Stanley M. Hoffman: spartiti facile

In this innovative arrangement Stanley M. Hoffman takes Henry Purcell's most popular solo aria, the 'Lament' from his opera Dido and Aeneas, and reimagines it as a work for unaccompanied soprano solo...

This five part C major motet has a Latin text from the Antiphon from the Good Friday Liturgy. Notated on five staves, the soprano 1 and 2 parts have their own staves. An optional continuo part for org...

SATB with divisions unaccompanied This hauntingly beautiful setting of a text by Christina Rossetti is tonal and yet adventurous in its choice of harmony. This simple, slow piece ends on a wonderfully...

The melody for Naomi's Lullaby had been swimming around in my head since the 1970s. When Naomi was born in 2004, it gave me a reason to compose an accompaniment for it and name it in honor of my only...

The melody for Naomi's Lullaby had been swimming around in my head since the 1970s. When Naomi was born in 2004, it gave me a reason to compose an accompaniment for it and name it in honor of my only...

Beginning with quotations from Big Ben's chimes and a traditional melody from the Jewish High Holidays, this piece is scored for two part treble voices, piano, and an 'optional mechanical clock sound....

This well-known, lyrical piano piece is arranged for oboe or violin solo, and strings. The arrangement could not be more simple in its intent to remain true to the source composition by not embellishi...

This well-known, bucolic piano piece is arranged here for oboe, clarinet, and string orchestra. The arrangement could not be more simple in its intent to remain true to the source composition by not e...