Choral Choir,Choral (SA) - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1398873 Composed by Robert A. Howard. 21st Century,A Cappella,Advent,Christmas,Classical. 5 pages. Robert A. Howard #982146. Published by Robert A. Howard (A0.1398873). This work is an unaccompanied two-part choral setting of the famous poem by Christina Rossetti. It features a 3-verse structure (mirroring the text), with coda. The piece builds up throughout, as an attempt to depict the increasing sense of abundant love, referred to in the text. The main melodic material is deliberately simple and rather folk/chant-like. This essentially appears as a single line in the first verse, becoming a two-part canon (by one bar) in the second verse, and finally a two-part canon (by half a bar) in the third verse. The imitative coda leads to ultimate resolution at the end. The work is highly accessible, and is designed for performance by good SA choirs, able to effectively sustain such unaccompanied singing. Versions for SATB choir, and for solo voice (both unaccompanied), are also available via Sheet Music Plus.Duration: 3 minutes 30 seconds.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.

Choral Choir,Choral (SATB) - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1088814 Composed by Robert A. Howard. 21st Century,Christmas,Classical,Folk,Sacred. 8 pages. Robert A. Howard #693026. Published by Robert A. Howard (A0.1088814). 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 SATB choir, 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 SATB choir, including school, student, community, church and cathedral choirs. The accompaniment can be on piano, or for organ if slightly adapted by the player. The solo/unison and 2-part SA 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

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

Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1407270 Composed by Robert A. Howard. 21st Century,Chamber,Classical,Contemporary,Holiday. 3 pages. Robert A. Howard #989943. Published by Robert A. Howard (A0.1407270). Carousel is flexibly scored in up to seven instrumental parts. The piece attempts to evoke the motion and momentum of a fairground merry-go-round. This work is texturally cumulative as each of the 7 parts is added in turn, in crescendo, until the whole ensemble is playing and repeating, in a series of contrasting, but related musical figures. The simplicity of the piece's concept belies the increasing complexity of the music. Note: this document is the score (includes transpositions). The set is also available by searching via the COMA Music Library. No audio track is provided due to the flexibility and variability of the work.Duration: Variable.Registered with PRS (Performing Rights Society, UK).Composer's website: www.roberthowardmusic.co.uk

Piano Solo - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.998883 Composed by Robert A. Howard. 21st Century,Contemporary,Standards. Score. 9 pages. Robert A. Howard #6486865. Published by Robert A. Howard (A0.998883). Porthleven is based on the 1951 painting, of the same name, by Cornish artist Peter Lanyon, which is held in the collection of Tate St. Ives. The artwork is a haphazard abstract representation of the coastal town of Porthleven, near Helston, on the fringe of the Lizard Peninsula. The painting depicts the town's unusual feature of three inter-connected harbours, as well as a cross on a tower, which likely refers to the church. The work is formed in three sections, as a relation to the three harbours. It explores the notion of bell-tones, and even of change-ringing, in reference to the aforementioned church bell tower. The piece is highly accessible and is appropriate for more advanced pianists, including students and professionals. Duration: 8 minutes 00 seconds.Registered with PRS (Performing Rights Society, UK).Composer's website: www.roberthowardmusic.co.uk

Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1408403 Composed by Robert A. Howard. 21st Century,Chamber,Classical,Contemporary,New Age. 2 pages. Robert A. Howard #990982. Published by Robert A. Howard (A0.1408403). Critical Mass is a sculptural installation by Antony Gormley (1995), which as been displayed at Tate St. Ives, Cornwall. It consists of multiple iron casts of the artist's body, in various poses. These are randomly distributed around the gallery space. This flexibly scored piece is a musical reflection of this artwork, in 6 sections (labelled A-F), for any mixed ensemble, with an untuned percussion part (F). Rhythms and pitch material remain similar throughout. However, following an initial solo statement (A), the texture is continually varied within the context of multiple free canons (B-E). The piece concludes with a conventionally notated and conducted unison section (in octaves), as the work comes full circle (F). Note: this document is the full score (with transpositions indicated). No audio track is provided here due to the considerable flexibility and variability of performances. The original score 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

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

Piano Solo - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.998826 Composed by Robert A. Howard. 21st Century,Celtic,Classical,Contemporary,Folk,Irish. Score. 5 pages. Robert A. Howard #6115517. Published by Robert A. Howard (A0.998826). Strathspey is a ternary form piano piece. The outer sections are based on a repeated main theme, featuring the 'scotch snap' rhythm in the aeolian mode transposed to D. The middle section focuses on the dominant and texturally varies repetitions of a contrasting chord sequence. The work makes passing use of other 'scottishisms' such as drones and parallel triads, all within a modal context. The piece is highly accessible and is appropriate for most standards of pianist, including students, more advanced players and professionals.Duration: 5 minutes 30 seconds.Registered with PRS (Performing Rights Society, UK).Composer's website: www.roberthowardmusic.co.uk

Instrumental Solo - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1404016 Composed by Robert A. Howard. 21st Century,Chamber,Contemporary,Contest,Festival,New Age. Individual part. 2 pages. Robert A. Howard #987185. Published by Robert A. Howard (A0.1404016). 'Rumblin'-Tum!' was inspired by the noise of stomach rumblings. The piece was conceived in flexible terms, for any solo wind instrument, and is written in graphic notation. The performer is free to interpret the positions of lines, squiggles and shapes that are drawn over a conventional stave. Therefore the work suggests or implies certain pitches, while other parameters remain fully open, such as tempo and dynamics.Duration: Variable.Registered with PRS (Performing Rights Society, UK).Composer's website: www.roberthowardmusic.co.uk

Piano Solo - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.998878 Composed by Robert A. Howard. 21st Century,Classical,Contemporary,Contest,Festival,Instructional. Score. 3 pages. Robert A. Howard #6383281. Published by Robert A. Howard (A0.998878). 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 IV is a modern-day two-part invention. The piece explores various permutations of the opening four bar subject, passed between the hands throughout. Meanwhile, a second part is created by using the initial idea in canon, or by introducing a secondary scalic subject. The work is in a ternary structure, with the opening section returning in a shortened form, and with parts swapped over, as the final part. Meanwhile, the middle section explores the initial subject in augmentation, with a varied secondary part. 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: 2 minutes 30 seconds.Registered with PRS (Performing Rights Society, UK).Composer's website: www.roberthowardmusic.co.uk

Bassoon,Bells,Flute,Guitar,Hand Percussion,Trombone,Viola - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.998839 Composed by Robert A. Howard. 20th Century,Contemporary,Standards. 4 pages. Robert A. Howard #6139311. Published by Robert A. Howard (A0.998839). This work is an orchestration for mixed small ensemble of a piano miniature, by the same composer (Mother and Child - also available via Sheet Music Plus). The piece is based on the common sculptural theme of the mother and child (and more specifically a wood carving of this image by Peter McGann). A five note ostinato in the bass represents the circling, rocking motion of a cradled child. The ostinato enables contrasting lines to emerge around this constant element. The piece is highly accessible and is appropriate for higher standard musicians, including students and the more advanced.Duration: 3 minute 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

Piano Solo - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1089744 Composed by Robert A. Howard. 21st Century,Classical,Contemporary,Contest,Festival,Instructional. Score. 5 pages. Robert A. Howard #693951. Published by Robert A. Howard (A0.1089744). This is the second in a set of seven pieces that each elaborate upon ideas previously left dormant in sketch form. This particular piece is based on a 7-bar ground bass (rising a minor third each time), that features considerable textural variation on each cycle, and culminates in a 3-part canon. 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 30 seconds.Registered with PRS (Performing Rights Society, UK).Composer's website: www.roberthowardmusic.co.uk