Compositions for Performing

The John Donald Robb Musical Trust has more than four dozen compositions that are ready to be performed. These compositions are divided into seven major areas: orchestral, chamber music, piano, organ, vocal, choral and opera. Recent additions include Robb's Requiem, and to celebrate the New Mexico Centennial, Song for New Mexico. 

The following Robb compositions are performance ready in various formats. For usage information, please click on the USAGE tab below.

Orchestral

Concerto for Piano and Orchestra, Opus 18

Concerto for Viola and Orchestra, Opus 24

Dances from Taxco, Opus 85

Elegy for the War Dead for String Orchestra (2nd Movement of Symphony No. 1), Opus 16

Hispanic Folk Songs of New Mexico, arranged for Soprano and Orchestra

  • Pedimento de las posadas
  • Cuando por el oriente
  • De la real Jerusalén
  • Levantada de Bartola
  • Ofrecimiento de los Pastores
  • Vamos todos a Belén
  • A la ru
  • Corrido de Elena
  • Corrido de la muerte de Antonio Maestas
  • Palomita que vienes herida
  • Sierra Nevada
  • El muchacho alegre
  • Indita de Amarante Martinez
  • Sandovalito
  • Mi carro Ford

Symphony No. 1 in C Major for String Orchestra, Opus 16

Symphony No. 3 in One Movement, Opus 34

Three Hispanic Folksongs from “Hispanic Folksongs of New Mexico”

  • Indita de Amarante Martínez
  • A la ru
  • Don Simón
    arranged for String Orchestra; also can be performed with String Quartet, String Quartet w/Voice, Instrumental Solo w/piano, and Piano w/Voice

Chamber

 Concertino, for Viola and Piano

Minatures (five short pieces) for brass quintet (2 Trumpets, Horn, Trombone, and Tuba) and percussion, (Shelter Island, 1963)

Piers the Ploughman, Opus 27, for Bb Clarinet, Horn in F, Bassoon, Piano, and Narrator

Poem, Opus 94, for Clarinet, Cello, and Piano

Prelude and Commentary, Opus 166, for 3 Trumpets, 2 Horns, 3 Trombones, Tuba, and Percussion, (1979)

Quintet for Strings and Piano, Opus 82 (1977)

Sonata for Cello and Piano, Opus 75

Sonata for Violin and Piano, No. 1, Opus 2

Sonata for Violin and Piano, No. 2, Opus 63

String Quartet No. 2, Opus 38

String Quartet No. 3, Opus 93

Suite for Flute & Viola, Opus 4, (Flute part may be played by Violin, Oboe, or Clarinet (I) Viola part may be played by Clarinet (II), Bass Clarinet, or Violoncello).

Three Hispanic Folksongs from “Hispanic Folksongs of New Mexico”

  • Indita de Amarante Martínez
  • A la ru
  • Don Simón; for String Orchestra; also can be performed with String Quartet, String Quartet w/Voice, Instrumental Solo w/piano, and Piano w/Voice Trio for Oboe, Violin, & Piano, Opus 68

Trio for Oboe, Violin, and Piano, Opus 68

Triptych (three fugues), Opus 71, for Oboe, Clarinet, and Bassoon

Variations on a Chromatic Line, Opus 29, for Horn and Piano

Wedding Music for Violin and Organ, Opus 7, with optional versions for Clarinet, Viola, or Cello

Piano

Compositions for Piano by J.D. Robb, selected and edited by Tatiana Vetrinskaya

Concerto for Piano and Orchestra, Opus 18

Little Suite, Opus 13a

Pictures of New Mexico, Opus 12

Post Impressionist Paintings, Opus 14

Scenes from a New Mexico Mountain Village, Opus 9a, (Piano Reduction)

Sonatina for Piano:  Three Incidents from Liliom, Opus 22

Three Impressions for Piano, Opus 15

Organ

Introduction and Toccata for Organ, Opus 30

Overture and Fugue arranged for Organ

Wedding Music for Violin and Organ, Opus 7, with optional versions for Clarinet, Viola, or Cello

Vocal

Art Songs by J. D. Robb arranged for Vocal Soloist and Orchestra (also with piano reduction):

  • To Electra
  • A la ru
  • Goodnight My Love
  • I Am Very Old Tonight
  • Tonight My Heart Is On the Hill
  • The Last Revel
  • Tears
  • Cradle Song

Ballad of the Dreamland Rose for Voice and Piano

Before the Gathering of the Clouds, Sioux melody, with transliterated Sioux text

Eight Songs for Voice & Piano, Opus 6c, in high, medium and low voice collections

  • April
  • Good Night
  • My Love
  • The Last Revel
  • Richmond Hill
  • Tears
  • To Electra
  • Tonight My Heart is on the Hill
  • The Trial of Sangre de Cristos Escathe de Calderon

El Tecolote, Hispanic song for Voice, Oboe, and Harp or Piano

Five Songs on texts by James Russell Lowell, Opus 36, for High, Medium, or Low Voice

  • The Fountain
  • A Requiem; Freedom
  • What is This Glory?
  • Life.
  • Appendix 4A: an alternate accompaniment for What Is This Glory? Retitled: A Christmas Carol
Hispanic Folk Songs of New Mexico, arranged for Soprano and Orchestra
  • Pedimento de las posadas
  • Cuando por el oriente
  • De la real Jerusalén
  • Levantada de Bartolo
  • Ofrecimiento de los Pastores
  • Vamos todos a Belén
  • A la ru
  • Corrido de Elena
  • Corrido de la muerte de Antonio Maestas
  • Palomita que vienes herida
  • Sierra Nevada
  • El muchacho alegre
  • Indita de Amarante Martinez
  • Sandovalito
  • Mi carro Ford
Hispanic Folk Songs of New Mexico, arranged for Voice & Piano
  • Pedimento de las posadas
  • Cuando por el oriente
  • De la real Jerusalén
  • Levantada de Bartolo
  • Ofrecimiento de los Pastores
  • Vamos todos a Belén
  • A la ru
  • Corrido de Elena
  • Corrido de la muerte de Antonio Maestas
  • Palomita que vienes herida
  • Sierra Nevada
  • El muchacho alegre
  • Indita de Amarante Martinez
  • Sandovalito
  • Mi carro Ford

I Know a Tiny Angel, for Medium voice and Piano

My Homeland, for Medium Voice and Piano

Psalm 23:  The Lord is My Shepherd, for High Voice, or Duet for High and Low Voices with Piano or Organ

Seven Songs for Voice and Piano, Opus 6b, in high, medium and low voice collections

  • The Piper's March
  • Tragedy
  • A Soldier's Sonnet
  • Snow Song
  • Wild Easter
  • Requiem
  • The Drivers

Shelter Island, for Medium Voice and Piano

The Shepherdess, Opus 77, for Medium Voice and Piano

Wedding Song, Opus 76 (1971), for Medium Voice and Piano

Choral

A Christmas Cantata, “Los Pastores”, Opus 62, for Chorus and Piano (also for Chorus and Chamber Ensemble) and now available in English and Spanish

Little Dove, (La Palomita), Opus 10, for SSATB

Little Dove, (La Palomita), Opus 10a, arranged for SAB

 O Never Mourn, for SATB Choir

Psalm 23:  The Lord is My Shepherd, Opus 37, No. 1 for SATB Chorus with Piano or Organ

Psalm 103: Bless The Lord, O My Soul, Opus 37, No. 3, for Baritone, SATB Chorus, and Piano

Psalm 104:  Bless The Lord, O My Soul, for SATB Chorus and Piano

Requiem Mass, Opus 87, for SATB and Organ

Song for New Mexico, for SATB, SA Choir, and Solo Voice

The Wind-Swept Sea, Opus 37, No. 6, for TTBB and Piano

 Touchstones of Liberty (Words by Thomas Jefferson), for SATB and Piano

Two Songs:  “I Am Very Old Tonight” and “Tears”, Opus 57,  arranged for Women's Chorus, Oboe, and Piano

What Is This Glory? Opus 36, No. 4c, for SATB Chorus

Opera

Little Jo, Opus 17, a Folk Opera

Usage Information

If you're interested in performing a John Donald Robb composition, please contact us.

Robb's compositions are available in a variety of formats. The only requirement for performing a composition is to list all of the information provided (Title, composer, etc.) and credit the UNM John Donald Robb Musical Trust and UNM Libraries' Center for Southwest Research in the Program and/or any press/media releases.