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

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,Vocal,Voice - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1471108 Composed by Robert A. Howard. 20th Century,Chamber,Christian,Contemporary,Sacred. Score. 8 pages. Robert A. Howard #1048747. Published by Robert A. Howard (A0.1471108). '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 presented here in a version for solo mezzo-soprano voice 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 piano, creating an 'accidental' form of harmony, as well as supporting the singer. The piece is appropriate for most standards of singer and pianist. The original version of this work, for solo mezzo soprano, wind quintet and piano, is also available from Sheet Music Plus.Duration: 5 minutes.Registered with PRS (Performing Rights Society, UK).Composer's website: www.roberthowardmusic.co.uk

Piano Trio - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.998838 Composed by Robert A. Howard. 20th Century,Contemporary,Standards. 17 pages. Robert A. Howard #6139329. Published by Robert A. Howard (A0.998838). This piano trio is a single 9-minute movement. The title, Trinity, refers to various uses of the number 3 within the piece. This includes 3 instruments, 3 main sections, the rhythmic interplay of the dotted crotchet pulse (of 3 quavers) in the prevailing 12/8 time signature (with hemiolas), and the use of 3 (and its multiples) in the creation of core material. The work creates memorable motifs which are used in various other melodic and harmonic permutations, as well as in cycles of layered texturing. Trinity's overall structure actually refers to a palindromic form, as earlier sections return towards the end, truncated and in reverse order, thus bringing the piece full circle. The religious symbolism implied in the title may be said to have influenced some rather 'mystical' and 'otherworldly' harmonies and textures. The piece is highly accessible and is appropriate for higher standard musicians, including students and the more advanced. Duration: 8 minute 55 seconds.Registered with PRS (Performing Rights Society, UK).Composer's website: www.roberthowardmusic.co.uk.

Piano Solo - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1089365 Composed by Robert A. Howard. 21st Century,Classical,Contemporary,Contest,Festival,Instructional. Score. 5 pages. Robert A. Howard #693563. Published by Robert A. Howard (A0.1089365). This is the second in a set of three piano miniatures, which, as part of the compositional process, originally derived melodic material by setting lines from Shakespeare's Sonnets to music. In this ternary form piece, the initial section builds harmonies from a simple two-note rocking idea. Then follows a middle part based on a sequence of semiquaver arpeggio figures, before returning to a variation of the opening section, developing into a 6/8 coda. The piece is highly accessible and is appropriate for most standards of pianist, including students and more advanced players. Other works from the Sonnet cycle, as well as the complete set, are also available via Sheet Music Plus. Duration: 2 minutes 15 seconds.Registered with PRS (Performing Rights Society, UK).Composer's website: www.roberthowardmusic.co.uk

Choral Choir,Choral (SA) - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1088808 Composed by Robert A. Howard. 21st Century,Christmas,Classical,Folk,Sacred. 10 pages. Robert A. Howard #693020. Published by Robert A. Howard (A0.1088808). This piece is an original arrangement based on the wistful English folk melody 'Barbara Allen'. It takes the form of a 7-verse Epiphany carol, with introduction and coda, setting a poem by Laurie Twinam. Verse 1 gives the option for a single solo voice. Otherwise vocal lines, for two-part (SA) choir or duet, retain the folk tune contour throughout, with fairly simple harmonies and a canon. Around this, the piano accompaniment weaves a set of characterful variations, as a commentary on each differing verse, which is always linked by a 2-bar 'turnaround'. The work explores aspects of both major and minor tonality, as well as modality (with the characteristic flattened seventh), thus working within and around the given folk idiom. This piece is appropriate for virtually any standard and size of SA choir, including school, student, community, church and cathedral choirs, as well as for duet. The accompaniment can be on piano, or for organ if slightly adapted by the player. The solo/unison and 4-part SATB versions of this piece, as well as the solo piano version (Variations on 'Barbara Allen') by the same composer, are also available via Sheet Music Plus. Duration: 4 minutes.Registered with PRS (Performing Rights Society, UK).Composer's website: www.roberthowardmusic.co.uk

Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1407989 Composed by Robert A. Howard. 21st Century,Chamber,Classical,Contemporary,Thriller. 5 pages. Robert A. Howard #990552. Published by Robert A. Howard (A0.1407989). Ghost takes its title from the art work by Ron Mueck (1998), which is in the collection of the Tate Gallery, Liverpool. Mueck's Ghost is an extraordinarily realistic, larger-than-life-sized mannequin. This model is of a young lady in a swimsuit, with exceptionally long legs and an embarrassed glance about her face. This musical work attempts to capture the ghostly, solitary and threatening qualities of the work. It is flexibly scored, in four instrumental parts, and there are opportunities for 'solo' and 'tutti' playing. Character is depicted in a four note motif (heard at the beginning), which is transformed across five highly contrasting sections. There is a significant cadenza-like solo passage, for a treble clef instrument. Ghost was commissioned by COMA for the Autumn Residency at Tate Liverpool in October 2002. Note: this document is the score only. The full set of parts (with score) are available via a search of the COMA Music Library.Duration: 6 minutes.Registered with PRS (Performing Rights Society, UK).Composer's website: www.roberthowardmusic.co.uk

Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1409084 Composed by Bela Bartok. Arranged by Robert A. Howard. 20th Century,Chamber,Classical,Contemporary,Instructional. 7 pages. Robert A. Howard #991687. Published by Robert A. Howard (A0.1409084). This work is an arrangment of the solo piano piece No. 149 (of 153) from 'Mikrokosmos' by Bela Bartok (No. 2 of Six Dances in Bulgarian Rhythm). The piece is for a 7-part mixed chamber ensemble of oboe, clarinet, bassoon, French horn, violin, viola, and cello. The instrumentation was originally for single string players, though multiple players can be used. The arrangement aims to convey typical Bartokian timbres, as well as recreating Bartok's contrasting use of the piano; this is both occasionally percussive, and sometimes sustained (due to the use of the right pedal in Bartok's piano piece). This arrangement can also include a pianist playing the original piece on the piano, as the chamber ensemble doubles exaxctly. Note: this document is the full score only.Duration: 2 minutes.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: A0.1089368 Composed by Robert A. Howard. 21st Century,Classical,Contemporary,Contest,Festival,Instructional. Score. 10 pages. Robert A. Howard #693566. Published by Robert A. Howard (A0.1089368). This is a set of three piano miniatures, which, as part of the compositional process, originally derived melodic material by setting lines from Shakespeare's Sonnets to music. In the first piece, within ternary form, the opening section explores sequences of 'chord building'. This is followed by a middle section based on arpeggio figures, before returning to the initial ideas in inversion. In the second piece, also in ternary form, the initial section builds harmonies from a simple two-note rocking idea. Then follows a middle part based on a sequence of semiquaver arpeggio figures, before returning to a variation of the opening section, developing into a 6/8 coda. The third piece is essentially a set of textural variations on a folk-like theme, the tune appearing a fourth higher each time. This final piece employs simple variation techniques that are in-keeping with the folk genre, such as drones, modality, and parallel harmonies. Towards the end, a descending sequence leads to a final variation on the theme in the opening key, in rhythmic augmentation. The cycle is highly accessible and is appropriate for most standards of pianist, including students and more advanced players. The individual pieces from the Sonnet cycle are also available individually, via Sheet Music Plus. Duration: 7 minutes.Registered with PRS (Performing Rights Society, UK).Composer's website: www.roberthowardmusic.co.uk

Choral 3-Part Chorus,Choir,Choral - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1401782 Composed by Robert A. Howard. 21st Century,Christian,Contemporary,Praise and Worship,Sacred. 10 pages. Robert A. Howard #984966. Published by Robert A. Howard (A0.1401782). This catchy 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 textural variation in the choral parts (including solo lines, harmony, and canon). 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 solo voice, 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