.Registered with PRS (Performing Rights Society, UK).Composer's website: www.roberthowardmusic.co.uk

Piano Solo - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1398806 Composed by Robert A. Howard. 21st Century,Classical,Contemporary,Contest,Festival,Instructional. Score. 3 pages. Robert A. Howard #982079. Published by Robert A. Howard (A0.1398806). 'Minute Bagatelle' is a light, skittish, solo piano miniature. It features simple textural variations on a jaunty jig-like theme that is stated an octave lower on each statement. Harmonies almost exclusively feature added fourth chords. The piece is exactly one minute long in duration, as a response to Chopin's famous Minute Waltz. It was designed as an educational piece, but can be performed by most standards of pianists, from mid-grade students through to professionals. The work is composed in a highly accessible idiom. The piece could even be used as a carefree encore in recital or concert.Duration: 1 minute.Registered with PRS (Performing Rights Society, UK).Composer's website: www.roberthowardmusic.co.uk

Cello,Oboe,Viola,Violin - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.998836 Composed by Robert A. Howard. 20th Century,Folk,Standards. 8 pages. Robert A. Howard #6134579. Published by Robert A. Howard (A0.998836). This 'little rondo' has a distinctive main theme which uses the octatonic scale, and is harmonised by a series of parallel triads. The theme returns throughout, between episodes that are themselves variations on this tune, thus essentially making the piece monothematic. Textures are developed and the main melody is passed between instruments. One variation conveys an ironic march, almost in the manner of Shostakovich. Another variation uses the theme in a series of high register parallel triads, above a tonic pedal. Following a unison statement of the original theme by all four instruments, the brief introduction returns as a coda, to frame the work. The piece is highly accessible and is appropriate for most standards, including students and the more advanced. Duration: 2 minutes 10 seconds.Registered with PRS (Performing Rights Society, UK).Composer's website: www.roberthowardmusic.co.uk.

Piano Solo - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.998731 Composed by Robert A. Howard. 21st Century,Classical,Contest,Festival,Instructional,Jazz. Score. 2 pages. Robert A. Howard #5318249. Published by Robert A. Howard (A0.998731). This stark, ternary form piece develops a small amount of material in order to depict the title. Slow and bare outer sections contrast with the faster, jazz-like ascending middle section. The piece is fairly accessible and appropriate for most standards of pianist, including students and more advanced players.Duration: 2 minutes 15 seconds.Registered with PRS (Performing Rights Society, UK).Composer's website: www.roberthowardmusic.co.uk

Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1405940 Composed by Robert A. Howard. 21st Century,Chamber,Classical,Contemporary,Contest,Festival. 9 pages. Robert A. Howard #988987. Published by Robert A. Howard (A0.1405940). This piece was inspired by the small bronze sculpture by Henry Moore titled 'Three-Way Piece'. This artwork has three similar but slightly different sides to it. This evokes a musical equivalent similar to Satie's Gymnopedies. The piece attempts to capture these concepts, for example by using the number three in various ways. This involves a predilection for three-part harmony, and an overall structure of three cycles, varied on each statement. Note: this document is the score only. The full set of parts (and score) are available via a search of the COMA Music Library.Duration: 3 minutes.Registered with PRS (Performing Rights Society, UK).Composer's website: www.roberthowardmusic.co.uk

Bassoon Solo - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.998889 Composed by Robert A. Howard. 20th Century,Classical,Contemporary,Contest,Festival,Instructional. Individual part. 7 pages. Robert A. Howard #6496061. Published by Robert A. Howard (A0.998889). This is a set of three solo bassoon works. The first piece, Pierrot, develops the notion of 'line'. It explores various facets of the instrument (as in the more complex nature of Pierrot's Commedia Dell'Arte character). The piece features a serial 'note-row' procedure but in a relaxed manner, more akin to Berg than either Schoenberg or Webern. The second piece, Folk Lament, alludes to a folk idiom by using modality (characterised by the flattened seventh degree of the scale) within a sonata form structure. The two main themes give a broad feel of being improvised and, particularly in the case of the second subject, includes composed-out forms of folk-like ornamentation. The final piece, The Clown, employs bluesy inflections, an irregular time signature (5/4) and a clear rondo structure. Varied repetitions of the main, jaunty theme, alternate with contrasting episodes in related keys, one of which is even a derivation of the 12-bar Blues. The set is highly accessible and suitable for more advanced bassoonists including students and professionals. Each movement within this set is also available to purchase individually via Sheet Music Plus.Duration: 8 minutes 40 seconds.Registered with PRS (Performing Rights Society, UK).Composer's website: www.roberthowardmusic.co.uk

Piano Solo - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.998875 Composed by Robert A. Howard. 21st Century,Classical,Contemporary,Contest,Festival,Instructional. Score. 2 pages. Robert A. Howard #6383269. Published by Robert A. Howard (A0.998875). The Fragment series of short piano pieces was conceived for pianists of almost any standard. As suggested in the title, each piece is based on a single compositional fragment or sketch that had otherwise remained incomplete and dormant. Fragment II initially builds up the notes of a major chord with added augmented fourth, in a brief introduction. The main section of the piece features the simple device of alternating added note harmonies, rocking back and forth like a pendulum. These include an upper pedal on the note A in each chord, landing on A minor around the mid-point. Meanwhile, a slightly unsettling off-beat lower pedal ostinato rings on throughout. Towards the end, the opening chords are alluded to, before settling on reiteration of a resolution on A major. The piece is highly accessible and is appropriate for almost all standards of pianist, including students and more advanced players. Other works from the Fragment cycle are also available via Sheet Music Plus.Duration: 3 minutes 10 seconds.Registered with PRS (Performing Rights Society, UK).Composer's website: www.roberthowardmusic.co.uk