Stanley M. Hoffman

Composed in 1984 and revised in 1993, Of all the souls that stand create for baritone and piano (Catalog No. 8407) is a setting of a poem by Emily Elizabeth Dickinson (1830-1886). The music features f...

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...

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...

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, bucolic piano piece is arranged here for Oboe and Two English Horns. The arrangement could not be more simple in its intent to remain true to the source composition by not embellishin...

This work begins with a Passacaglia whose melody is in the style of a sea shanty. The Chorale that follows is staid in character, as chorales are apt to be. The Dance that closes the work is exuberant...