Piano,Vocal,Voice - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1404787 Composed by Robert A. Howard. 21st Century,Advent,Chamber,Christmas,Praise & Worship. Score. 3 pages. Robert A. Howard #987851. Published by Robert A. Howard (A0.1404787). This Carol deliberately references early music in its style and character. A catchy, rocking, folk-like melody in compound time is harmonised with alternating minor/major tonality, false relations, and a striding bass line. The anonymous text is from the 15th century. This flexible version is for solo or unison voices, with piano/organ/keyboard and 4 instrumental parts. This document is the score only.Duration: 2 minutes.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 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 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1405126 Composed by Robert A. Howard. 21st Century,Chamber,Classical,Contemporary,Thriller. 3 pages. Robert A. Howard #988154. Published by Robert A. Howard (A0.1405126). This work derives material from the first 'Alla Campana' piece, also available via SMP. Alla Campana II is flexibly scored in up to 5 instrumental parts and consists of a sequence of related bell-like tones. It was originally conceived for outdoor performance and can serve as a fanfare-type work. There is further flexibility in the number of repetitions performers choose to make, and whether to be spatially separated or not. There is also choice concerning whether to follow the suggested procedure of varying cumulative combinations of parts, on each repeat, thus resulting in a textural increase throughout the performance. The document provided is the full score only.Duration: Variable.Registered with PRS (Performing Rights Society, UK).Composer's website: www.roberthowardmusic.co.uk

Organ - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.998851 Composed by Robert A. Howard. 20th Century,Contemporary,Standards. Score. 9 pages. Robert A. Howard #6205889. Published by Robert A. Howard (A0.998851). This extended organ piece uses a remarkably small amount of material; just two chords, triads of C and F sharp, with an added augmented fourth in each. Over these chords, a melody gradually unfolds and is developed and decorated (also appearing in canon at one point in the pedals!). This musical material originates from the same composer's early original setting of the carol Away in a Manger (also available via Sheet Music Plus), which uses the aforementioned harmonies to depict the rocking motion of Christ's crib. Therefore, this organ work is a 'meditation' on this, almost in the manner of a chorale prelude. The piece is highly accessible and is appropriate for higher standard organists, including advanced students and professional players.Duration: 5 minutes 40 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.

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

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

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

String Trio Cello,Viola,Violin - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.998834 Composed by Robert A. Howard. 20th Century,Folk,Standards. 4 pages. Robert A. Howard #6134577. Published by Robert A. Howard (A0.998834). This miniature for string trio is a study in line and unison writing, across the three string parts. Its title comes from the character and form of the piece. Scherzetto explores the use of the octatonic scale in the manner of Bela Bartok, developing small motifs based on the semitone-tone scale. The piece is highly accessible and is appropriate for most standards of string player, including students and the more advanced. Duration: 1 minute 15 secondsRegistered with PRS (Performing Rights Society, UK).Composer's website: www.roberthowardmusic.co.uk.

Piano Solo - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1089741 Composed by Robert A. Howard. 21st Century,Classical,Contemporary,Instructional. Score. 2 pages. Robert A. Howard #693948. Published by Robert A. Howard (A0.1089741). This is the first in a set of seven pieces that each elaborate upon ideas previously left dormant in sketch form. This particular piece has a slow introductory feel, with a rising added-note chord sequence alongside a descending bass line, in crescendo. 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: 1 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

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.

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

Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1407282 Composed by Robert A. Howard. 21st Century,Chamber,Classical,Contemporary,Wedding. 7 pages. Robert A. Howard #989959. Published by Robert A. Howard (A0.1407282). This flexibly scored work is an SATB choral piece, with exact instrumental doubling in four parts. It sets a famous sonnet by William Shakespeare. The work develops a series of memorable motifs as it delicately expresses the inherently 'musical' text. Vocal lines are carefully designed to be singable, and pitches can be obtained with relative ease (aided by the instrumental doublings). The piece is appropriate for most standards and size of 4-part choir and instrumentalists, and was composed with good amateur performers in mind. Note: this document is the score only. The complete set of (instrumental) parts, with score, is available via a search for the COMA Music Library. The work can be performed by SATB voices only, and there is a score available from SMP entitiled 'Music to Hear (Unaccompanied SATB Version)'.Duration: 4 minutes 45 seconds.Registered with PRS (Performing Rights Society, UK).Composer's website: www.roberthowardmusic.co.uk