Stanley M. Hoffman, Ph.D.
Composer, Music Editor, Conductor, Baritone, Lecturer

Works Published by ECS Publishing, Boston, MA

(arranged in descending order from the most recent to the oldest)

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Title of Work (Explanations, if any) - Scoring- Year - ECS Catalog Number - Recorded (Y or N) - Duration

All works are 2-5 minutes in duration unless otherwise noted.

Choral Compositions

A Prayer for Peace (English) - SATB - 2007 - ECS #7142 - N.

An Easy Decision (English - text by Kenneth Patchen) - SATB & piano - 2006 - ECS #6747 - Y.

An Easy Decision (English - text by Kenneth Patchen) - unison treble chorus or mezzo-soprano solo & piano - 2006 - ECS #6748 - N.

The Scattered Leaves (a piece for Jewish Holocaust remembrance - English - text by Joseph H. Albeck) - unison chorus or solo voice and piano - 1995 (rev. 2005) - ECS #6841 - N.

The Scattered Leaves (a piece for Jewish Holocaust remembrance - English - text by Joseph H. Albeck) - SATB & piano - 1995 (voice & piano), 1995 (arr. 2005) - ECS #6842 - Y.

She Gave Him All Her Heart (English - text by Zallman Shneour) - TTBB & piano - 2000 (arr. 2004) - ECS #6624 - N.

She Gave Him All Her Heart (English - text by Zallman Shneour) - SATB & piano - 2000 (arr. 2004) - ECS #6625 - Y.

Mi y'maleil (Who can recount) (Hebrew and English - original setting of a traditional Chanukah text - Translation by S.M.H.) - SATB & piano - 2004 - ECS #6460 - Y.

A Song (English - text by Howard Schwartz) - SATB & flute -2004 -ECS #6432 (flute part = ECS #6433) - N.

A Prayer for the World (English - text by Harold S. Kushner, renowned author of When Bad Things Happen to Good People) - SATB - 2004 - ECS #6328 - Y.

Yism'chu (Hebrew - original setting of a traditional Shabbat prayer - Transliteration by S.M.H.) - soprano solo, SATB - 2003 - ECS #6225 - Y.

Land of Crystal Dreams (a secular carol for the winter holiday season) - (English - text by Erica L. Hoffman) - SATB chorus & optional percussion (glockenspiel and vibraphone) - 2002 - ECS #6166 - Y.

Psalm 84 - (English, Translation by S.M.H.) - SATB - 2002 - ECS #6065 - Y.

Grant Us Peace (one of the selected works in the Waging Peace Through Singing repertoire [2002]) - (English - text from Gates of Prayer) - SATB - 2001 - Y.

Yih'yu l'ratson (May the words of my mouth) (Hebrew and English - original setting of a traditional Shabbat prayer - Transliteration and English Translation by S.M.H.) - SATB - 2001 - ECS #5864 - Y.

A Prayer for Chanukah (Al hanisim) - (English, Translation by S.M.H.) - SATB & chamber orchestra or piano - 2001 - ECS # 5884 - Y.

Behold, God Is My Salvation - (English, Translation of Isaiah 12 by S.M.H.) - SATB & organ - 2001 - ECS # 5850 - Y.

Psalm 117 - (English, Translation by S.M.H.) - TTBB - 2000 - ECS # 5754 - Y.

Psalm 117 - (English, Translation by S.M.H.) - SATB - 2000 - ECS # 5775 - Y.

Psalm 117 - (English, Translation by S.M.H.) - SSAA - 2000 - ECS # 5776 - N.

Psalm 130 - (English, Translation by S.M.H.) - baritone solo, SATB - 1999 - ECS #5676 - Y.

Psalm 146 - (English, Translation by S.M.H.) - SATB divisi - 1999 - ECS #5677- Y.

Three Miniatures (1. The Lute, 2. The Thunderbolt, 3. The Sun) - (Secular - English, Translation by S.M.H. of Hebrew text by Judah al Harizi,13th century) - SSAA - 1999 - ECS #5678 - Y.

Three Miniatures (1. The Lute, 2. The Thunderbolt, 3. The Sun) - (Secular - English, Translation by S.M.H. of Hebrew text by Judah al Harizi,13th century) - SATB - 1999 - (arr. 2004) - ECS #6435 - N.

Haneirot halalu - (a piece for Chanukah - original setting of a traditional Hebrew text) tenor solo, SATB - 1999 - ECS #5492 - Y.

The Writing of Autumn - (Secular - English, Translation by S.M.H. of Hebrew text by Solomon Ibn Gabriol, 11th century) - SATB & piano - 1999 - ECS #5421 - Y.

The Writing of Autumn (arranged for the New England Conservatory Children's Chorus, Jean Meltaus, conductor) - SA & piano - arr. 2000 - ECS #5722 - N.

Psalm 67 - (English, Translation by S.M.H.) - SATB & organ - 1999 - ECS #5466 - Y.

Psalm 1 - (English, Translation by S.M.H.) - mezzo-soprano & tenor soli, SATB divisi - 1998 - ECS #5367 - N.

Psalm 23 - (English, Translation by S.M.H.) - alto solo, SATB divisi - 1998 - ECS #5316 - Y.

Psalm 121 - (English, Translation by S.M.H.) - SATB divisi - 1998 - ECS #5382 - Y.

A Psalm Beyond the Silences (a piece for Jewish Holocaust remembrance - English - text by Joseph H. Albeck) - SATB & piano (or orchestra) - 1994 - ECS #5322 - Y (with piano).

A Psalm Beyond the Silences - SAB & piano - arr. 1999 - ECS #5323 - N.

A Psalm Beyond the Silences - SA & piano - arr. 1999 - ECS #5324 - N.

A Psalm Beyond the Silences - TTBB & piano - arr. 1999 - ECS #5325 - N.

Veshameru (a piece for Shabbat - original setting of a traditional Hebrew text) baritone or alto solo, SATB & organ - 1993 (rev. 2000) - ECS #5493 - Y.

Rain - (Secular - English translation by Mark Eliot Shapiro of a Hebrew text by contemporary Israeli poet Haim Guri) - SATB divisi - 1988 (rev. 1999) - ECS #5315 - N.

Choral Arrangement

Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen (German [English singing translation by Robert Schuneman] - music by Gustav Mahler from Lieder nach Ruckert [Soprano & Orchestra], S.M.H., arr.) - SATB & piano (or chamber orchestra) - 2000 - ECS #5755 - Y (with piano).

Compositions for Solo Voice and Other Instruments

An Easy Decision (English - text by Kenneth Patchen) - unison treble chorus or mezzo-soprano solo & piano - 2006 - ECS #6748 - N.

The Scattered Leaves (a piece for Jewish Holocaust remembrance - English - text by Joseph H. Albeck) - unison chorus or solo voice and piano - 1995 (rev. 2005) - ECS #6841 - N.

She Gave Him All Her Heart (English - text by Zallman Shneour) - tenor & piano - 2000 - ECS #6626 - N.

She Gave Him All Her Heart (English - text by Zallman Shneour) - baritone & piano - 2000 (arr. 2001) - ECS #6627 - N.

Mi y'maleil (Who can recount) (Hebrew and English - original setting of a traditional Chanukah text - Translation by S.M.H.) - solo voice & piano - 2004 - ECS #6461 - N.

Yih'yu l'ratson (May the words of my mouth) (Hebrew and English - original setting of a traditional Shabbat prayer - Transliteration and English Translation by S.M.H.) - high voice & keyboard - 2001 - ECS #5876 - N.

Yih'yu l'ratson (May the words of my mouth) - low voice & keyboard - 2001 - ECS #5877 - N.

Veshameru (a piece for Shabbat - original setting of a traditional Hebrew text) baritone or alto solo & organ - 1993 (rev. 2000) - ECS #5494 - N.

A Psalm Beyond the Silences (a piece for Jewish Holocaust remembrance - English - text by Joseph H. Albeck) - high voice & piano - 1994 - ECS #5326 - Y.

Orchestral Composition With Voices

A Psalm Beyond the Silences (a piece for Jewish Holocaust remembrance - English - text by Joseph H. Albeck) - SATB chorus & orchestra - 1994 (arr. 2000) - ECS #5723 - N.

(The full score and parts are available from the Rental Department of the publisher.)

Orchestral Compositions

Rain is Falling - (an arrangement of Rain [SATB], ECS #5315) - orchestra - 1988 (arr. 2006) - ECS #6655 (score), ECS #6656 (parts) - N. (The full score and parts are available for sale from the publisher.)

Interlude for Orchestra - (an arrangement of Intermezzo [organ solo], ECS #5679) - orchestra - 1999 (arr. 2005) - ECS #6631 (score), ECS #6632 (parts) - N. (The full score and parts are available for sale from the publisher.)

The Lord Is My Shepherd - (an arrangement of Psalm 23 [SATB], ECS #5316) string orchestra - 1998 (arr. 2002) - ECS #6081 (score), ECS #6082 (parts) - N. (The full score and parts are available for sale or on rental from the publisher.)

Composition for Brass Ensemble

Psalm (By the Rivers of Water) - (an arrangement of Psalm 1 [SATB], ECS #5367) - solo horn, solo trumpet, 2 horns, 4 trumpets, 3 trombones - 1998 (arr. 2006) - ECS #6650 (score), ECS #6651 (parts) - N. (The full score and parts are available for sale from the publisher.)

Compositions for Keyboard

Variations on "Dank sei dir, Herr" - organ manuals or piano solo - 2006 - ECS #6922 - N.

Intermezzo (commissioned by Carson P. Cooman) - organ solo - 1999 - ECS #5679 - N.

Composition for Horn Solo

A Song Without Words - horn solo - 1994 - ECS #6434 - Y.

Work Published by Fatrock Ink, Music Publishers, Los Angeles, CA

Title of Work (Explanations, if any) - Scoring- Year - Fatrock Ink Catalog Number - Recorded (Y or N) - Duration

Trio in One Movement for Flute, Viola and Harp - 2004 - 076-2248- N.

Work Published by Wehr's Music House, Winter Park, FL

Title of Work (Explanations, if any) - Scoring- Year - Wehr's Music House Catalog Number - Recorded (Y or N) - Duration

Naomi's Lullaby - oboe, or clarinet, or trumpet & piano - 2005 - WM #338 - N - 4 minutes.

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