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).

Piano Solo - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.939729 Composed by Richard St. Clair. Contemporary. Score. 15 pages. Richard St. Clair #3002617. Published by Richard St. Clair (A0.939729). This avant-garde style work is an improvisatory exploration into intervallic melodic and chord structures and complex rhythms. The work is fully atonal and requires the professional or skilled amateur's touch. The MP3 Audio Clip is a computer-generated soundfile. Duration: 8 minutes.

Piano Solo - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.939689 Composed by Richard St. Clair. 20th Century. Score. 21 pages. Richard St. Clair #3000703. Published by Richard St. Clair (A0.939689). This set of neo-classical style modern-tonal variations is a humorous jest upon a short theme by the composer's wife, whose music was part of a hallowe'en costume she made. The variations are a bit satirical of the classical period theme-and-variations tradition. The music ends with a fugue and a short tip of the hat to Beethoven whose Diabelli Variations were on the composer's mind when he wrote his own set of variations. Duration: about 17 minutes. The MP3 Audio Clip is a studio recording of the composer at the piano.

String Quartet String Quartet - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.939706 Composed by Richard St. Clair. 20th Century,Contemporary. Score and parts. 77 pages. Richard St. Clair #3001127. Published by Richard St. Clair (A0.939706). This quartet was composed by the twelve-tone method. The finale is a fugue in which the tone-row is stated openly as the subject for the fugue. The work in 3 movements has a duration of about 14 minutes. The PDF score has the parts appended to be printed separately. The MP3 Audio Clip is a computer-generated soundfile.

Piano Solo - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.939767 Composed by Richard St. Clair. Jazz,Ragtime. Score. 6 pages. Richard St. Clair #3377251. Published by Richard St. Clair (A0.939767). Stylistically advanced ragtime music for solo piano, a great encore piece.

Piano Solo - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.939854 Composed by Richard St. Clair. 20th Century,Contemporary. Score. 7 pages. Richard St. Clair #5992193. Published by Richard St. Clair (A0.939854). This 4-minute lament is a threnody for past, present, and - unfortunately - future victims of COVID19, for solo piano. The music is based upon an ever-evolving ostinato left-hand figure, the piece ending with the music ascending to the upper register of the piano in an expression of compassion and hope for the future.

Piano Solo - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.939761 Composed by Richard St. Clair. Ragtime. Score. 7 pages. Richard St. Clair #3377241. Published by Richard St. Clair (A0.939761). Joyful and soulful ragtime music for solo piano.

Choral Choir (SATB) - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.939775 Composed by Richard St. Clair. 20th Century,A Cappella. Octavo. 9 pages. Richard St. Clair #3561927. Published by Richard St. Clair (A0.939775). This short (00:02:30) choral work in traditional tonal style sets the famous poem of 19th c. poet Emma Lazarus, The New Colossus, which contains the memorable words represented as the title of this work. It is for standard SATB chorus, unaccompanied. This work was composed on Independence Day (4th of July), 2018, a remembrance/protest regarding the mistreatment of refugees seeking asylum in the US, while proclaiming liberty and justice for all in the Pledge of Allegiance.

Piano Solo - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.939669 Composed by Richard St. Clair. 20th Century,Contemporary. Score. 21 pages. Richard St. Clair #3000529. Published by Richard St. Clair (A0.939669). This highly expressive expressionistic solo sonata for piano was the composer's Ph.D. thesis at Harvard University. The MP3 Audio Clip is of his senior recital at Harvard Music Department in May of 1974. The work is based on a 24-tone vertical row that permeates the harmonies and melodies throughout, hence it is atonal or twelve-tone. The music is in three movements, a slow dirge-like opening, a brilliant fast interlude, and a pensive finale ending quietly. The MP3 Audio Clip is of the composer's 1974 solo performance at Harvard. The total duration is about 21 minutes. It is recommended that this PDF be printed on large 11 x 17 pages in landscape orientation for best readability. The score is in the composer's own hand.

Brass Quartet - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1358470 Composed by Richard St. Clair. Chamber,Classical,Lent. 13 pages. Richard St. Clair #942923. Published by Richard St. Clair (A0.1358470). This three minute chorale-like instrumental motet for Brass Quartet is very approachable and suitable for any solemn occasion. The PDF score and Parts are included. Instrumentation: 2 Trumpets in B-flat, Horn in F, and Bass Trombone.

Harpsichord - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.939731 Composed by Richard St. Clair. Contemporary. Score. 11 pages. Richard St. Clair #3002603. Published by Richard St. Clair (A0.939731). Couched in non-tonal harmonic language, this improvisatorial work lasting 7 minutes requires a virtuoso's touch. The work starts slowly, then erupts into a brilliant display of passagework. The MP3 Audio Clip is a computer-generated soundfile.

Choral Choir (SSAA) - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.939801 Composed by Richard St. Clair. A Cappella,Christian,Contemporary. Octavo. 10 pages. Richard St. Clair #4613725. Published by Richard St. Clair (A0.939801). This Magnificat, lasting about 5:45 performance time, is a setting of the classical text from Luke 1:46-55. It is set in a purely tonal style, suitable for all occasions religious or secular.

Bass Voice,Vocal Solo - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.939908 Composed by Richard St. Clair. 20th Century,Christian,Contemporary,Praise & Worship. 7 pages. Richard St. Clair #6705477. Published by Richard St. Clair (A0.939908). This 3-minute song is appropriate for worship settings as well as in concerts. Text by the composer.

Alto Voice,Vocal Solo - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.939910 Composed by Richard St. Clair. 20th Century,Christian,Contemporary,Sacred. 18 pages. Richard St. Clair #6705489. Published by Richard St. Clair (A0.939910). This 8-minute song on a poem by Frederick W. Orde Ward is a major addition to the repertoire for alto voice. The poem is about a vision of God.

Choral Choir (SATB) - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.939658 Composed by Richard St. Clair. 20th Century,Contemporary. Octavo. 18 pages. Richard St. Clair #3000315. Published by Richard St. Clair (A0.939658). These two madrigals are settings of two of Gerard Manley Hopkins' most famous poems, Spelt from Sibyl's Leaves and Binsey Poplars. The music is suited either to solo voices or a small-to-medium-size chorus. The MP3 Audio Clip is the first portion of Spelt from Sibyl's Leaves, a computer generated soundfile. Duration of the complete set is about 8:30.