Works
Choral Music
A Falling of Saints (1977) [25:00]
For 2 Male Solo, Chorus, and Orchestra
Publisher: Transcontinental Music Pub. Co.
Commission: Jewish Community of Atlanta, GA
A Hymn of Praise
For SATB and Organ
Publisher: Alfred Music Publishers
A Prayer for Peace (1986) [7:00]
For SATB and String Orchestra
Publisher: Samuel Adler
Premiere: Iowa City, Iowa; May 21, 1986.
A Prolific Source of Sorrow (1994) [14:00]
For SATB and Flute
Publisher: Samuel Adler
Commission: the Paul Hill Chorale
Premiere: The Paul Hill Chorale; Washington, D.C.; May 1, 1995.
A Prophecy of Peace (1992)
For SATB
Publisher: Alfred Music Publishers
Recording: Paraclete Press
A Psalm of Praise [3:30]
For SATB
Publisher: Samuel H. Adler
Commission: Keynote Arts Associates
A Song of Hanukkah
Orchestration available on rental
Publisher: G. Schirmer, Inc.
A Song of Welcome​
For SATB and Piano
Publisher: G. Schirmer, Inc.
Any Human to Another (1989) [16:00]
A Cantata
For SATB, String Orchestra, and Piano
Publisher: Ludwig Music Pub. Co.
Commission: Thomas jefferson High School; Fairfax, VA.
Premiere: Washington, D.C.; April, 1990.
Awake, Do Not Cast Us Off
For SATB and Organ
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Begin My Muse (1969) [15:00]
A Song Cycle
For TTBB
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Commission: the 75th Anniversary of “Sinfonia”
Blow the Wind Southerly (1975)
For SATB
Publisher: Hinshaw Music, Inc.
Bric-a-Brac (Dorothy Parker)
For 4 Part Treble Choir and Piano
Publisher: Boosey and Hawkes
Commission: Young People’s Chorus of New York
B’shaaray Tefilah (1963) [60:00]
A Sabbath Service
For Cantor, SATB, and Organ
Publisher: Transcontinental Music Pub. Co.
Commission: Congregation B’shaaray Tefilah of NYC
Call to Worship (1995) [5:00]
For Cantor, SATB, and Organ
Publisher: Transcontinental Music Pub. Co.
Choose Life (1986) [35:00]
An Oratorio
For Soprano, Tenor, SATB, and Orchestra
Publisher: G. Schirmer, Inc.
Commission: the Barlow Foundation for the Atlanta Symphony
Premiere: Eastman Chorale and Eastman Philharmonia;
Timothy Koch, conductor; Rochester, NY; April, 1994.
Recording: Albany Records Troy 328
Contrasts (1964)
For SATB a cappella
Publisher: Belwin Mills Pub. Corp.
Commission: North Texas State University
Choral Trilogy
For SATB and Organ
Publisher: Paraclete
Commission: Eastern Presbyterian Church; Stone Mountain, GA.
Premiere: March 4, 2012
Division (1971)
For SSAATTBB
Publisher: Hope Publishing
Eli Tziyon (1978)
For SATB and Organ
Publisher: Transcontinental Music Pub. Co.
Commission: Mixed chorus
Ever Since Babylon (1991) [75:00]
A Cantata
For 4 Solo, SATB, and 8 Instrument
Publisher: Transcontinental Music Pub. Co.
Premiere: Chicago, IL; March 8, 1992; repeated in 21 cities throughout
the U.S. and Canada during 1992-93
Farmer’s Curst Wife (1987) [3:00]
For SATB a cappella
Publisher: Lawson-Gould Music Publishers
Premiere: South Carolina Governor’s School; July 3, 1987.
Five American Folk Songs (1961)
Published separately as Young Hunting; Chic-A-Boom; Hick’s Farewell;
Cripple Creek; Gypsy Laddie
For SATB a cappella
Publisher: Lawson-Gould Music Publishers
Commission: Southern Methodist University
Five Choral Pictures (1964)
For SATB a cappella
Publisher: Peer-Southern
Five Choral Poems (1954)
Autumn Rain; Strings in the Earth; Nothing is Enough; Someone; A Kiss
For SATB a cappella
Publisher: Associated Music Pub., Inc.
Five Choral Scherzi
For SATB, Viola, and Guitar
Publisher: Theodore Presser
Commissioned by Duo Fresco
Premiere: Rochester, NY; 2010.
Five Sephardic Choruses (1998) [15:00]
Publish separately
For SATB and Piano
Publisher: Transcontinental Music Pub. Co.
Recording: Naxos Records 8.559415
Hashkivenu (1981)
For Cantor, SATB, and Organ
Publisher: Transcontinental Music Pub. Co.
Commission: Reform Congregation Kenneseth Israel; Elkins Park, PA.
Recording: Naxos Records 8.559415
Havdalah Service (1984) [6:00]
For SATB and Piano
Publisher: Transcontinental Music Pub. Co.
High Flight (1986) [6:00]
For SATB and Piano
Publisher: G. Schirmer, Inc.
Premiere: New York City; May 2, 1987.
Hinay Yom Hadin (Behold the Day of Judgment) (1969) [10:00]
Hayom Harat Olam; Ayl Melech Yoshev; Un’shafar Gadol; Avinu
Malkaynu
For Solo and SATB a cappella
Publisher: G. Schirmer, Inc.
Commission: Temple Beth El of Rochester, NY
How Long, O Lord?
For SATB and Organ
Publisher: Hope Publishing
How Precious Is Thy Loving Kindness
For SATB and Organ
Publisher: Oxford University Press
How Sweet the Sound
For SATB and Organ
Publisher: Carl Fischer, Inc.
Commission: Carl Fischer
I Think Continually of Those (1983)
For SATB a cappella
Publisher: Alfred Music Publishers
Text: Stephen Spender
Commission: University of Rochester
Recording: Paraclete Press
I Will Give Thanks unto the Lord
For SATB and Organ
Publisher: Oxford University Press
In Nature’s Ebb and Flow (1960)
Publisher: Peer-Southern Music Company
Commission: the High School at Borger, Texas
It Is to God I Shall Sing (1979)
For SATB and Organ
Publisher: Paraclete Press
Recording: Paraclete Press
Jacob’s Ladder (1981)
For SATB and Piano
Publisher: Ludwig Music Pub. Co.
Jonah [30:00]
A Cantata
For STB Soli, SATB, and Orchestra
Publisher: Theodore Presser
Commission: the Jesus Kirche, Mannheim
Premiere: Mannheim; December, 17, 2004.
Jubellied (1975)
For SSAATTBB
Publisher: Samuel H. Adler
Commission: Jeunesse Choir of Vienna
Judah’s Song of Praise
Orchestration available on rental
For SATB and Piano (Orchestration Available)
Publisher: G. Schirmer, Inc.
L’cha Dodi (1984) [3:30]
For Solo, SATB, Organ, and Flute
Publisher: Transcontinental Music Pub. Co.
Recording: Paraclete Press
Leisure (A Madrigal) (1976) [1:30]
For SATB a cappella
Publisher: Carl Fischer, Inc.
Commission: SUNY-Geneseo
Let Us Rejoice (1987) [4:00]
For SSAA and Handbells
Publisher: Galaxy-E.C. Schirmer
Premiere: Mt. Holyoke Glee club; Catherine Melhorn, conductor;
New ​York City; December 4, 1987.
Recording: Paraclete Press
Listen to My Word, Lord (1974)
For SATB and Organ
Publisher: Paraclete Press
Ma Tovu (1987) [4:00]
For Tenor, SATB, and Organ
Publisher: Transcontinental Music Pub. Co.
Premiere: Temple Israel of Minneapolis, MN
Recording: Paraclete Press
Ma Tovu (2011) [4:00]
For Tenor, SATB, and Organ
Publisher: Samuel Adler
Commission: Parke Avenue Synagogue
Premiere: May 5, 2013
Music of the Heart Proclaim
For SATB, Brass Quintet, and Organ
Publisher: Paraclete Press
My Boy Willie (1983)
For SATB a cappella
Publisher: Hinshaw Music, Inc.
Never Was a Child So Lovely (1983)
For SATB a cappella
Publisher: Hinshaw Music, Inc.
N’ilah Fragment (1979)
For SATB and Organ
Publisher: Transcontinental Music Pub. Co.
O Lord, Awesome Is Your Name [4:00]
For SATB and Organ
Publisher: Vivace Press
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of Life and Nature I Sing (2021)
A Suite of A Cappella Choruses
Texts by: Siegfried Sassoon, John Masefield, Frances Cornford, Ami Lowell, Charlotte Mew, Walt Whitman
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Ozi V’zimrat ya (1978)
For SATB and Organ
Publisher: Transcontinental Music Pub. Co.
Praise the Lord
For Children’s Chorus and Piano
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Praise Thy Saving Power (1984) [12:00]
For Men’s Chorus and Piano
Publisher: Ludwig Music Pub. Co.
Commission: the GALA choruses
Premiere: Carnegie Hall, New York; Gary Miller, conductor;
December, 1984.
Praised Be the Lord by Day
For SATB and Organ
Publisher: Transcontinental Music Pub. Co.
Proclaim God’s Greatness [3:30]
For SATB and Organ
Publisher: Vivace Press
Recording: Paraclete Press
Psalm 8 (2022) [5:00]
For SATB a cappella
Psalm 23 (2020) [5:00]
For SATB and Organ
Publisher: Paraclete Press
Premiere: Gloria Dei Cantores, Orleans, MA, June 2021.
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Psalm 24 (2003) [3:00]
For SATB and Organ
Publisher: Paraclete Press
Premiere: Trinity Episcopal Church Choir, Iowa City, IA;
September 28, 2003.
Recording: Paraclete Press
Psalm 40
For SATB and Organ
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Psalm 67
For SATB and Organ
Publisher: Samuel Adler
Psalm 96
For SATB and Organ
Publisher: G. Schirmer, Inc.
Psalm 100
Publisher: Transcontinental Music Pub. Co.
Recording: Paraclete Press
Psalm 146 (1985)
For SATB and Organ
Publisher: Alfred Music Publishers
Commission: Christ Church; Pittsford, NY.
Recording: Paraclete Press
Psalm Trilogy (1998) [10:00]
For SATB a cappella
Publisher: Theodore Presser
Commission: the ACDA
Premiere: ACDA Convention; Providence, RI; March, 1999.
Recording: Paraclete Press
Rededication (1985) [5:00]​
For TTBB and Brass Quintet
Publisher: Ludwig Music Pub. Co.
Commission: the New York Gay Men’s Chorus
‘Round the Globe (1986) [20:00]
A suite of folk songs
For SSAA and Piano
Publisher: Alfred Music Publishers
Premiere: The Chicago Children’s Choir; October, 1986.
Sayings of the Father (1979)
For SATB and Piano
Publisher: Hinshaw Music, Inc.
Seek Thy Servant (1974)
For SATB and Organ
Publisher: Paraclete Press
Serenade (1971) [15:00]
For SSAATTBB and Wind Ensemble
Publisher: Carl Fischer, Inc.
Text: William Blake
Commission: Loyola University of New Orleans
Set Me as a Seal upon Thy Heart
For SATB and Organ
Publisher: Theodore Presser
Shir Chadash (1960)
A Friday Eve Service
For Organ and 3 Part Choir (SAB)
Publisher: Transcontinental Music Pub. Co.
Shir Hamaalot (1986) [2:30]
Publisher: Transcontinental Music Pub. Co.
Shiru Ladonay (1965)
A Friday Eve Service
For Cantor Solo
Publisher: Transcontinental Music Pub. Co.
Sing Praises (Psalm 100) (1979)
For SATB
Publisher: Hinshaw Music, Inc.
Some Laughter, Some Tears (1964)
A Suite
For SSA and Piano
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Song of Exaltation
For SATB and Organ
Publisher: Abingdon Press
Songs of the Seasons (Janet Freeman)
For 2 Part Treble Choir
Publisher: Boosey and Hawkes
Commission: Young People’s Chorus of New York
Spin Draydel Spin
For Children’s Chorus and Piano
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Stars in the Dust (1988) [40:00]
A Cantata
For STB Soli, SATB, and 8 Instrument, also for full String Orchestra
Publisher: Transcontinental Music Pub. Co.
Premiere: Rochester, NY and 17 other US cities in November, 1988
The Chanukah Story
For Children’s Chorus and Piano
Publisher: Oxford University Press
The Feast of Lights
Orchestration available on rental
For SATB and Piano
Publisher: G. Schirmer, Inc.
The Flames of Freedom (1982) [25:00]
For SSAA and Piano
Publisher: Ludwig Music Pub. Co.
Premiere: Youth Pro Musica; Roberta Humez, conductor;
Boston; December, 1982.
Recording: Naxos Records Album called “A Chanukah Celebration”
The Steps to Wisdom
For SATB and Organ
Publisher: Hinshaw Music, Inc.
The Twenty-Third Psalm (1981)
Hebrew and English
For Tenor, SATB, and Organ
Publisher: G. Schirmer, Inc.
Commission: the Cantor’s Assembly of America
Recording: Paraclete Press
The Way They Are (1983)
Choral Suite, published separately
For SATB a cappella
Publisher: Alfred Music Publishers
Premiere: The Canaltown Singers; Palmyra, NY; May 6, 1984.
Three Encore Songs (1955)
For SATB a cappella
Publisher: Lawson-Gould Music Publishers
Three Madrigals (1955)
For SATB a cappella
Publisher: Lawson-Gould Music Publishers
Three Poems from the Chinese (1976)
For SATB a cappella
Publisher: Hinshaw Music, Inc.
Commission: Centinnary College; Shreveport, LA.
Three Responses (1973)
Sh’ma, V’ahavta, Mi Chamocha
Publisher: Transcontinental Music Pub. Co.
To Freedom (1984) [10:00]
For SATB and Piano
Publisher: Transcontinental Music Pub. Co.
To Remember: to Be Remembered (1987) [8:00]
For SATB a cappella
Publisher: Theodore Presser
Premiere: Choir of Western Kentucky; Kenneth Davis, conductor;
ACDA Convention; Winston-Salem, NC; February 18, 1988.
Transfigurations (2000) [15:00]
An ecumenical mass
For Soli, SATB, Brass Quintet, and Organ
Publisher: Paraclete Press
Commission: Gloria Dei Cantoris
Premiere: Orlean, MA, June 17, 2000
Recording: Paraclete Press
Twelve Songs of Praise (1985) [15:00]
For Unison Chorus
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Two Nonsense Songs (1979)
For SATB and Piano
Publisher: Hinshaw Music, Inc.
Two Psalm Motets
For SATB and Organ
Publisher: Lawson-Gould Music Publishers
Recording: Paraclete Press
Two Shelley Songs (1980)
For SATB and Piano
Publisher: Theodore Presser
Commission: Ithaca College
Two Songs of Hope
For TTBB
Publisher: Theodore Presser
Commission: the Harvard Glee Club
Two Views of Love (1969)
For TTBB
Publisher: Theodore Presser
Commission: the Glee Club of the University of Rochester
Verses from Isaiah (1989)
For SATB, Brass Quintet, Organ, and Handbells
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Commission: Westminster Choir College
Recording: Paraclete Press
Vier Volkslieder for clarinet and mixed choir (German and Spanish) (2022) [8:00]
Publisher: Edition Gravis (Berlin, Germany)
V’shamru (1973)
For SATB and Organ
Publisher: Transcontinental Music Pub. Co.
We Believe (1974) [15:00]
An ecumenical mass
For SATB and 8 Instrument
Publisher: Carl Fischer, Inc.
Commission: Notre Dame University
Who Can Retell?
For Children’s Chorus and Piano
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Wisdom Cometh with the Years [8:00]
For SATB and Piano
Publisher: Peer-Southern Music Company
Commission: the Texas Music Educational Association
Yamim Naraim I and II (1990-91)
A Two-Volume Anthology for the High Holydays
For Cantor, SATB, and Organ
Publisher: Transcontinental Music Pub. Co.
Recording: Available Through Transcontinental Music Publishers
Yism'chu for Unison Chorus (2022) [2:00]
For Rabbi Brian Beal, Temple Beth Tikvah, Wayne NJ
Yism’chu
For SATB and Organ
Publisher: Transcontinental Music Pub. Co.
Yom Hashabbat
For SATB and Piano
Publisher: Transcontinental Music Pub. Co.