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PictureFestival De Música Americana, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 1965.
Featured Work

Concerto for Piano and Orchestra. Op. 18

John Donald Robb was a guest composer at the Festival of American Music in São Paulo, Brazil, 18 July 1964. The program consisted of Aaron Copland's An Outdoor Overture, Symphonic Set by Henry Cowell, School for Scandal by Samuel Barber, and Robb's Concerto for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 18.

Pianist Yara Ferraz performed the Robb Concerto with the São Paulo Municipal Orchestra, conducted by Souza Lima.

The recording is provided by Instituto Piano Brasileiro.



Available for Performance

Numerous John Donald Robb compositions are available for performance at no cost.


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Categories
Robb's compositions are divided by instrumentation:
  • chamber
  • choral
  • opera
  • orchestra
  • organ
  • piano
  • vocal

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Repertoire

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  • Choral
  • Opera
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  • Organ
  • Piano
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Concertino
for viola, piano



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Miniatures: Five Short Pieces (Shelter Island, 1963)
for 2 trumpets, horn, trombone, tuba, percussion


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Piers the Ploughman, Opus 27
for clarinet, bassoon, horn, piano, narrator
 



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Poem, Opus 94
for clarinet, cello, piano
 



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Prelude and Commentary, Opus 166 (1979)
for 3 trumpets, 2 horns, 3 trombones, tuba, 3
percussion



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Quintet Opus, 82 (1977)
for 2 violins, viola, cello, piano  



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Sonata, Opus 75
for cello, piano



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Sonata No. 1, Opus 2
for violin, piano



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Sonata No. 2, Opus 63
for violin, piano



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String Quartet No. 2, Opus 38 
for 2 violins, viola, cello



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String Quartet No. 3, Opus 93 
for 2 violins, viola, cello


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Suite, Opus 4
for flute (or oboe, clarinet I, violin), viola
(or clarinet II, bass clarinet, cello), also available for solo piano


Three Hispanic Folksongs, Opus 68
for string quartet, string quartet & voice, instrumental solo & piano, voice & piano, oboe, violin, piano trio

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Triangulum, Opus 84
for clarinet, piano (clarinet part currently not available) 
 



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Trio, Opus 68
for oboe
, violin, piano


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Triptych (three fugues), Opus 71
for oboe, clarinet, bassoon
 


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Variations on a Chromatic Line, Opus 29
for horn, piano
 



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Wedding Music, Opus 7
for violin (clarinet, viola, cello), organ


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


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Little Dove, (La Palomita), Opus 10a
arranged for SAB
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Los Pastores (The Shepherds, A Christmas Cantata), Opus 62
​for SATB Chorus and Piano (also for Chorus and Chamber Ensemble) available in English and Spanish
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O Never Mourn
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for SATB Choir
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​Psalm 23:  The Lord is My Shepherd, Opus 37, No. 1
​for SATB Chorus with Piano or Organ
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Psalm 103: Bless The Lord, O My Soul, Opus 37, No. 3
for Baritone, SATB Chorus, and Piano
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Psalm 104:  Bless The Lord, O My Soul
for SATB Chorus and Piano
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Requiem Mass, Opus 87
for SATB Chorus and Chamber Orchestra (with Organ and/or Piano); SATB Chorus, Strings and Organ (or Piano); SATB Chorus and Organ; and SATB Chorus and Piano
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Song for New Mexico 
for SATB, SA Choir, and Solo Voice
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The Wind-Swept Sea, Opus 37, No. 6
for TTBB and Piano
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Touchstones of Liberty (Words by Thomas Jefferson)
​for SATB and Piano
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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 
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Little Jo, Opus 17, a Folk Opera      
Art Songs
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  
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Concerto for Piano and Orchestra, Opus 18 

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Concerto for Viola and Orchestra, Opus 24 

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Dances from Taxco, Opus 85 



Elegy for the War Dead (2nd Movement of Symphony No. 1), Opus 16
for String Orchestra
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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 
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Symphony No. 1 in C Major, Opus 16 
for String Orchestra
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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 
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Introduction and Toccata for Organ, Opus 30

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

Art Songs by J. D. Robb 
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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
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Ballad of the Dreamland Rose 
for Voice and Piano
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Before the Gathering of the Clouds, Sioux melody, with transliterated Sioux text
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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
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El Tecolote, Hispanic song
for Voice, Oboe, and Harp or Piano
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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
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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
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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
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I Know a Tiny Angel 
​for Medium voice and Piano


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My Homeland 
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for Medium Voice and Piano
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Psalm 23:  The Lord is My Shepherd 
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for High Voice, or Duet for High and Low Voices with Piano or Organ
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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
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Shelter Island 
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for Medium Voice and Piano
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​The Shepherdess, Opus 77
​for Medium Voice and Piano
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Wedding Song, Opus 76 (1971)
for Medium Voice and Piano ​ 
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