{"title":"New Issue: 2026.02  | February","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0685\/8198\/2428\/files\/New_Issue_Monthly_Banner_2026.02.jpg?v=1770655462\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"sonata-for-cello-and-piano","title":"SONATA for Cello and Piano","description":"\u003cp\u003eNew 2026 edition courtesy of Mark Thome and Madeline Rogers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eContact info@composers.com for the first engraved 2023 edition prepared by Jay Meachum and Timothy Holley or the original manuscript.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"H. Leslie Adams","offers":[{"title":"Physical","offer_id":45438399643868,"sku":"ACA-ADHL-109","price":48.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Digital (PDF)","offer_id":45438399676636,"sku":"ACA-ADHL-109e","price":38.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0685\/8198\/2428\/files\/PagesfromAdams_SonataforCelloandPiano-Score_Page_1.jpg?v=1771607948"},{"product_id":"carl-sampler-of-the-senses","title":"Sampler Of The Senses","description":"","brand":"Robert Carl","offers":[{"title":"Physical","offer_id":45501621338332,"sku":"ACA-CARL-136","price":27.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Digital (PDF)","offer_id":47507439091932,"sku":"ACA-CARL-136e","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0685\/8198\/2428\/files\/PagesfromCarl_SampleroftheSensesSCORE-Pf-2_Page_1.jpg?v=1769741044"},{"product_id":"millersl-juxtaposed-lines-i-a","title":"Juxtaposed Lines I a","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eComposer's Note:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMy compositional career has largely featured music involving electronic sound in some form or another, with more than a decade passing at one point between compositions of music solely for acoustic instruments. Juxtaposed Lines is a kind of reckoning with my past, which began with a long reflection on what sonic elements characterize the past three decades of my music. The list is not terribly long, but my goal has been to take these features and realize them using only acoustic means of sound production. One characteristic feature of my sound-world is the juxtaposition of synthetic long-tones with acoustically produced sound, an interest I can trace through my work dating to the mid-1990s. Its origins come from an interest in extracting elements from acoustic sound, which has come to operate for me as a kind of measurement device, the imposition of a baseline against which raw, noisy, organic sound can be understood. These long-tones enter and exit over the course of a composition and provide a structural framework for the piece.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis activity is made possible through a grant from the Central Minnesota Arts Board, thanks to funds provided by the McKnight Foundation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRevised 2026.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Scott L. Miller","offers":[{"title":"Physical","offer_id":45565103702236,"sku":"ACA-MILS-036","price":36.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Digital (PDF)","offer_id":47526790103260,"sku":"ACA-MILS-036e","price":29.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0685\/8198\/2428\/files\/ACA-MILS-036_Page_1_aaf53c9a-4c3e-4998-ada8-bb945a6a9156.jpg?v=1728601577"},{"product_id":"seyfrit-ascending-descending","title":"ASCENDING AND DESCENDING","description":"\u003cp\u003eDedicated to Jean Biddick and all her choirs.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"American Composers Alliance","offers":[{"title":"Physical","offer_id":45590748397788,"sku":"ACA-SEYF-032","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Digital (PDF)","offer_id":47551089115356,"sku":"ACA-SEYF-032e","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0685\/8198\/2428\/files\/PagesfromSeyfrit_Ascending_Descending_Page_1.jpg?v=1770757033"},{"product_id":"stallcop-five-bells","title":"FIVE BELLS","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eComposer's Note:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFive Bells\u003c\/em\u003e was written during the summer of 2010 in response to a commission from the Arizona Band and Orchestra Directors Association for the 2011 Arizona All-State Orchestra.  Like most of my works in the last twenty years, the work originated from a keyboard improvisation which was transcribed and reworked into a composition for orchestra.  The reworking involved restructuring the material, balancing sections, and enhancing the dramatic timing.  I also solidified the motivic continuity, and clarified the tonal and structural implications.  The technique is similar to a sculptor who uses, enhances, and gives meaning to an object without changing the basic composition or form of the original medium.  The original improvisation was recorded in October of 2009.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe title, \u003cem\u003eFive Bells\u003c\/em\u003e, refers to a haunting poem by the Australian poet Kenneth Slessor.  The poet, who was also a journalist, wrote the poem in memory of a colleague, an editorial cartoonist, who drowned after he jumped off a ferry and tried to race it to the dock.  His colleague's robust life and tragic death still haunted Slessor after nearly a decade.  The poem, with its vivid and dramatic imagery asks \"why do I keep thinking about you?\"  He has no answer.  The five bells refer to marine time, the moment when his friend jumped off the ferry.  It becomes a symbol of both the moment of death, and the incessant and indifferent passage of time, as opposed to how we perceive time emotionally.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eParts available on request. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Glenn Stallcop","offers":[{"title":"Physical","offer_id":45598160552156,"sku":"ACA-STAL-081","price":49.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0685\/8198\/2428\/files\/Pages_from_00_Stallcop_Five_Bells_Orch.jpg?v=1771208606"},{"product_id":"stallcop-five-bells-piano","title":"FIVE BELLS - PIANO","description":"","brand":"Glenn Stallcop","offers":[{"title":"Physical","offer_id":45598160715996,"sku":"ACA-STAL-082","price":14.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0685\/8198\/2428\/files\/Pages_from_Stallcop_Five_Bells_piano.jpg?v=1771210487"},{"product_id":"stewartel-genesis-identity-175","title":"GENESIS - Identity 175","description":"\u003cp\u003eA Jazz Choral Symphonic Poem in Seven Movements\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMovement I: Day One - Darkness and the Spirit of God (3:26)\n\u003cbr\u003eMovement II: Day Two - The Firmament (6:14)\n\u003cbr\u003eMovement III: Day Three - Creation of the Earth\n\u003cbr\u003e(Parts A \u0026amp; B) (11:10)\n\u003cbr\u003eMovement IV: Day Four - Greater and Lesser Lights (2:50)\n\u003cbr\u003eMovement V: Day Five - Creatures of the Sea (5:08)\n\u003cbr\u003eMovement VI: Day Six - Creatures of the Earth (Part A) (5:00)\n\u003cbr\u003eHumanity (Parts B \u0026amp; C) (8:20)\n\u003cbr\u003eMovement VII: Day Seven - Blessed Day of Rest (8:52)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Earl Louis Stewart","offers":[{"title":"Physical - Full Score","offer_id":45598227136732,"sku":"ACA-STEA-012s","price":134.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0685\/8198\/2428\/files\/PagesfromStewartE_Genesis-FullScore_Page_1.jpg?v=1770221688"},{"product_id":"van-de-vate-eight-preludes-for-piano","title":"EIGHT PRELUDES FOR PIANO","description":"\u003cp\u003eEight preludes for piano, composed in two separate periods in 1956 and 1958.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nancy Van de Vate","offers":[{"title":"Physical","offer_id":45598483218652,"sku":"ACA-VANN-125","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Digital (PDF)","offer_id":47551053562076,"sku":"ACA-VANN-125e","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0685\/8198\/2428\/files\/PagesfromVandeVate_EightPreludesforPiano_Page_1_d9f5b28e-13a7-4831-97b1-79f69364e2f2.jpg?v=1770754303"},{"product_id":"string-quartet-no-2","title":"String Quartet No. 2","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eComposer's Note:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eComposed in the winter and early spring of 1993, this quartet is cast in four contrasting movements. The first version was premiered by students in April 1993 at the University of Michigan.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAfter many years, I returned to the work, converted the original Finale files to MusicXML, and prepared a new edition in Dorico. The present version (v2) incorporates revisions to the score and updates to the original notes in connection with this new edition.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Elliott Miles McKinley","offers":[{"title":"Physical - Score + 4 Parts","offer_id":47499729010908,"sku":"ACA-MCKE-053","price":68.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Physical - Score Only","offer_id":48005521244380,"sku":"ACA-MCKE-053s","price":38.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Digital (PDF) - Score + 4 Parts","offer_id":47499729043676,"sku":"ACA-MCKE-053e","price":51.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0685\/8198\/2428\/files\/PagesfromMcKinley_StringQuartetNo.2-Score.jpg?v=1773241092"},{"product_id":"nostalgic-pieces","title":"Nostalgic Pieces","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eComposer's Note:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a light hearted pair of pieces in opposing styles. The first is a songful and tender waltz in C, which presents two themes that are then combined. The second is a relentless, angular boogie-woogie that, although tonally grounded, is full of surprising twists and turns, including a passage in which the sostenuto pedal sustains a major triad, while fragments of the Boogie appear drily in various registers. The two pieces balance each other, but can be played separately. Each could work as an encore.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Allen Shawn","offers":[{"title":"Physical","offer_id":47499764564188,"sku":"ACA-SHWN-035","price":19.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Digital (PDF)","offer_id":47499764596956,"sku":"ACA-SHWN-035e","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0685\/8198\/2428\/files\/PagesfromShawn_NostalgicPieces_Page_1.jpg?v=1769631262"},{"product_id":"o-oriens-wie-schon-leuchtet-der-morgenstern","title":"O Oriens\/Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eComposer's Note:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eO Oriens\u003c\/em\u003e is one of the so-called “O Antiphons” for each day of the last week of Advent, so named because they all begin with the word “O”. Each of these titles is a name for Christ, reflecting his attributes as mentioned in scripture. Many English speaking Christian worshipers know these from singing the Advent hymn “O Come, O Come, Emmanuel” (Veni Emmanuel), whose individual stanzas paraphrase the antiphons. O Oriens refers to Christ as the Rising Sun or Morning Star. Both the words and tune of the chorale „Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern” are attributed to Philipp Nicolai (1556-1608), a German Lutheran pastor who also authored another celebrated chorale, „Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme.” Both melodies are perhaps best known in their harmonizations and other adaptations (chorale preludes, movements of cantatas, etc.) by Johann Sebastian Bach. While this hymn is most often associated with Epiphany (the Star of Bethlehem followed by the Magi), it is said that Nicolai wrote it in response to a pestilence that had struck his village in 1597.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe piece begins with a fanfare-like declamation of \u003cem\u003eO Oriens\u003c\/em\u003e for soprano and alto soli, who shortly are joined by the rest of the chorus. Though this section is quite chromatic in its harmonic language, it is connected, if only tangentially, to the oddball A major tonality in which much of the work lives. After the initial music concludes, the first verse of the chorale tune abruptly barges in after a short pause, clothed in a very full and active contrapuntal texture. Once it has reached a high point, the piece immediately reverts to a continuation of the text and music of the original treble-voiced duo, followed by a brief final challenge by the full choir to “darkness and the shadow of death.” \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hayes Biggs","offers":[{"title":"Physical - Conductor's Score","offer_id":47499839242460,"sku":"ACA-BIGH-020s","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Physical - Choral Copy","offer_id":47499839275228,"sku":"ACA-BIGH-020c","price":12.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Digital (PDF)","offer_id":47499839307996,"sku":"ACA-BIGH-020e","price":11.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0685\/8198\/2428\/files\/PagesfromBiggs_OOriensWieschonleuchtetderMorgenstern_Page_1.jpg?v=1769632407"},{"product_id":"piano-variations-book-5","title":"Piano Variations Book 5","description":"","brand":"Dana Richardson","offers":[{"title":"Physical","offer_id":47499863818460,"sku":"ACA-RICH-100","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Digital (PDF)","offer_id":47499863851228,"sku":"ACA-RICH-100e","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0685\/8198\/2428\/files\/PagesfromRichardson_PianoVariationsBook5_Page_1.jpg?v=1769633324"},{"product_id":"inharmonic-fantasy-no-21","title":"Inharmonic Fantasy No. 21","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eComposer's Note:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis work employs frequency shifting down by a ratio 17\/24 of fundamental frequency. The amplitude of each partial is controlled separately, so that there is a continually shifting timbre. The cello represents a fixed element over this continually changing \u003cbr\u003ebackdrop of sound components fading in or out. In the middle part of the piece, the inharmonic components change from continually fading in and out to being attacked individually. When playing long notes, the cello plays the “fundamental” of the inharmonic sounds, but when playing pizzicato notes in the middle of the piece, it plays inharmonic components that line up with equal temperament. The score shows only the \"fundamental\" tones above which the frequency-shifted components fade in and out; it does not show those components. The work was composed in the winter of 2026, and the fixed media part was generated by Csound.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hubert Howe","offers":[{"title":"Physical","offer_id":47499949179100,"sku":"ACA-HOWH-163","price":32.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Digital (PDF)","offer_id":47499949211868,"sku":"ACA-HOWH-163e","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0685\/8198\/2428\/files\/PagesfromHowe_InharmonicFantasyNo.21score_Page_1.jpg?v=1769634700"},{"product_id":"tenebrae-vespers","title":"Tenebrae Vespers","description":"\u003cp\u003eMusical setting of the Tenebrae verses for Maundy Thursday and Good Friday.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Brian Schober","offers":[{"title":"Physical - Score","offer_id":47506720456924,"sku":"ACA-SCHB-051","price":71.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Digital (PDF)","offer_id":47506720489692,"sku":"ACA-SCHB-051e","price":53.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0685\/8198\/2428\/files\/PagesfromSchober_TenebraeVespers_Page_1.jpg?v=1769714545"},{"product_id":"bird-sailing-endless-sky","title":"Bird Sailing, Endless Sky","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eComposer's Note:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBird Sailing, Endless Sky\u003c\/em\u003e is a duo for the Korean instruments daegeum (flute) and gayageum (zither).The latter is the modern 25-string version which allows for more chordal and polyphonic possibilities.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eInterpretively, most of the work should be self-evident, but its general character should be one of \"expansive austerity\".\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Robert Carl","offers":[{"title":"Physical","offer_id":47506871517404,"sku":"ACA-CARL-160","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Digital (PDF)","offer_id":47506871550172,"sku":"ACA-CARL-160e","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0685\/8198\/2428\/files\/PagesfromCarl_BirdSailingEndlessSky_Page_1.jpg?v=1769716285"},{"product_id":"tekiah-gdolah","title":"Tekiah G'dolah","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEditor's Note:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 2006, Robert Stern completed \u003cem\u003eShofar\u003c\/em\u003e, a large-scale oratorio that stands among the central spiritual works of his career. Rooted in Jewish liturgy, scripture, and history, it follows the arc embodied in the four traditional shofar calls—from wholeness, through rupture and shattering, toward renewal. For Stern, these calls were never merely ceremonial; they expressed something fundamental about human life: our breaking, and our persistent desire to become whole again.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom that expansive choral and orchestral work emerged \u003cem\u003eTekiah G’dolah\u003c\/em\u003e (2007), an intimate companion piece for solo cello and piano. Stern wrote it for cellist Joel Krosnick (1941–2025) and pianist Gilbert Kalish, longtime colleagues and collaborators. Stern and Krosnick first met when they were both professors of music at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst in the late 1960s. Their first collaboration was Stern’s \u003cem\u003eTerezín\u003c\/em\u003e song cycle for soprano, cello, and piano (NWCRL264, originally released on the Composers Recordings, Inc. label and now distributed by New World Records).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTekiah G’dolah \u003c\/em\u003eis not the only chamber work to grow out of \u003cem\u003eShofar\u003c\/em\u003e. An earlier offshoot is \u003cem\u003eRecitative (Yom Teruah)\u003c\/em\u003e, composed in 2001 for solo cello, then revised and transcribed for solo viola in 2006. Both versions are published by the American Composers Alliance. Like \u003cem\u003eTekiah G’dolah, Recitative (Yom Teruah)\u003c\/em\u003e draws directly on thematic material from \u003cem\u003eShofar\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe existence of \u003cem\u003eTekiah G’dolah\u003c\/em\u003e only came to light in 2024 during the editor's research connected with \u003cem\u003eShofar. \u003c\/em\u003eThe score does not appear in the collected scores of Robert Stern donated by his wife, Judy Glaser, to the UMass Special Collections and University Archives (SCUA). While investigating who had originally engraved the first performance edition of \u003cem\u003eShofar\u003c\/em\u003e—as Stern himself did not use notation software—Judy Glaser connected the editor with David Hodgkins, a former UMass student, longtime friend of Stern, and the conductor of \u003cem\u003eShofar’s\u003c\/em\u003e premiere and first recording. Hodgkins identified Jerry Noble as the engraver of \u003cem\u003eShofar\u003c\/em\u003e. When contacted, Noble reported that he retained his engraving files for several Stern works, including \u003cem\u003eTekiah G’dolah\u003c\/em\u003e, a piece then unknown to the editor. Noble provided the complete engraving file, which constitutes the only known surviving score of the work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe present edition is based on that file. Certain issues of spacing, alignment, and notation consistency required editorial judgment in the absence of an autograph or other source. These decisions have been made conservatively, with the aim of preserving Stern’s musical intentions as accurately as possible.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe title refers to the final and longest shofar blast of the High Holy Days—a sustained sound associated with return and renewal. In the oratorio, this moment marks reconciliation and the affirmation that “we make the world together; there is no other labor.” In the chamber work, Stern reshapes that idea through a close musical exchange, drawing themes and harmonies from \u003cem\u003eShofar\u003c\/em\u003e into a focused dialogue between cello and piano.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStern’s musical language here remains unmistakably his own: fundamentally tonal, deeply lyrical, yet capable of stark dissonance when the emotional terrain demands it. The cello sings with human vulnerability—at times questioning, at times radiant—while the piano frames and challenges it, echoing the covenantal dialogue that lies at the heart of \u003cem\u003eShofar.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTekiah G’dolah\u003c\/em\u003e is not a reduction of the oratorio but a transfiguration of it. It offers a meditation rather than a narrative, a spiritual afterimage of \u003cem\u003eShofar’s\u003c\/em\u003e journey, distilled to its essence. In this chamber form, Stern invites us to experience the shofar’s final call not as public proclamation, but as inward resonance: a sustained arc of sound in which the cello and piano unfold a single, longbreathed gesture of return—music that carries the weight of wholeness in its most intimate form.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTekiah G’dolah \u003c\/em\u003ewas completed in June 2007 in Amherst, MA, and was first performed on December 6, 2007, in Paul Hall at The Juilliard School, by Joel Krosnick (cello) and Gilbert Kalish (piano), as part of a Juilliard faculty recital. A recording of the premier performance is archived in the Juilliard library.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Robert Stern","offers":[{"title":"Physical","offer_id":47526532055260,"sku":"ACA-STER-011","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Digital (PDF)","offer_id":47526532088028,"sku":"ACA-STER-011e","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0685\/8198\/2428\/files\/PagesfromStern_TekiahGdolah-2026Golzmaneed-score_Page_1.jpg?v=1770058134"},{"product_id":"three-hebrew-songs","title":"Three Hebrew Songs","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEditor's Note:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eThree Hebrew Songs \u003c\/i\u003ewas written for the soprano Paulina Stark (1936–2025) over a period of four years, between 1986 and 1990. Stark joined the faculty of the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, in 1985. These three pieces are not a song cycle in the traditional sense; rather, they are linked by their use of the Hebrew language and by their association with the same singer–pianist partnership.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eAl Tifg’i Vi \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Rad Halaila \u003c\/i\u003ewere the first songs written. Several years later, in 1990, Stern composed \u003ci\u003eNumi, Numi. \u003c\/i\u003eIn 1992,\u003ci\u003e Al Tifg’i Vi \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Numi, Numi \u003c\/i\u003ewere published together by Transcontinental Music Publications under the title\u003ci\u003e Two Hebrew Songs. Rad Halaila \u003c\/i\u003ewas not included in that edition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eAl Tifg’i Vi \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Rad Halaila \u003c\/i\u003ereceived their first documented New England performances on September 24, 1988, at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, with Paulina Stark as soloist and pianist Nadine Shank (1954–2020). That same year, the two artists recorded the album \u003cem\u003eAmerican-Jewish Art Songs\u003c\/em\u003e, which includes Stern’s \u003ci\u003eAl Tifg’i Vi \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Rad Halaila. \u003c\/i\u003eThe recording was originally released on Spectrum Records (SR-328) in 1988 and later reissued on Centaur Records (CRC2108), released July 3, 1992. It was recorded at Pratt Auditorium, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, Massachusetts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eNumi, Numi \u003c\/i\u003ereceived its world premiere on March 17, 1991, at the 92nd Street Y in New York City, in a concert presented by the American Society for Jewish Music, again with Stark and Shank.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThe three songs draw on texts from biblical scripture, modern Hebrew poetry, and twentieth-century Hebrew literature. In all three pieces, Stern’s music is entirely original.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eDuring the 1990s, the three songs began to be performed together in the order presented in this volume. The present edition marks the first time all three works have appeared together in a single publication, and the first time the score for \u003ci\u003eRad Halaila\u003c\/i\u003e has been published at all.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1. Al Tifg’i Vi\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e(text from the Book of Ruth 1:16)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThe opening song sets Ruth’s declaration to her mother-in-law Naomi. In the Book of Ruth, Naomi, an Israelite living in Moab, prepares to return to Bethlehem after the deaths of her husband and sons. She urges her daughters-in-law to remain behind; one does, while Ruth responds with this statement of commitment and chooses to accompany her.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThe musical material of this movement originates in Stern’s cantata \u003ci\u003eA Rushing of New Waters\u003c\/i\u003e (1986), written for women’s chorus, soprano solo, piano, narrator, and optional bells. There it appears as a series of recitative passages. \u003ci\u003eAl Tifg’i Vi \u003c\/i\u003eis a metricized version of that recitative material, reshaped into a full art song.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e2. Rad Halaila\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e(text by Ya’akov Orland)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eYa’akov Orland (1914–2002) was a major figure in modern Hebrew poetry and song. His texts occupy a central place in twentieth-century Hebrew literary culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eRad Halaila \u003c\/i\u003eis widely known through its familiar setting as a hora, a lively communal circle dance central to Israeli folk tradition, and is often regarded as the most famous Israeli dance song after \u003ci\u003eHava Nagila. \u003c\/i\u003eStern does not quote the familiar melody, but instead creates an entirely original setting.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eAround the same period that \u003ci\u003eRad Halaila was composed, \u003c\/i\u003eStern also wrote\u003ci\u003e My Daughter the Cypress, \u003c\/i\u003ea work for women’s chorus, solo viola, and piano. The opening harmonic gesture of\u003ci\u003e Rad Halaila \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eMy Daughter the Cypress\u003c\/i\u003e is identical. The editor does not know which of the two works was composed first. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eMy Daughter the Cypress \u003c\/i\u003ereceived its premiere in 1987. \u003ci\u003eRad Halaila \u003c\/i\u003ehas never before been published.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e3. Numi, Numi\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e(text by Yechiel Heilprin)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003eYechiel Heilprin (ca. 1880–1942) was a Hebrew writer and educator.\u003ci\u003e Numi, Numi \u003c\/i\u003eis a short lullaby text that became widely known. Stern’s setting originated as a personal gift: the melody was composed for the newborn niece of Paulina Stark, Rebecca González-Kreisberg. In the poem, the words \u003ci\u003eyaldati \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e k’tanati \u003c\/i\u003eare used, both explicitly feminine —\u003ci\u003eyaldati \u003c\/i\u003emeaning “my little daughter” or “my baby girl,” and\u003ci\u003e k’tanati \u003c\/i\u003emeaning “my female child” or “my little one.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003eStern embedded the child’s name, Rebecca, into the musical fabric of the piece, using its letters to generate the principal motive: R–E–B–E–C–C–A (Notes: E–B–B–E–C–C–A–A).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Robert Stern","offers":[{"title":"Physical","offer_id":47529747611868,"sku":"ACA-STER-012","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Digital (PDF)","offer_id":47529747644636,"sku":"ACA-STER-012e","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0685\/8198\/2428\/files\/PagesfromStern_ThreeHebrewSongs-2026Golzmaneed_Page_1.jpg?v=1770137113"},{"product_id":"fanfare-and-anthem-op-23a-for-orchestral-brass-and-percussion","title":"Fanfare and Anthem, Op 23a - For Orchestral Brass and Percussion","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eComposer's Note:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFanfare and Anthem Opus 23a was created from the original material found in Opus 23, \"America Singing\" for TTBB chorus for men. Inspired by \"I hear America Singing\", poetry by Walt Whitman.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Roger Stubblefield","offers":[{"title":"Physical","offer_id":47533619806428,"sku":"ACA-STUB-031s","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Digital (PDF)","offer_id":47533619839196,"sku":"ACA-STUB-031se","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0685\/8198\/2428\/files\/PagesfromStubblefield_FanfareandAnthem-OrchestralBrassVersion-FullScore_Page_1.jpg?v=1770227452"},{"product_id":"five-pieces-for-chamber-orchestra","title":"Five Pieces for Chamber Orchestra","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eComposer's Note:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis piece was originally composed as an homage to the works of Anton Webern and was revised since its original composition.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Peyman Farzinpour","offers":[{"title":"Physical","offer_id":47546890289372,"sku":"ACA-FARZ-005s","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Digital (PDF)","offer_id":47546890322140,"sku":"ACA-FARZ-005se","price":23.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0685\/8198\/2428\/files\/PagesfromFarzinpour_FivePiecesforChamberOrchestra_Page_1.jpg?v=1770654809"},{"product_id":"i-respiri-sospesi","title":"i respiri sospesi...","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eComposer's Note:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a concerto for chamber orchestra and solo saxophone. While the orchestral parts are of moderate difficulty, the saxophone part is quite demanding.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Peyman Farzinpour","offers":[{"title":"Physical","offer_id":47547013005532,"sku":"ACA-FARZ-007s","price":46.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Digital (PDF)","offer_id":47547013038300,"sku":"ACA-FARZ-007se","price":34.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0685\/8198\/2428\/files\/PagesfromFarzinpour_irespirisospesi.jpg?v=1770660010"},{"product_id":"lament-no-1-lament-no-2","title":"Lament No. 1 \u0026 Lament No. 2","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eComposer's Note:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhile these works can stand alone, they were conceived as pairs to capture the dual nature of grief. The first movement explores the quiet depths of loss, while the second gives voice to the fire of anger.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Steven Christopher Sacco","offers":[{"title":"Physical","offer_id":47547112259804,"sku":"ACA-SACC-063","price":14.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Digital IPDF)","offer_id":47547112292572,"sku":"ACA-SACC-063e","price":13.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0685\/8198\/2428\/files\/PagesfromSacco_LamentNol1_LamentNo.2_Page_1.jpg?v=1770661980"},{"product_id":"five-lithuanian-melodies-for-violin-and-piano","title":"Five Lithuanian Melodies for Violin and Piano","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eComposer's Note:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAll the melodies for these arrangements were transcribed from field recordings released on the the compact disc, \"Lituanie - Le pays des chansons\" issued on the \"Cocora, Radio France\" label, in 1997. The original recordings were made between 1958 and 1995.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Matthew Davidson","offers":[{"title":"Physical","offer_id":47547557609692,"sku":"ACA-DAVM-065","price":27.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Digital (PDF)","offer_id":47547557642460,"sku":"ACA-DAVM-065e","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0685\/8198\/2428\/files\/PagesfromDavidson_FiveLIthuanianMelodiesforViolinandPiano-Score_Page_1.jpg?v=1770666625"},{"product_id":"water-lilies-string-quartet-no-3","title":"Water Lilies: String Quartet No. 3","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eComposer's Note:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWater Lilies\u003c\/em\u003e is the third string quartet by Daniel Darmesin Flanagan. Part of \"The Bow and the Brush,\" this piece was inspired by the many paintings of water lilies by Claude Monet, particularly the example in the permanent collection of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. As this painting is clearly a masterwork of French Impressionism, for this composition, Dan fully embraced the influence of the composers of the same period. In \u003cem\u003eWater Lilies\u003c\/em\u003e, the audience is treated to a vignette of suspended colors, pastel surfaces, and eerie, enigmatic tonal centers. Recurring themes illustrate the floating lily pads and the murkiness below the water’s surface, eventually gurgling up to an ecstatic finish. Much like the painting itself, the quartet exhibits complex harmonies but never any hard edges.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dan Flanagan","offers":[{"title":"Physical","offer_id":47547677507804,"sku":"ACA-FLAD-006","price":32.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Digital (PDF)","offer_id":47547677540572,"sku":"ACA-FLAD-006e","price":26.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0685\/8198\/2428\/files\/PagesfromFlanagan_WaterLiliesStringQuartetNo.3-Score-2_Page_1.jpg?v=1770667555"},{"product_id":"stabat-mater","title":"Stabat Mater","description":"","brand":"Dana Richardson","offers":[{"title":"Physical - Full Score","offer_id":47547897348316,"sku":"ACA-RICH-101s","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Physical - Choral Copy","offer_id":47547897381084,"sku":"ACA-RICH-101c","price":11.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Physical - Set of 6 Parts","offer_id":47547897413852,"sku":"ACA-RICH-101p","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Digital (PDF) - Full Score","offer_id":47547897446620,"sku":"ACA-RICH-101se","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Digital (PDF) - Choral Copy","offer_id":47547897479388,"sku":"ACA-RICH-101ce","price":9.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Digital (PDF) - Set of 6 Parts","offer_id":47547897512156,"sku":"ACA-RICH-101pe","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0685\/8198\/2428\/files\/9x12ASCAP-2022Newcover_2.jpg?v=1770670070"},{"product_id":"expectations-1","title":"Expectations","description":"","brand":"Jorge Liderman","offers":[{"title":"Physical","offer_id":47551027216604,"sku":"ACA-LIDJ-030","price":23.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Digital (PDF)","offer_id":47551027249372,"sku":"ACA-LIDJ-030e","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0685\/8198\/2428\/files\/PagesfromLiderman_Expectations_Page_1.jpg?v=1770752100"},{"product_id":"concertino-in-one-movement-for-clarinet-small-orchestra-piano-reduction","title":"Concertino in One Movement for Clarinet \u0026 Small Orchestra - Piano Reduction","description":"","brand":"Walter Mourant","offers":[{"title":"Physical","offer_id":47551049269468,"sku":"ACA-MOUR-248","price":48.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Digital (PDF)","offer_id":47551049302236,"sku":"ACA-MOUR-248e","price":36.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0685\/8198\/2428\/files\/PagesfromNVqeMa8GhZzinmQ3CMcxfQ_Page_1.jpg?v=1770753420"},{"product_id":"contrapuntal-rag-fugue","title":"Contrapuntal Rag \u0026 Fugue","description":"","brand":"Earl Louis Stewart","offers":[{"title":"Physical - Score","offer_id":47551076892892,"sku":"ACA-STEA-037s","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Physical - Set of 6 Parts (76443)","offer_id":47551076925660,"sku":"ACA-STEA-037p","price":55.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Digital (PDF) - Score","offer_id":47551076958428,"sku":"ACA-STEA-037se","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Digital (PDF) - Set of 6 Parts (76443)","offer_id":47551076991196,"sku":"ACA-STEA-037pe","price":42.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0685\/8198\/2428\/files\/PagesfromStewartE_ContrapuntalRagandFugue-FullScore_Page_1.jpg?v=1770756059"},{"product_id":"wrong-is-never-right-from-treemonisha","title":"Wrong Is Never Right (from Treemonisha)","description":"\u003cp\u003eWords and music by Scott Joplin.\u003cbr\u003eAdapted, arranged, and orchestrated by T.J. Anderson.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTreemonisha (1911) is an opera by American ragtime composer Scott Joplin. It is sometimes referred to as a \"ragtime opera\", though it encompasses a wide range of musical styles. The music of Treemonisha includes an overture and prelude, along with various recitatives, choruses, small ensemble pieces, a ballet, and a few arias. The opera was largely unknown before its first complete performance in 1972, with orchestration done by composer T.J. Anderson.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOn January 30, 1972 The New York Times published a review by Harold C. Schonberg: \"In writing 'Treemonisha' - the libretto was his own -- Joplin clearly intended to author a social as well as musical document. He set up the forces of ignorance and superstition against liberalism and education represented by a young lady named Treemonisha.\" \"Morehouse College, aided by a Rockefeller grant, gave 'Treemonisha' an ambitious performance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThomas J. Anderson, a visiting professor at the college, orchestrated the opera in a style that follows the one example of Joplin's orchestration that has come down to us.\" The opera concludes with 'A Real Slow Drag.' Schonberg writes: \"This slow drag is amazing. Harmonically enchanting, full of the tensions of an entire race, rhythmically catching, it refuses to leave the mind. Talk about soul music!\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eScott Joplin was posthumously awarded the Pulitzer Prize for music in 1976 for Treemonisha.\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"American Composers Alliance","offers":[{"title":"Physical - Full Score","offer_id":47552458096860,"sku":"ACA-ANTJ-123s","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Physical - Vocal Score","offer_id":47552461537500,"sku":"ACA-ANTJ-123v","price":14.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Physical - Set of Parts","offer_id":47552461570268,"sku":"ACA-ANTJ-123p","price":64.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Digital (PDF) - Full Score","offer_id":47552461603036,"sku":"ACA-ANTJ-132se","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Digital (PDF) - Vocal Score","offer_id":47552461635804,"sku":"ACA-ANTJ-123ve","price":12.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Digital (PDF) - Parts","offer_id":47552461668572,"sku":"ACA-ANTJ-123pe","price":48.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0685\/8198\/2428\/files\/ACA-ANTJ-123sAnderson_WrongIsNeverRight-FullScore_Page_1.jpg?v=1770825573"},{"product_id":"adams-a-kiss-in-xanadu","title":"A Kiss in Xanadu","description":"\u003cp\u003e“A Kiss in Xanadu” is a dance ballet for full orchestra composed in 1953. The story was adapted by Richard B. McPhee from an idea by George S. Kauffman. The work was first presented as a dance pantomime by the Mummers Club of Oberlin College in April 1954 (four performances), with choreography by Marilyn Easton Adams and musical direction (piano and string quartet instrumental version) by David Daniels. The pas de deux (from Scene II) was re-choreographed by Lucas Hoving in 1955 and taken on a concert tour of the U.S. by his dance company the same year, under the title, “Time of Innocence.” The score was revised and re-orchestrated by the composer in 1974-75. This is the first publication of the score. Parts available on request, 8 weeks delivery minimum. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"H. Leslie Adams","offers":[{"title":"Physical","offer_id":47553960771804,"sku":"ACA-ADHL-155","price":124.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0685\/8198\/2428\/files\/PagesfromAdams_KissinXanaduFullScore_Page_01.jpg?v=1770862944"},{"product_id":"sonata-for-violin-and-piano-1","title":"Sonata for Violin and Piano","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eCommissioned by Susan Black, dedicated to Susan Black and Dana Burnett.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Carl Roskott","offers":[{"title":"Physical","offer_id":47556963107036,"sku":"ACA-ROSC-001","price":69.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Digital (PDF)","offer_id":47556963139804,"sku":"ACA-ROSC-001e","price":51.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0685\/8198\/2428\/files\/PagesfromRoskott_SonataforViolinandPiano-Score_Page_1.jpg?v=1770915110"},{"product_id":"concerto-for-solo-violin-and-orchestra","title":"Concerto for Solo Violin and Orchestra","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eWritten for Franco Gulli and Sheldon Morgenstern, commissioned by the Eastern Music Festival for its 25th anniversary. and dedicated to Susan Black.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Carl Roskott","offers":[{"title":"Physical - Full Score","offer_id":47557044437212,"sku":"ACA-ROSC-002s","price":130.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Physical - Piano Reduction and Solo Part","offer_id":47557044469980,"sku":"ACA-ROSC-002r","price":71.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Physical - Set of Orchestral Parts","offer_id":47557044502748,"sku":"ACA-ROSC-002p","price":400.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Digital (PDF) - Full Score","offer_id":47557044535516,"sku":"ACA-ROSC-002se","price":97.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Digital (PDF) - Piano Reduction and Solo Part","offer_id":47557044568284,"sku":"ACA-ROSC-002re","price":53.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Digital (PDF) - Set of Orchestral Parts","offer_id":47557044601052,"sku":"ACA-ROSC-002pe","price":300.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0685\/8198\/2428\/files\/PagesfromRoskott_ConcertoforViolinSoloandOrchestra-FullScore_Page_1.jpg?v=1770918453"},{"product_id":"string-quartet-1","title":"String Quartet","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eComposer's Note:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI have never written a string quartet before. When I began this piece, I imagined it would be for a large number of instruments. But then I reconsidered the string quartet. Its four instruments can play over a wide range with a variety of versatile expressions, and I realized that I could use it for this piece. The three movements – moderate tempo, slow, and fast – are all based on similar materials. Each movement begins and ends softly and moves to a climax in the middle, interspersed with passages of various dynamics. Each instrument plays both melodic and supporting parts.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hubert Howe","offers":[{"title":"Physical","offer_id":47557272666332,"sku":"ACA-HOWH-164","price":48.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Digital (PDF)","offer_id":47557272699100,"sku":"ACA-HOWH-164e","price":36.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0685\/8198\/2428\/files\/PagesfromHowe_StringQuartet-Score_Page_1.jpg?v=1770929545"},{"product_id":"concerto-for-piano-and-orchestra-in-f-minor","title":"Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in F Minor","description":"\u003cp\u003eDedicated to \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIgnaz Friedman, \"the great artist and good comrade.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNew engraved 2019 edition courtesy of Ulrike Becker.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Karl Weigl","offers":[{"title":"Physical - Full Score","offer_id":47560880652508,"sku":"ACA-WEIG-094s","price":134.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Physical - Set of Orchestral Parts (incl. Solo Part)","offer_id":47560880685276,"sku":"ACA-WEIG-094p","price":500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Digital (PDF) - Full Score","offer_id":47560880718044,"sku":"ACA-WEIG-094se","price":100.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Digital (PDF) - Set of Orchestral Parts (incl. Solo Part)","offer_id":47560880750812,"sku":"ACA-WEIG-094pe","price":375.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0685\/8198\/2428\/files\/PagesfromKlavierkonzertf-MollDirigierpartitur-Partitur_Page_1.jpg?v=1771000031"},{"product_id":"corsica-for-viola-or-alto-flute-harp-and-string-orchestra","title":"Corsica for Viola (or Alto Flute), Harp, and String Orchestra","description":"","brand":"Earl Louis Stewart","offers":[{"title":"Physical - Score","offer_id":47560908079324,"sku":"ACA-STEA-038s","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Physical - Set of Parts","offer_id":47560908112092,"sku":"ACA-STEA-038p","price":100.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Digital (PDF) - Score","offer_id":47560908144860,"sku":"ACA-STEA-038se","price":14.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Digital (PDF) - Set of Parts","offer_id":47560908177628,"sku":"ACA-STEA-038pe","price":75.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0685\/8198\/2428\/files\/PagesfromStewartE_CorsicaforViolaandStringOrch-FullScore_Page_1.jpg?v=1771004864"},{"product_id":"three-ragtime-offerings","title":"Three Ragtime Offerings","description":"\u003cp\u003eThree movements elaborating on ideas of Ragtime.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Earl Louis Stewart","offers":[{"title":"Physical - Full Score","offer_id":47560928297180,"sku":"ACA-STEA-039s","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Physical - Set of Parts","offer_id":47560928329948,"sku":"ACA-STEA-039p","price":150.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Digital (PDF) - Full Score","offer_id":47560928362716,"sku":"ACA-STEA-039se","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Digital (PDF) - Set of Parts","offer_id":47560928395484,"sku":"ACA-STEA-039pe","price":100.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0685\/8198\/2428\/files\/PagesfromStewartE_ThreeRagOfferings-FullScore_Page_1.jpg?v=1771006512"},{"product_id":"aria-lyra","title":"Aria Lyra","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eComposer's Note:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe \u003cem\u003eAria Lyra\u003c\/em\u003e is composed in three movements for amplified harp and orchestra. The music was inspired by my grandmother Aimee Auzerais Lennon who was an amateur harpist in the San Francisco Bay Area at the turn of 20th century. From about 1907 – 1909, she lived in Berlin, Germany and studied with one of the harpists who performed with the Berlin State Opera, possibly with Alfred Kastner who also taught students. Aimee died when I was very young. I never had the chance to hear her perform. I recall her harp standing in my grandparents’ parlor in their home on Jackson Street in San Francico. The harp was there the day of her funeral. It left an impression with me. I have scored the harp  in a number of compositions I’ve written but this work is the first for a concerto. The \u003cem\u003eAria Lyra\u003c\/em\u003e was completed in December of 2025.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Anthony Lennon","offers":[{"title":"Physical - Full Score","offer_id":47561238610140,"sku":"ACA-LENJ-021s","price":71.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Physical - Piano Reduction + Solo Harp Part","offer_id":47561238642908,"sku":"ACA-LENJ-021r","price":53.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Physical - Set of Orchestral Parts","offer_id":47561238675676,"sku":"ACA-LENJ-021p","price":200.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Digital (PDF) - Full Score","offer_id":47561238708444,"sku":"ACA-LENJ-021se","price":53.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Digital (PDF) - Piano Reduction + Solo Harp Part","offer_id":47561238741212,"sku":"ACA-LENJ-021re","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Digital (PDF) - Set of Orchestral Parts","offer_id":47561238773980,"sku":"ACA-LENJ-021pe","price":150.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0685\/8198\/2428\/files\/PagesfromLennon_AriaLyra-FullScore-2_Page_1.jpg?v=1771016324"},{"product_id":"o-magnum-myterium","title":"O Magnum Myterium","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eComposer's Note:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eO Magnum Mysterium \u003c\/em\u003eis a traditional Latin text for the Holy Matins of Christmas, dating from the 10th century.  The current setting was written to commemorate the 2000th anniversary of the birth of Christ, and received its premiere on Christmas Eve 2000.  The words express the simple sentiment of mystery and awe at the sight of the newborn Christ among the animals in the manger, and the miracle of the Virgin birth.  This short setting is appropriate for both liturgical use and performance in choral concerts.  It works equally well with either piano or organ accompaniment.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher's Note:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBoth the version with piano and the version with organ are printed in the same booklet.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Albert Glinsky","offers":[{"title":"Physical - Conductor's Score","offer_id":47581986226396,"sku":"ACA-GLIN-020s","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Physical - Choral Copy","offer_id":47581986259164,"sku":"ACA-GLIN-020c","price":9.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Digital (PDF)","offer_id":47581986291932,"sku":"ACA-GLIN-020e","price":8.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0685\/8198\/2428\/files\/PagesfromGlinsky_OMagnumMysterium-2_Page_1.jpg?v=1771358837"},{"product_id":"string-quartet-no-3","title":"String Quartet No. 2","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eComposer's Note:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eComposed between 2012 and 2014, this work was written in Hartford, Connecticut and revised in Chicago, IL. Starting with a light and bouncy motive, the rapid pseudo-minimalist style of this work was written in response to the heavy weight of the \u003cem\u003eString Quartet No. 1. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe quartet includes two main themes. The first theme is presented at the opening, this is the staccato melody played by the viola. The second theme is a countermelody, first presented by the second violin in measures 90.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tim Corpus","offers":[{"title":"Physical","offer_id":47582140465372,"sku":"ACA-CORT-001","price":42.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Digital (PDF)","offer_id":47582140498140,"sku":"ACA-CORT-001e","price":33.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0685\/8198\/2428\/files\/9x12ASCAP-2022Newcover_2_7c9554c4-c2ef-40d3-801a-88e2a319ab95.jpg?v=1771361128"},{"product_id":"three-dances-for-two-guitars","title":"Three Dances for Two Guitars","description":"","brand":"Matthew Davidson","offers":[{"title":"Physical","offer_id":47582190829788,"sku":"ACA-DAVM-066","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Digital (PDF)","offer_id":47582190862556,"sku":"ACA-DAVM-066e","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0685\/8198\/2428\/files\/PagesfromDavidson_ThreeDancesforTwoGuitars_Page_1.jpg?v=1771362685"},{"product_id":"whole-tone-freilach","title":"Whole Tone Freilach","description":"","brand":"American Composers Alliance","offers":[{"title":"Physical","offer_id":47582614225116,"sku":"ACA-LIDJ-031","price":95.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0685\/8198\/2428\/files\/PagesfromLiderman_WholeToneFreilachscore11x17_Page_1.jpg?v=1771385059"},{"product_id":"the-sampler","title":"The Sampler","description":"","brand":"Robert Hughes","offers":[{"title":"Physical","offer_id":47582698012892,"sku":"ACA-HUGH-016","price":37.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Digital (PDF)","offer_id":47582713610460,"sku":"ACA-HUGH-016e","price":24.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0685\/8198\/2428\/files\/PagesfromHughes_SamplerSCORE_Page_1.jpg?v=1771390372"},{"product_id":"compleynt","title":"Compleynt","description":"","brand":"Robert Hughes","offers":[{"title":"Physical","offer_id":47582738383068,"sku":"ACA-HUGH-017","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Digital (PDF)","offer_id":47582742315228,"sku":"ACA-HUGH-017e","price":14.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0685\/8198\/2428\/files\/Hughes_Compleynt.jpg?v=1774616563"},{"product_id":"madrigal-1","title":"Madrigal","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProgram notes from the composer\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAMO ERGO SUM (I love, therefore I am) from which “Madrigal” is excerpted, derives its inspiration, method and form from the style and substance of Ezra Pound’s Cantos. To a large degree the actual musical construction was suggested by musical techniques employed in the Cantos. However, all the notes are my own.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEzra Pound’s life was a dramatic one and his Cantos are its intellectual autobiography. His life – aesthete, linguist, expatriate, political being, crackpot economist, prisoner in a barbed wire cage, octogenarian with ebbing mind – is reflected in AMO ERGO SUM, as are the major themes of his poetry – the process of nature as hypostasis, the value of tradition as modus vivendi, and the corruption of Usury, sin against nature.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Robert Hughes","offers":[{"title":"Physical - Conductor's score","offer_id":47582752932060,"sku":"ACA-HUGH-018s","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Physical - Chorus scores","offer_id":47629419217116,"sku":"ACA-HUGH-018c","price":8.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0685\/8198\/2428\/files\/Hughes_Madrigal.jpg?v=1774616737"},{"product_id":"concerto-for-piano-and-orchestra","title":"Concerto for Piano and Orchestra","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEditor's Note:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe New York Philharmonic, conducted by Dimitri Mitropoulos (1896-1960) — the dedicatee of the score — gave the world premiere of Philip Bezanson’s \u003cem\u003eConcerto for Piano and Orchestra\u003c\/em\u003e at Carnegie Hall on November 12 and 13, 1953, with pianist John Simms (1918–1992) as soloist.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor Simms, a native of El Dorado, Arkansas, the concerts marked his New York Philharmonic debut. His journey to that stage was remarkable: wounded in the hand during World War II, Simms nearly saw his career ended before it began, but surgery restored enough facility for him to continue. After the war, he studied at the Curtis Institute of Music, receiving his Bachelor of Music degree in 1947, followed by a Master of Fine Arts at the University of Iowa in 1950. That same year he was appointed Head of Piano at Iowa, a position he held until his retirement in 1986.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePhilip Bezanson (1916–1975) was born in Athol, Massachusetts. He studied at Yale University, graduating in 1940, and after wartime service went on to the University of Iowa, where he earned both master’s and doctoral degrees. Bezanson remained at Iowa as professor of composition and eventually chair of the department, before later being recruited to the University of Massachusetts at Amherst as department chair and professor of composition, a position he remained in during the final decade of his life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis concerto’s genesis sprang from a rather auspicious encounter. Mitropoulos, then music director of the New York Philharmonic, happened to hear Simms play several of Bezanson’s short piano pieces. Struck by the compelling nature of the music, he commissioned Bezanson to write a concerto on the spot — and programmed it for the Philharmonic’s subscription series at Carnegie Hall.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe New York Philharmonic designed a program that placed the new concerto in distinguished company. Brahms’s \u003cem\u003eTragic Overture\u003c\/em\u003e set a dramatic opening, followed by the world premiere of Bezanson’s work. Louis Aubert’s \u003cem\u003eFantasie for Piano and Orchestra\u003c\/em\u003e continued the evening, again with Simms at the keyboard, before the concert concluded with Brahms’s \u003cem\u003eSymphony No. 4\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe effect was to situate Bezanson’s voice in dialogue with the Romantic tradition and with a modern European contemporary, while giving American audiences a first encounter with his unique and expressive musical language. According to the editor's convesations with the composer’s son, Tom Bezanson, who attended the premiere as an eight-year-old, the audience received the concerto with great enthusiasm, and simply would not stop applauding for an extended time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBezanson revised the concerto in 1960, though the process may have begun as early as the 1953 premiere. The original full score contains colored-pencil cross-outs and handwritten annotations adjusting slurs, orchestration, balance, and articulation; some of these markings may have been entered by Dimitri Mitropoulos during rehearsals, likely in consultation with the composer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe 1960 revision was executed directly onto the original full score and orchestral parts rather than through newly recopied materials. The surviving sources therefore contain taped-on manuscript inserts, correction fluid, black-ink cancellations, and red-pencil deletions layered over the earlier notation. Although the manuscripts remained in storage for approximately sixty-five years—resulting in minor discoloration and surface wear—the revisions are largely legible. Because the changes were applied in successive layers, determining Bezanson’s final intentions required careful source evaluation. The revisions are primarily orchestrational, lightening texture, clarifying balance, and tightening ensemble coordination. Only a few passages alter musical content: the piano’s solo writing in the first movement is slightly shortened by the removal of two or three bars.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis edition has been prepared from the original New York Philharmonic parts, an annotated full score, and a handwritten two-piano reduction preserved in the composer’s archive at the Special Collections and University Archives (SCUA) of the University of Massachusetts Amherst. The materials presented substantial challenges, including yellowed tape repairs, obscured passages, and discrepancies between score and parts, some stemming from copyists’ errors or omissions. Careful editorial judgment was therefore required in preparing the first edition of the revised score.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor today’s listener, the concerto offers immediate impact. It carries perhaps a comparable primal rhythmic intensity to a work like Stravinsky's \u003cem\u003eThe Rite of Spring\u003c\/em\u003e, a relentless drive that propels the music forward with visceral energy. At the same time, the score reveals a deep lyricism and emotional breadth (particularly in the second movement) — qualities that allow it to speak both to listeners with little prior experience of orchestral concert music and to seasoned connoisseurs of 20th-century concerto repertoire. Its moments of sweeping expressivity have the directness and evocative power of a great film score, while its rhythmic fire situates it firmly as an important work within the emerging American concerto tradition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNeglected for too long, Bezanson’s \u003cem\u003eConcerto for Piano and Orchestra\u003c\/em\u003e deserves recognition as a significant and striking contribution to twentieth-century American music — a work at once accessible and sophisticated, personal and powerful, that now has the chance to speak again with the same vitality that so moved its first audience in Carnegie Hall.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e- Michael David Golzmane\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNew 2026 engraved edition of 1960 second edition courtesy of Michael David Golzmane. Note that the recording embeded here is from the 1953 version.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"American Composers Alliance","offers":[{"title":"Physical - Full Score","offer_id":47586480423132,"sku":"ACA-BEZP-029s","price":130.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Physical - Piano Reduction","offer_id":47586480455900,"sku":"ACA-BEZP-029r","price":49.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Physical - Set of Orchestral Parts","offer_id":47586480488668,"sku":"ACA-BEZP-029p","price":500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Digital (PDF) - Full Score","offer_id":47586480521436,"sku":"ACA-BEZP-029se","price":97.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Digital (PDF) - Piano Reduction","offer_id":47586480554204,"sku":"ACA-BEZP-029re","price":38.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Digital (PDF) - Set of Orchestral Parts","offer_id":47586480586972,"sku":"ACA-BEZP-029pe","price":400.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0685\/8198\/2428\/files\/PagesfromBezanson_ConcertoforPianoandOrchestra-FullScore_Page_1.jpg?v=1771435961"},{"product_id":"nostalgia-op-13a","title":"Nostalgia, Op. 13a","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis work is the first collaboration of lyricist, Beth Levin and composer, Roger Stubblefield.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Roger Stubblefield","offers":[{"title":"Physical - Conductor's Score","offer_id":47590525599964,"sku":"ACA-STUB-032s","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Physical - Choral Copy","offer_id":47590525632732,"sku":"ACA-STUB-032c","price":8.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Digital (PDF)","offer_id":47590525665500,"sku":"ACA-STUB-032e","price":7.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0685\/8198\/2428\/files\/PagesfromStubblefield_Nostalgia_Page_1.jpg?v=1771449578"},{"product_id":"ping-pong-sextet","title":"Ping-Pong Sextet","description":"\u003cp\u003eMusical theater work, around a ping pong table game with 2 players acting as percussionists, creating sound effects as they play. The flute and cello shadow the players, while a reporter and referee speak, sing. and play.  It evolved from an earlier work from 1977 called Tournament Overture, a quintet commissioned for a sporting event organized by the New York City Parks Department (see photos). U.S. Ping-Pong champion Marty Reisman performed in the premiere with NY Parks Recreation director Matthew Pards, flutist Peter Schultz, and cellist Larry Rowdon. Riverside Table Tennis Club, New York City, 1977.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"American Composers Alliance","offers":[{"title":"Physical","offer_id":47591664451804,"sku":"ACA-COST-023","price":46.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0685\/8198\/2428\/files\/PagesfromACA-COST-023_Page_1.jpg?v=1771481321"},{"product_id":"prologue-for-small-orchestra","title":"Prologue for Small Orchestra","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEditor's Note:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePrologue for Small Orchestra\u003c\/em\u003e was composed in July 1954 while Robert Stern was a twenty-year-old undergraduate at the Eastman School of Music of the University of Rochester. The manuscript identifies the work as an “Eastman student assignment.” During this period, composer, pedagogue, and author Kent Kennan — in his only term of teaching at Eastman — was on the faculty.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlso dating from the summer of 1954 is Stern’s \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/composers.com\/products\/piano-sonata\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003e\u003cem\u003ePiano Sonata\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e — his only work in the genre — which is dedicated to Kennan and is likewise published by the American Composers Alliance. The two works appear to have originated during the same summer period of study.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePrologue for Small Orchestra\u003c\/em\u003e received its premiere in Kilbourn Hall at the Eastman School of Music on August 3–4, 1954, performed by the Eastman Chamber Orchestra under the direction of Frederick Fennell (1914–2004). The work appears on the program for the “Two Symposium Sessions of Music for Chamber Orchestra by students from the classes of Bernard Rogers and Kent Kennan.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLasting approximately five minutes, \u003cem\u003ePrologue\u003c\/em\u003e is a concentrated orchestral statement. Dramatic and expressive in character, its harmonic language refects Stern's unique take on mid-twentieth-century American sound.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe lush string writing may also be heard as anticipating Stern’s prize-winning \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/composers.com\/products\/in-memoriam-abraham\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eIn Memoriam Abraham \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e(written the following year, in 1955), likewise published by the American Composers Alliance.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Robert Stern","offers":[{"title":"Physical - Full Score","offer_id":47596185223388,"sku":"ACA-STER-013s","price":44.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Physical - Set of Parts","offer_id":47596185256156,"sku":"ACA-STER-013p","price":150.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Digital (PDF) - Full Score","offer_id":47596185288924,"sku":"ACA-STER-013se","price":34.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Digital (PDF) - Set of Parts","offer_id":47596185321692,"sku":"ACA-STER-013pe","price":100.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0685\/8198\/2428\/files\/PagesfromStern_PrologueforSmallOrchestra-Fullscore_Page_1.jpg?v=1771533719"},{"product_id":"i-shall-not-live-in-vain","title":"I Shall Not Live in Vain","description":"","brand":"Joseph Dangerfield","offers":[{"title":"Physical - Conductor's Score","offer_id":47599426535644,"sku":"ACA-DANJ-021s","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Physical - Choral Copy","offer_id":47599426568412,"sku":"ACA-DANJ-021c","price":8.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Digital (PDF)","offer_id":47599426601180,"sku":"ACA-DANJ-021e","price":7.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0685\/8198\/2428\/files\/ACA-DANJ-021sDangerfield_IShallNotLiveinVain_Page_1.jpg?v=1774534368"},{"product_id":"hokusai-suite-for-wind-ensemble","title":"Hokusai Suite for Wind Ensemble","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eComposer's Note:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKatsushika Hokusai (1760–1849) was a renowned Japanese ukiyo-e artist, best known for his iconic woodblock print \u003cem\u003eThe Great Wave off Kanagawa\u003c\/em\u003e, part of his celebrated series \u003cem\u003eThirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji\u003c\/em\u003e. Born in Edo (modern-day Tokyo), Hokusai began painting at a young age and trained under several masters before developing his own distinctive style that blended traditional Japanese techniques with Western perspective and composition. Over his prolific career, he produced thousands of prints, paintings, and illustrations, covering subjects ranging from landscapes and nature to the supernatural. Hokusai constantly reinvented himself, adopting over 30 different names throughout his life, a reflection of his restless creativity and pursuit of artistic perfection. His work had a profound influence not only in Japan but also in Europe, where it inspired Impressionist and Post-Impressionist artists.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Michael Udow","offers":[{"title":"Physical","offer_id":47599767453916,"sku":"ACA-UDOW-085s","price":115.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Digital (PDF)","offer_id":47599767486684,"sku":"ACA-UDOW-085se","price":85.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0685\/8198\/2428\/files\/PagesfromUdow_HokusaiSuiteforWindEnsemble-Score_Page_1.jpg?v=1771610596"},{"product_id":"adon-olam","title":"Adon Olam","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEditor's Note:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAdon Olam\u003c\/em\u003e (“Lord of the Universe”) is a Hebrew liturgical hymn of uncertain authorship, sometimes attributed to the Spanish Jewish poet Solomon ibn Gabirol (1021–1058), though no definitive attribution has been confirmed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe text is a \u003cem\u003epiyyut \u003c\/em\u003e(liturgical poem) written in a regular metrical and rhymed structure. It presents a theological progression beginning with universal statements affirming God’s existence prior to creation and eternal sovereignty, followed by personal declarations of trust in divine protection.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBy the late medieval period, the hymn had entered widespread Jewish liturgical use, and today appears in daily prayer services and frequently at the conclusion of Sabbath and festival worship. Its consistent poetic meter has led to the creation of numerous musical settings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRobert Stern’s \u003cem\u003eAdon Olam\u003c\/em\u003e is excerpted from—and forms the final section of—his larger cantata \u003cem\u003eA Rushing of New Waters\u003c\/em\u003e (1986), a work based on texts from the Book of Ruth and Grace Goldin’s poem \u003cem\u003eCome Under the Wings\u003c\/em\u003e, developed in collaboration with the composer’s wife, Judith Glaser, who contributed to the shaping of the libretto.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCommissioned by the Smith College Choir and the B’nai B’rith Hillel Foundation at Smith and Amherst Colleges, the cantata was premiered as part of a Musical Sabbath Service at Helen Hills Hills Chapel, Smith College, on March 7, 1986. The performance was conducted by Magen Solomon, then director of the Smith College Choir, and the larger worship service was led by Rabbi Yechiael Lander (1927-2026).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWithin the cantata, \u003cem\u003eAdon Olam\u003c\/em\u003e serves as a concluding liturgical and musical summation. Stern subsequently prepared the movement as a stand-alone choral anthem, recognizing its suitability for both concert performance and synagogue worship.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Robert Stern","offers":[{"title":"Physical - Score and Part","offer_id":47605533376732,"sku":"ACA-STER-014sp","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Physical - Choral Copies","offer_id":47605533409500,"sku":"ACA-STER-014c","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Digital (PDF) - Score and Part","offer_id":47605533442268,"sku":"ACA-STER-014e","price":9.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0685\/8198\/2428\/files\/PagesfromStern-AdonOlam-Fullscore_Page_1.jpg?v=1771868404"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0685\/8198\/2428\/collections\/New_Issue_Monthly_Banner_2026.02.jpg?v=1770655471","url":"https:\/\/composers.com\/collections\/new-issue-2026-02-february.oembed","provider":"American Composers Alliance","version":"1.0","type":"link"}