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 (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

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

Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1471113 Composed by Robert A. Howard. 20th Century,Chamber,Contemporary,Folk,Instructional. 25 pages. Robert A. Howard #1048757. Published by Robert A. Howard (A0.1471113). Mirage Sextet is a single movement work, and is scored for a mixed chamber ensemble of clarinet (in A), bassoon, piano, violin, viola and cello. The work focuses on an exploration of the octatonic scale on C, in the semitone-tone variant. The piece has a loose ternary feel, as the outer sections present primary material and main themes that recur. Meanwhile, a middle section offers some contrast in a succession of mini cadenza-style solos for most of the instruments. The work develops 20th century folk-influenced idioms, such as those of Bartok, Kodaly, early Lutoslawski and Ligeti, as well as Stravinsky, Shostakovich and perhaps even Messiaen. The main compositional interests are: changing, as well as irregular, time signatures; the aforementioned octatonic scale to create folk-like motifs and melodies, added-note harmonies (with the importance of the augmented fourth interval); and percussive doublings of instruments in their lower (gritty/folky) registers, in octaves, as well as liberal actual doubling by the piano. The work is generally accessible to performers and audience. The attached document is the score only, with audio for reference.Duration: 8 minutes.Registered with PRS (Performing Rights Society, UK).Composer's website: www.roberthowardmusic.co.uk

Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1477352 Composed by Robert A. Howard. 20th Century,Chamber,Classical,Contemporary,Contest,Festival. 17 pages. Robert A. Howard #1054775. Published by Robert A. Howard (A0.1477352). This grandiose, ceremonial piece is for a wind ensemble of woodwind and brass, with piano and 2 percussionists. The work takes a fragment from a theme by Bela Bartok, from his 1911 one-act opera Duke Bluebeard's Castle, and is a set of free variations, like a fantasy, upon this theme, within a vague ternary structure. The whole ensemble is often treated quite percussively, exploring angular snap rhythms, as well as inversions and symmetry of pitch. One percussionist plays marimba, while the other plays snare drum. The piece takes Bartok's motif as a starting point, before developing beyond this idiom. The work remains accessible to audiences, and can be played by more advanced performers. Please note that the attached document is the full score only, with audio provided.Duration: 5 minutes 20 seconds.Registered with PRS (Performing Rights Society, UK).Composer's website: www.roberthowardmusic.co.uk

Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1471091 Composed by Robert A. Howard. 20th Century,Chamber,Christian,Contemporary,Sacred. 7 pages. Robert A. Howard #1048722. Published by Robert A. Howard (A0.1471091). 'May You Always Be Joyful' sets a biblical text from the New Testament (Philippians 4:4-9, in the New International Version). This setting is for solo mezzo-soprano voice, with wind quintet and piano. The piece aims to give appropriate musicial expression to the text. Several key ideas, motifs and chords recur, and are juxtaposed in a mosaic-like manner. The piece focuses on harmonies with added augmented fourths, reminiscent of Messiaen, in an attempt to express joy or even ecstasy. The influence of Berio (Folksongs) can be seen in the doubling, colouring, and sustaining of the vocal line by the wind quintet and piano, creating an 'accidental' form of harmony, as well as supporting the singer. The piece is appropriate for most standards of singer and instrumentalist. The attached document is the score only, with audio for reference. Another version of this work, for solo mezzo soprano and piano only, is available from Sheet Music Plus.Duration: 5 minutes.Registered with PRS (Performing Rights Society, UK).Composer's website: www.roberthowardmusic.co.uk

Piano Solo - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1401695 Composed by Robert A. Howard. 21st Century,Classical,Contemporary,Contest,Festival,Instructional. Score. 31 pages. Robert A. Howard #984878. Published by Robert A. Howard (A0.1401695). This First Piano Sonata is in three movements. The work is subtitled 'Bells', as each movement explores a different aspect of ringing bell-tones, whilst avoiding any direct reference to, for example, the change-ringing of church bells, or otherwise. The first movement (Chimes) suggests aspects of sonata form, with a ricochet-rhythm first theme based on fifths, and a lyrical second subject. In the ternary form second movement (Requiescat), funereal bells toll and peal in cycles of textural thickening and thinning. The final movement is a relentless perpetual movement of parallel chords and hemiolas, passing through a giant circle of fifths, in the vague manner of a carillon.Duration: 24 minutes.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.

Instrumental Solo,Organ - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1410578 Composed by Robert A. Howard. 21st Century,Classical,Contemporary,New Age,Religious. Individual part. 6 pages. Robert A. Howard #992998. Published by Robert A. Howard (A0.1410578). This work for solo organ aims to recreate the atmosphere of a vigil. Concepts of watching, waiting, meditating, and remembering are all associated with the various forms of 'vigils' that have and do exist worldwide. The piece is based on 8 ascending and varied cycles of a 9-bar added-note chord sequence and theme. Only the white notes are used, in the modal aeolian scale (A-A), within a slow, reverential tempo. There is an aspect of symmetry roughly about the centre, or apex of the work; dynamics and rhythmic complexity increase until the central variation, before receding until a quiet, reflective ending and quasi resolution.Duration: 6 minutes.Registered with PRS (Performing Rights Society, UK).Composer's website: www.roberthowardmusic.co.uk

Piano Solo - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1089746 Composed by Robert A. Howard. 21st Century,Classical,Contemporary,Contest,Festival,Instructional. Score. 5 pages. Robert A. Howard #693953. Published by Robert A. Howard (A0.1089746). This is the fourth in a set of seven pieces that each elaborate upon ideas previously left dormant in sketch form. This cumulative four-section piece gradually descends in pitch by alternating hands in a minimalist build up of motifs, each followed by a chordal refrain. The piece is highly accessible and is appropriate for most standards of pianist, including students and more advanced players. Other works from the Sketch cycle, as well as the complete set, are also available via Sheet Music Plus. Duration: 3 minutes 45 seconds.Registered with PRS (Performing Rights Society, UK).Composer's website: www.roberthowardmusic.co.uk

Piano Solo - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.998888 Composed by Robert A. Howard. 20th Century,Standards. Score. 5 pages. Robert A. Howard #6487379. Published by Robert A. Howard (A0.998888). The first of these Two Pastoral Intermezzi portrays a rural scene through much use of parallel secondary seventh chords. Its tone is nostalgic within a simple idiom of clear homophonic textures. The second piece references the parallel chord theme again, as a cyclic secondary idea. It conveys a popular (if not romantic) 'cafe classics' style with liberal use of appoggiaturas, descending sequences, arpeggio accompaniments and a cantabile melody. The pieces are highly accessible and are suitable for most standards of pianist. Both movements within the set are also available to purchase individually, via Sheet Music Plus.Duration: 5 minutes 35 seconds.Registered with PRS (Performing Rights Society, UK).Composer's website: www.roberthowardmusic.co.uk.

Bassoon,Piano - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1401689 Composed by Robert A. Howard. 21st Century,Chamber,Contemporary,Contest,Festival,Instructional. Score and part. 10 pages. Robert A. Howard #984859. Published by Robert A. Howard (A0.1401689). 'Invocation and Dance' begins with an introductory summons call from the bassoon (with piano chords), outlining the irregular metre feature of the whole work. Then follows the main dance section, in ternary form. Its main A section material centres around C (which returns with variation towards the end), and consists of a jaunty 7/8 bassoon theme, accompanied by unsettled piano harmonies. The contrasting central B section, in the dominant key, continues to explore irregular metre with 'hiccups' in the rhythm, as piano 'oom cha' chords support a bassoon melody based mainly on fourths. The opening invocation call recurs in slight variation at the end to bring the work full circle. Note: the score provided also serves as the piano part.Duration: 5 minutes.Registered with PRS (Performing Rights Society, UK).Composer's website: www.roberthowardmusic.co.uk

Piano Solo - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.998887 Composed by Robert A. Howard. 21st Century,Classical,Contemporary,Contest,Festival,Instructional. Score. 14 pages. Robert A. Howard #6487369. Published by Robert A. Howard (A0.998887). This is the complete set of six piano pieces entitled Fragments (I-VI). The Fragment series was conceived specifically for almost any pianist to perform, from the early grade student through to the professional. As suggested in the title, each piece is based on a single compositional fragment or sketch that had otherwise remained incomplete and dormant. The cycle draws on a wide range of compositional techniques, and even styles, whilst always operating within the composer's own idiom. The piece is highly accessible. Each movement within this set is also available to purchase individually via Sheet Music Plus.Duration: 18 minutes 45 seconds.Registered with PRS (Performing Rights Society, UK).Composer's website: www.roberthowardmusic.co.uk