Justin Henry Rubin:
Compositions
All materials are protected under copyright © Justin Henry Rubin 2012
The following downloads are a small example of the complete works.
However, all of the music and performance materials listed in the
complete works are
available upon request from the composer.
An Interview with Justin Rubin, composer: 
An Interview with Justin Rubin on composing for keyboard instruments:
4 Ecossaises for Piano
24 Préludes: piano solo
A New Grounde: piano solo
À Rebours: two pianos/piano four-hands
[performed by Duo Gastesi-Bezerra] Mvmt. I
Mvmt. II
A stitch in time... : piano solo
A Waltz through the Vapor: piano solo [performed by the composer]
Album Leaves 2011: piano solo
Anurj: piano solo
Ciacona e Fuga (in commemoration of the centennary of Karl Amadeus Hartmann): piano solo
Comodo: piano solo
Compendium aphorismus: piano solo
Compendium contrapuncti: piano solo
Deux Préludes après Satie pour piano à quatre mains: piano four hands
[Second Prelude - Virtual Performance]
Drei Ländler für Klavier
Excursions: piano solo [Second Excursion - Virtual Performance]
Fantaisies sur l'air "Une Jeune Fillette": piano solo
Five Brief Extemporizations on Plainchants and Chorales: piano solo
Four Preludes and Fugues: piano solo
Fugue Studies: piano solo
It's six of one... : piano solo
Late Winter Dances: piano solo
Literary Devices: piano solo
Little Book of Chorales I: piano solo
Little Book of Chorales II: piano solo
Little Book of Chorales III: piano solo
Little Book of Chorales IV: piano solo
Little Book of Chorales V: piano solo
Livre de pièces pour clavecin: harpsichord solo
Los Sentimientos de Conventillo: piano solo
Meditations on the Nature Poetry of Samuel Greenberg: piano four hands
Messe pour piano à quatre mains: piano four hands
Monumentum pro Giacinto Scelsi ad annum C: piano solo
Nocturne-Epitaphs: piano solo
Noktiurn in memory of Andrei Tarkovskii: piano solo
Partita on the Agincourt Carol: piano solo
Partita on "There were three Ravens": piano solo
Piano Album 2005: piano solo
Piano Album 2006: piano solo
Piano Album 2008: piano solo
Prelude, Contemplation, and Fugue: piano solo
Recueil de Chants: piano solo
Ricecare super "Uß tieffer nodt schry ich zu dir" [De profundis]: piano solo
Ritornelli: piano solo
Ritual Variations on "Hanacpachap cussicuinin": piano solo
Six Bagatelles: piano solo [Second Bagatelle - Virtual Performance]
Six Character Pieces: piano solo
Something to remember me by: piano solo
Sonata-Impromptu: piano solo [Third Movement played by Justin Rubin at a live concert]
Sonatinietta: piano solo
The Still Waters by Sagamore Hill: piano solo
Three Chorale Variations: piano solo
Three Pieces for Piano Four-Hands
virtual instrument samples: 1
Two Very Trivial Pieces for Piano
Une Suite de Pièces: piano solo
Variationis super "L'homme armé": piano solo
Variations on "A Mighty Fortress": piano solo
Variations on "Ach Gott, vom Himmel sieh' darein": piano solo
Variations on Deo Gracias: two pianos [performed by Piano Duo Gastesi-Bezerra]
Variations on "Ich hab' mein' Sach' Gott heimgestellt": piano solo
Variations on "Jesus Christus, unser Heiland, der den Tod": piano solo
Variations on "My Country, 'Tis of Thee": piano solo
Variations on "Nun freut euch, lieben Christen, g'mein": piano solo
Variations on O filii et filiae: piano solo
Variations on the Agincourt Carol: organ solo
Two Variations on Lutheran Chorales: piano solo
An Interview with Justin Rubin on composing for keyboard instruments:
Aria, Capriccietto e Fuga
Cinque Breve Toccate d'Intavolatura d'Organo
Drei kleine Choralbearbeitungen
Eight Miniatures for Organ
Fantasie super "Vater unser im Himmelreich"
Fünf Choralphantasien
Little Rondo for Organ
Little Organ Pieces for Contemplation
Organ Book I
Organ Book II
Organ Book III
Organ Book IV
Organ Book V
Organ Book VI
Organ Book VII
Organ Book VIII
Organ Book IX
Organ Book X
Organ Book XI
Organ Book XII
Ostinato-Litanie
Partita "Ein' feste Burg ist under Gott"
Partita "Erhalt uns, Herr, bei deinem Wort"
Mvmt. I
Partita super "Christ, der du bist der helle Tag "
Partita super "Wo Gott der Herr nicht bei uns hält"
Partita "Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern"
Partite legare
Passacaglia "Singen wir aus Herzens Grund"
Præludium harmoniæ eiusdem
Præludium suasoria
Proœmium, Carmen, et Fuga
Psalm 125
Sechs Orgelchoräle
Sieben Orgelchoräle
Simple Arrangements of Organ Hymns and Chorales
Sonatina in Two Movements
Summer Suite 2012
Symphonia epopea
Symphonic Fantasy
Symphonic Variations
Three Chorale Fantasias
Three Preludes and Fugues [Fugue I performed by the composer]
Three Little Pieces for Organ
Three Short Studies for Organ
Trio Sonatas: First Second Third
Tochata e Canzona
Two Brief Preludes and Fugues
Variationis Canonica super "Nun komm', der Heiden Heiland"
Variationis super "Vater unser im Himmelreich"
Vesper Chant for Organ
Vier kleine Choralbearbeitungen
Vier kleine Choralvorspiele
Caprice: Wind Symphony [performed by the UMD Wind Ensemble, dir. Mark Whitlock]
New Beginnings: A Fanfare: Wind Symphony
Overture
Passacaglia Tenebrosa [contact composer for a demo recording]
Short Suite for Symphonic Winds
Sticking Up: marimba and bassoon soloists, two brass choirs and orchestral chimes
Symphonietta I [contact composer for a demo recording]
Symphonietta IV [contact composer for a demo recording]
Variations sur "O filii et filiae": Wind Symphony
Aeterne rerum conditor: SATB and organ
Chorale Partita on "Vater unser im Himmelreich": SATB [optional piano]
Colour Grain: mixed choir
Daylight: ATBB (or TTBB) choir
Dedication and Fanfare: SATB and orchestra with solo clarinet
[performed by the UMD Symphony and Chorus, dir. Rudy Perrault] excerpts: 1
Destination: SATB and two violins
From the Sonnets of Apology: SATB and chamber orchestra [contact composer for a demo recording]
Kyrie antiphonalis: SATB and organ
Latin Hymn and Fuging Tune: SSATB
...love of finished years: SATB, woodwind quintet, double string quartet, and piano
Momento mori September 11, 2001: SATB [performed by the UMD Chorus, dir. Stan Wold]
Observance: 2 Soprano Soloists and SATTB
On Leaving Some Friends at an Early Hour: SATB choir
Our Father: two part setting with organ or piano accompaniment
Pange, lingua: SATB
Puro refulgens lumine: SSATB
Saviour of the Nations, Come: two part setting with piano accompaniment
The Human Seasons: TTBB choir
Three Little Motets on Lutheran Chorales: SSATB
Three Motets on Lutheran Chorales: SSATB
Twilight: male choir, flute/violin, and violoncello
Two Madrigals on Poems of Rupert Brooke: SATB choir
Victimae paschali laudes: SATB [optional piano]
Where the Angels Ever Sing: two part setting with organ accompaniment
Anonymous Songs: voice and piano
Day that I have loved: baritone, violoncello, and piano
Enigmas: baritone and vibraphone
feigned illusions: soprano and chamber ensemble
Five Little Sacred Songs: voices (2 treble, tenor, and bass) and piano excerpt
from heart undaunt: soprano and chamber ensemble
From the Sick Sleuth Sonnets: voice and piano
Hymnus de Resurrectione: soprano, tenor, and organ
If I could but forget: soprano, mezzo-soprano, and piano
In the Midst of the Seas: male voice and piano
Loose Pages: soprano, alto, and piano
On a Beautiful Sunset: contralto and piano
passion sought: soprano, flute, clarinet (Bb), violin, violoncello, and vibraphone
Poets Forever at Dawn: voice and piano
Soft Songs: voice and piano
The Flower that Swept by Bliss: voice and piano
Three Epithets: speaker, flute, percussion, and harp
virtual instrument samples (without speaker): 1
Three Songs on Age: voice and piano
Towers of Sand: baritone and piano
Two Songs from the French: voice and piano
Under a Leafless Oak: voice and piano
A Child's Dream: violin and guitar
virtual instrument sample:
A piacére: oboe and clarinet (Bb)
A Little Summertime Drama: flute and piano
Adaptive Expectations: for clarinet (Bb) and vibraphone
virtual instrument sample:
An Evening Walk: violin and string trio
And this great human rebellion: clarinet (Bb), bass clarinet (Bb), and string quartet
virtual instrument sample:
Ainissesthai: versions for French horn (F) and piano and viola and piano
"...amid slumber I sealed aweep as I crept for a phantom thought...": clarinet (Bb), bass clarinet (Bb), and piano
virtual instrument sample:
April and Silence: violoncello and piano
Aria di sera: English horn (F) and String Bass
Austerity Measures: flute and bassoon
virtual instrument sample:
Babillage: clavier solo, 2 flutes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons and strings
Ballad on joy!: marimba and woodwind quartet
[virtual performance]
Bagatelles for Bassoon and Marimba: contact for score (CD on Innova, catalogue number 738)
virtual instrument samples: 1
"Before we breath a little further...": violin, viola, and violoncello
[virtual performance] movements: 1
Benediction: piano and chimes
"... between sparkling lust that stirs in motives life!": flute, clarinet (Bb), marimba, and celesta
[virtual performance] movements: 1
Boutefeu: oboe, clarinet (Bb), and bassoon virtual instrument sample:
Breath of Life: Native American flute, flute (or violin), viola, and cello
- available from JP/Zalo Publications
[performed by James Pellerite at California State University with members of the California State University at Hayward Concert Artists.]
excerpts: 1
Boutadettas: bassoon and piano (CD on Innova, catalogue number 738)
Canonic Impromptu: two bassoons
Canzonetta: oboe and piano [virtual performance]
Canzoni per violino e guitarra
Canzoni per violoncello e guitarra
Capriccietto d'inverno: viola and bassoon [virtual performance]
Chaconny in b minor: flute, oboe, clarinet (Bb), violoncello, and harp [virtual performance]
Chimaeras: viola and piano
Choosing Sides: clarinet (Bb), bassoon, and marimba [virtual performance]
Common Assertions: solo percussionist
Currents (for Morton Feldman): bass clarinet (Bb) and piano
Dash: bassoon and vibraphone [virtual performance]
alternate version for bass clarinet (Bb) and vibraphone
Determinants of Demand: flute, clarinet (Bb), bassoon, marimba and piano
virtual instrument sample:
Durkh un durkh: violin, mandolin and guitar
Duro: alto sax (Eb) and piano clarinet (Bb) and piano or bassoon and piano
virtual instrument sample: 1 (clarinet vers.)
Ecossaises for Violin and Marimba (CD on MSR, catalogue number 1398)
[virtual performance] 1
Egloga: violin and piano (CD on MSR, catalogue number 1398)
Eithne: flute and clarinet (Bb) [virtual performance]
Elusive Places: violin, mandolin, and guitar
[virtual performance] 1
Estemporaneo per due musicisti: violin and piano ver. violin and guitar ver.
[virtual performance] violin and piano version:
Estemporaneo per tre musicisti: violin, violoncello, and piano
Estemporaneo per quattro musicisti: violin, viola, violoncello, and piano
Parts: piano
[virtual performance] 1
Evening Pastorale: 4 flutes
Fantasy on Pamina's Aria "Ach, ich fühl's": bassoon and piano (CD on MSR, catalogue number 1398)
for Sol: bass clarinet, 2 percussionists, and piano
Four Bagatelles: piano quartet
Gioco Chiassoso: clarinet and 2 bassoons or clarinet, bass clarinet and bassoon
[virtual performance]
Hard Currency: marimba and percussion quintet [virtual performance]
"He who calls the stars by name..." : two violins, viola, violoncello, and piano [virtual performance]
Hocket in Your Pocket: bassoon and percussion (CD released on Innova, catalogue number 738)
"In secret hides this wild peace...": two violins, viola, and violoncello [virtual performance]
Katkovirta: percussion and piano virtual instrument sample:
La valse du nord: violoncello and guitar
Là-Bas: two bass clarinets (Bb) virtual instrument sample:
Little Caprice: flute and bassoon
Little Chaconne on the 350th Anniversary of the Birth of Henry Purcell: oboe, two violins, and bassoon
Little Sarabande: viola and bassoon
Livre de pièces pour trio: flute, violin, and harpsichord
Love! is truly a lost jewel...: two violins [virtual performance] (CD on MSR, catalogue number 1398)
Lyrical Incantations: alto saxophone (Eb) and piano
[performed by Rhonda Taylor] excerpts: 1
Macineranno: two violoncelli
Musical Specimen: bassoon, marimba, and piano [virtual performance]
[vers. for bass clarinet (Bb)]
Night Song for Noa: clarinet, cello or bassoon and piano (CD released on Innova, catalogue number 738)
clarinet, bassoon, pno. ver.
Nostalgia: bassoon and piano (CD released on Innova, catalogue number 738)
[performed by Jefferson Campbell and Alexander Chernyshev]
Alternative version for viola and piano
Nouveaux Estampies: clarinet and bassoon - contact for score (CD released on Innova, catalogue number 738)
[virtual performance] movements: 1
O felix apparicio...: bass instrument(s) [bassoon, violoncello, etc.] and piano
On another last day... : violin and piano (CD on MSR, catalogue number 1398)
Paean: flute and organ
The Pale Memory: fl., cl., bass cl., mar., vibes, harp, pno., celeste, and strings [virtual performance]
Petite suite pour quatre musiciens: clarinet (Bb), horn (F), bassoon, and piano
Piccola rapsodia per tre musicisti: clarinet (Bb), violin and piano
excerpt [virtual performance] measures 56-90:
Piccolo scherzo per tre strumenti: flute/violin, bassoon, and marimba (CD on MSR, catalogue number 1398)
version for flute, cello, and piano
...piercing years of ceaseless light plead untold passions that beat the scattered stars... :flute, clarinet (Bb), violin, violoncello, marimba, and piano
Pleasant Prophecies: flute, clarinet (A) and bassoon [virtual performance]
Quartetto Scherzando: bassoon quartet [virtual performance]
Reminiscences of Hugo Distler: two violins
Samuel Greenberg Constellation: violin duo (CD on MSR, catalogue number 1398)
Scurry: string bass and piano
Scraps: woodwind quintet [virtual performance]
Sechs kleine variationen für zwei violinen: "There were three Ravens"
Second Piece for Two Percussionists: unpitched percussion
excerpt 1
Serenade in Grey: oboe and string quartet
[virtual performance]
Serenata per due amici: clarinet (Bb) and piano
"Shades of autumn quietly lowered a - Humble veil upon the ground in preservation...": marimba and vibraphone [2 players] [virtual performance]
"...sharing with starlike speks at night this uncertain force...": woodwind quintet and piano
[virtual performance] 1
Sketches for Brass Quintet [virtual performance] 1 2 3
"...some voice disturbs me from the inner room...": flute, clarinet, and vibes [virtual performance]
Sonata for Violoncello and Piano
[Alexander Chernyshev, Piano and Betsy Husby, Cello] movement 1
"Sought in secret...": trumpet ensemble [virtual performance]
Summer Dreamings: flute, oboe, clarinet (Bb), and bassoon virtual instrument sample:
"The armed man should be feared"...and other lessons from the Renaissance: clarinet (Bb), two percussionists and piano
...the city as in Dreamingland lost...: violin and piano virtual instrument sample:
The Cobweb in the Sky: flute, oboe, and clarinet (Bb) virtual instrument sample:
The Couple: violoncello and piano
"...the glittering rocks - that calm the eye, romantic tears of sparks - From the noxious sky...": flute and string quartet
The Shape of Things to Come: saxophone trio [virtual performance] 1 2 3
The Tree and the Sky: violoncello and piano
Three Chorales for Two Violins (CD on MSR, catalogue number 1398)
[virtual performance] 1
Three Little Chorales for Violoncello and Piano [virtual performance] 1 2 3
Toccatina per duetto: bassoon and piano [virtual performance]
Trickle Down Effect: saxophone quartet [virtual performance]
Two in a dream....dancing: soprano saxophone, two percussionists and piano
[performed by Zeitgeist at a reading session] excerpt 1
Un piccolo duetto di basso: bassoon and violoncello (CD on Innova, catalogue number 738)
[virtual performance]
Una serenata per cinque: woodwind quintet (CD on MSR, catalogue number 1398)
[virtual performance] movements: 1
Variations on "Nun komm', der Heiden Heiland": clarinet and piano (CD on Innova, catalogue number 738)
[virtual performance]
Variations on "There were three Ravens": flute and piano [virtual performance]
Variations on "Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern" : violin and piano (CD on MSR, catalogue number 1398)
[virtual performance]
Waltz: cello and piano [Alexander Chernyshev, Piano and Betsy Husby, Cello]
"Where cowering shadows, in patience Hold -The figure now in Sunlight gold.": clarinet (Bb) and string quartet
[virtual performance]
Wintry Mix: flute, oboe, bass clarinet (Bb), and vibraphone [virtual performance]
Aurai: bassoon [virtual performance] version for sax version for flute
Ballata: guitar
Common Assertions: percussion
for Rhonda: saxophone
Internal Portal: flute
Poe Extracts: guitar (performer has some speaking parts)
[performed by Andrew Hull] excerpts: 1
Recitative Styrienne: bassoon or horn - contact for score (CD released on Innova, catalogue number 738)
[bassoon version performed by Jefferson Campbell]
Splinters: marimba
Three Miniatures: guitar [performed by Andrew Hull] excerpts: 1 2 3
Fugue in f minor, Fugue in a minor (Juvenilia)