Compositions
Festival 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.
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
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Categories
Robb's compositions are divided by instrumentation:
- chamber
- choral
- opera
- orchestra
- organ
- piano
- vocal
- solo
Delivery
Scores and parts are delivered by email, as file attachments in PDF format. For files too large to deliver by email, a link to the Trust's OneDrive is provided for direct download.
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Repertoire
Below are Robb's compositions available for performance. Click on each tab to view.
First page score preview and midi audio file coming soon.
Below are Robb's compositions available for performance. Click on each tab to view.
First page score preview and midi audio file coming soon.
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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. 2, Opus 38
arr. for saxophone quartet by Chris Orphal, 2022 |
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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 |
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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
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 |
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What Is This Glory? Opus 36, No. 4c
for SATB Chorus |
Little Jo, Opus 17, a Folk Opera
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Art Songs
arranged for Vocal Soloist and Orchestra (also with piano reduction):
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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
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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
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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
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Three Hispanic Folksongs from “Hispanic Folksongs of New Mexico”
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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 |
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
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
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Art Songs by J. D. Robb
arranged for Vocal Soloist and Orchestra (also with piano reduction):
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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
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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
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Hispanic Folk Songs of New Mexico
arranged for Soprano and Orchestra
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Hispanic Folk Songs of New Mexico
arranged for Voice & Piano
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I Know a Tiny Angel
for Medium voice and Piano |
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My Homeland
for Medium Voice and Piano |
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Psalm 23: The Lord is My Shepherd
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
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Shelter Island
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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Fantasía on Themes by Robb
arr. for clarinet solo by Chris Orphal, 2022 |
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Two Pieces for Guitar, op. 51
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