Piano Solo - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.939789 Composed by Richard St. Clair. 20th Century. Score. 5 pages. Richard St. Clair #3640583. Published by Richard St. Clair (A0.939789). This music, under 5 minutes in length, is highly passionate and deeply expressive. It is suitable for any occasion where serious music is being played. It is not virtuoso music, but it is highly contrapuntal and required a sensitive interpretation to bring out the subtle voicings.

Choral Choir (SATB) - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.939906 Composed by Richard St. Clair. 20th Century,Christian,Contemporary,Praise & Worship,Sacred. Octavo. 27 pages. Richard St. Clair #6695331. Published by Richard St. Clair (A0.939906). This 13 minute cantata is a setting of selections from the Liber Usualis for the Feast of the Holy Guardian Angels (October 2). After a 4-minute organ prelude the chorus enters joyfully and reverently, building in intensity to a brilliant conclusion.

Instrumental Duet Instrumental Duet,Viola,Violin - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.939855 Composed by Richard St. Clair. 20th Century,Concert. Score and parts. 23 pages. Richard St. Clair #6011901. Published by Richard St. Clair (A0.939855). These 11 neo-classical imitative canons are suitable for teaching as well as concert venues. In a variety of styles, these charming little pieces are sure to please.

String Quartet String Quartet - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.939705 Composed by Richard St. Clair. 20th Century,Contemporary. Score and parts. 115 pages. Richard St. Clair #3001125. Published by Richard St. Clair (A0.939705). This bold string quartet in 4 movements recalls an earlier age of Bartok, Stravinsky and Shostakovich. The PDF of the score  has the individual parts appended for separate printing. Duration: about 17 minutes. The MP3 Audio Clip is a computer-generated soundfile.

Small Ensemble Clarinet,Piano,Voice - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.939782 Composed by Richard St. Clair. 20th Century,Concert,Graduation,Holiday,Wedding. Score and parts. 30 pages. Richard St. Clair #3636459. Published by Richard St. Clair (A0.939782). This cycle for coloratura soprano accompanied by B-flat clarinet and piano, lasting about 10 minutes, showcases eighteen 3-line/17-syllable poems called haiku, written by the beloved poet Kobayashi Issa of Japan (1763-1828). Many of the songs are just a few seconds long, a few are somewhat longer in the spirit of these precious poetic miniatures. Listeners familiar with the chamber repertoire will recognize the reference in these songs to Schubert's The Shepherd on the Rock, also for Soprano, Clarinet and Piano. The download consists of both the full score with the clarinet part appended.

Percussion Ensemble - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.939795 Composed by Richard St. Clair. 20th Century. Score and parts. 231 pages. Richard St. Clair #3896021. Published by Richard St. Clair (A0.939795). This 15-minute light-hearted piano concerto for full-size symphony orchestra was composed in sketch form in 1970 and the orchestration was finalized in 2018. Listeners will undoubtedly hear references to the neoclassical music of the earlier part of the 20th century, which was a major influence on the composer in the late 1960s and early 1970s. The full score and complete parts are for sale all contained on the provided PDF file, and a Finale-generated MP3 sound clip is provided here.

Piano Solo - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.939879 Composed by Richard St. Clair. 20th Century,Contemporary. Score. 9 pages. Richard St. Clair #6373423. Published by Richard St. Clair (A0.939879). This solo impromptu was composed over a two-day period from April 27-28, 2021. It is highly energetic and episodic, bold and mercurial, and freely atonal. It started as an improvisation and evolved into a finished work.

Piano Solo - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.939735 Composed by Richard St. Clair. 20th Century,Contemporary. Score. 6 pages. Richard St. Clair #3002763. Published by Richard St. Clair (A0.939735). These 8 simple tonal pieces are suitable for student pianists at a moderate level of difficulty. Total duration: 6 minutes. The MP3 Audio Clip is of the composer in a studio recording.

Soprano voice,Vocal Solo - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.939807 Composed by Richard St. Clair. 20th Century,Praise & Worship. 8 pages. Richard St. Clair #4728437. Published by Richard St. Clair (A0.939807). This song for Soprano and Piano, with a duration of about 2 1/2 minutes, is a broadly expressive personal testament of faith in the great Savior-Buddha, Amida Buddha, described in the Pure Land Sutras. Here is the full text, written by the composer himself:

Choral Choir (SATB) - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.939829 Composed by Richard St. Clair. 20th Century,Contemporary. Octavo. 72 pages. Richard St. Clair #5194845. Published by Richard St. Clair (A0.939829). This Buddhist cantata in 7 movements (duration: 21:30) is a setting of passages from the Mahayana sutra, the Lotus Sutra, delivered by Shakyamuni Buddha some 2500 years ago. This highly energetic yet contemplative music expresses the vastness of the Buddha's wisdom and compassion. The final section is music in adoration of Amida Buddha (Amitabha, Amitayus) expressing the composer's faith in this great Buddha. The Score, which is completely revised from its original 1997 version, includes the complete Text and Instrumental Parts. The audio file is of the work's premiere performance by the Somerville Community Chorus, David Giessow conducting (Dec. 1997).

Choral Choir (SATB) - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.939685 Composed by Richard St. Clair. 20th Century,A Cappella,Contemporary. Octavo. 5 pages. Richard St. Clair #3000655. Published by Richard St. Clair (A0.939685). This Buddhist motet is a tonal choral setting of the Nembutsu, a prayer-like expression of gratitude for being saved by the great Buddha Amida. By being saved is meant that, through the Great Vow of Amida Buddha to save all suffering beings, one is reborn in the afterlife in the Pure Land over which Amida Buddha is Lord. The Nembutsu is Namu Amida Butsu in Japanese, and means Thank You, Amida Buddha and also I take Refuge in Amida Buddha. Duration: about 3 1/2 minutes. The MP3 Audio Clip is a computer-generate soundfile.

High Voice,Vocal Solo - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.939889 Composed by Richard St. Clair. 20th Century,Christian,Contemporary,Praise & Worship. 11 pages. Richard St. Clair #6516703. Published by Richard St. Clair (A0.939889). This 4 1/2-minute song for Tenor or Soprano is a setting of the Bible, Gospel of Luke 2:25-32, where Simeon receives and blesses the infant Jesus. This text is often set in Latin as Nunc Dimittis. In this setting, the text is in English.

Choral Choir (SATB) - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.939814 Composed by Richard St. Clair. 20th Century,A Cappella,Christian,Sacred. Octavo. 8 pages. Richard St. Clair #4766839. Published by Richard St. Clair (A0.939814). This short (2'30) and emotionally powerful motet for unaccompanied SATB chorus sets the verse of John VII:18 from the Bible. The music is dramatic, filled with contrapuntal invention, and attains a high level of expressive intensity. It is a commentary on the self-serving nature of people and their transient glory as opposed to the highest glory for people who listen to a higher power as their spiritual source. The musical style is tonal (with some free harmonies), in relatively simple rhythms, and reflects the composer's debt to Renaissance music as an inspirational fount.

Instrumental Duet Instrumental Duet,Viola,Violin - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.939666 Composed by Richard St. Clair. 20th Century,Contemporary. Score and parts. 23 pages. Richard St. Clair #3000499. Published by Richard St. Clair (A0.939666). This is a collection of imitative canons in olden style, tonal/modal and useful for students and professionals alike. The MP3 Audio Clip contains the entire collection in computer synthesized soundfile. This collection can be performed in its entirety as a suite, or individual pieces or any grouping desired can also be programmed. The score also serves as parts for the two players.

High Voice,Vocal Solo - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.939897 Composed by Richard St. Clair. 20th Century,Christian,Contemporary,Jewish,Praise & Worship. 7 pages. Richard St. Clair #6644845. Published by Richard St. Clair (A0.939897). This dynamic 3'30 setting of the famous 121st Psalm can be performed by Tenor or Soprano, with Piano or Organ accompaniment.