Below you will find a curated selection of original compositions by Robin Seletsky available for purchase. They include Klezmer Freylekhs, SATB works for chorus, and much more.

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Robin’s Piece (1978)

For unaccompanied clarinet. This etherial work uses quarter-tone fingerings that are accessible to any clarinetist interested in exploring these sounds. For more information on learning the fingerings contact me at robin.seletsky@gmail.com

Robin's Piece (1978)
by Harold Seletsky
$12.00

Klezmer Fantasy: Concertino for Klezmer Clarinet and String Quartet

Available for the first time! Composed by klezmer great, Harold Seletsky, and winner of the 1997 American Society for Jewish Music Competition, this work fuses the unbridled joyousness of traditional klezmer with the complexity and demands of true chamber music.  Also suitable for clarinet soloist with string orchestra.  Award Citation from ASJM reads, "Seletsky has written an extraordinary work that pulls out all the stops for the klezmer player". Listen to excerpts below (Harold Seletsky on clarinet), or for complete audio, click here

From the opening doina to original freylekhs and concluding with a cadenza that has the option of being improvised, this work is the perfect syntheses of Seletsky's  training in the Schoenberg school of composition and his days as a clarinetist in the Borscht Belt hotels.  You can read more about his life and work here.

Special Offer $30.00.   If you encounter any problems with the pdf download please contact me immediately at robin.seletsky@gmail.com  I'll make sure you get your music.  Many Thanks!

Klezmer Fantasy:
Concertino for Klezmer Clarinet and String Quartet
by Harold Seletsky
Score and parts
$30.00

Rise Above

Rise Above is a gospel song....


Rise Above
Lead Sheet
$5.00

Brahms Sonata No. 2 in Eb Major for Clarinet and String Quartet

Transcribed for Clarinet and String Quartet by Harold Seletsky and premiered by John Reeks and Loyola Quartet in 2007. Perfect for players looking to expand their repertoire of works by Johannes Brahms for this combination of instruments.


Sonata Op. 120 No. 2 in Eb Major
by Johannes Brahms, arr. Harold Seletsky
Score and parts
$30.00

Brahms Sonata No. 1 in F minor for Clarinet and String Quartet

Transcribed for Clarinet and String Quartet by Harold Seletsky and  premiered by John Reeks and Loyola Quartet in 2007. Perfect for players looking to expand their repertoire of works by Johannes Brahms for this combination of instruments.


Sonata Op. 120 No. 1 in F Minor
by Johannes Brahms, arr. Harold Seletsky
Score and parts
$30.00

Schumann “Three Fantasy Pieces” for Clarinet and String Quartet

Transcribed for Clarinet and String Quartet by Harold Seletsky and premiered by John Reeks and Loyola Quartet in 2007. Perfect for players looking to expand their repertoire of works by Romantic composers for this combination of instruments.


Three Fantasy Pieces
by Robert Schumann, arr. Harold Seletsky
Score and parts
$25.00


Klezmer

Bagels in Bangkok (Quarter-tone Freylekh)

On a trip to Thailand to visit one of my sons I found myself in a bagel shop owned by a transplanted New Yorker--I felt I just had to write some music to capture the moment.  This is a klezmer freylekh but with a few quarter tones thrown in.  It is performed here by my ensemble, Big Galut(e).


Bagels in Bangkok
1 page
$3.00

Efent dem Toyer

This is an original song I composed with lyrics adapted from a Yiddish poem by Kadya Molodowsky. "Efent dem Toyer" translates as "Open the Gates". This song also has a good "Yai Dai Dai" chorus perfect for sing-alongs.


Efent dem Toyer
2 page
$5.00

Harold’s Piece

An original Doina and Freylekh by my Dad, the Prez of Klez, Harold Seletsky. It was his signature klezmer improvisation. I notated it as closely as I could from his recordings and offer it here to you.


Harold's Piece
2 page
$5.00

Kalcutta Klezmer

Kalcutta Klezmer was inspired by a trip to India.  It is performed here by my klezmer ensemble, Big Galut(e), with the wonderful Ehrin Hanson on tabla.  It has been heard frequently on NPR.


Kalcutta Klezmer
1 page
$3.00

Klezmer Fantasy: Concertino for Klezmer Clarinet and String Quartet

Available for the first time! Composed by klezmer great, Harold Seletsky, and winner of the 1997 American Society for Jewish Music Competition, this work fuses the unbridled joyousness of traditional klezmer with the complexity and demands of true chamber music.  Also suitable for clarinet soloist with string orchestra.  Award Citation from ASJM reads, "Seletsky has written an extraordinary work that pulls out all the stops for the klezmer player". Listen to excerpts below (Harold Seletsky on clarinet), or for complete audio, click here

From the opening doina to original freylekhs and concluding with a cadenza that has the option of being improvised, this work is the perfect syntheses of Seletsky's  training in the Schoenberg school of composition and his days as a clarinetist in the Borscht Belt hotels.  You can read more about his life and work here.

Special Offer $30.00.   If you encounter any problems with the pdf download please contact me immediately at robin.seletsky@gmail.com  I'll make sure you get your music.  Many Thanks!

Klezmer Fantasy:
Concertino for Klezmer Clarinet and String Quartet
by Harold Seletsky
Score and parts
$30.00


Classical

Prelude for Three Clarinets by H. Seletsky

Written for Leon Russianoff and premiered on WQXR Radio in 1981, this Prelude for three clarinets is in the mid-20th century contemporary style. It is best suited for advanced players. The sample recording features the great clarinetists Charles Neidich, Alan Kay and Jo-Ann Sternberg and was performed at Manhattan School of Music as part of a benefit concert in memory of our beloved teacher, Leon Russianoff.


Prelude for Three Clarinets
by Harold Seletsky
Parts only
$10.00

Schumann “Three Fantasy Pieces” for Clarinet and String Quartet

Transcribed for Clarinet and String Quartet by Harold Seletsky and premiered by John Reeks and Loyola Quartet in 2007. Perfect for players looking to expand their repertoire of works by Romantic composers for this combination of instruments.


Three Fantasy Pieces
by Robert Schumann, arr. Harold Seletsky
Score and parts
$25.00

Brahms Sonata No. 1 in F minor for Clarinet and String Quartet

Transcribed for Clarinet and String Quartet by Harold Seletsky and  premiered by John Reeks and Loyola Quartet in 2007. Perfect for players looking to expand their repertoire of works by Johannes Brahms for this combination of instruments.


Sonata Op. 120 No. 1 in F Minor
by Johannes Brahms, arr. Harold Seletsky
Score and parts
$30.00

Brahms Sonata No. 2 in Eb Major for Clarinet and String Quartet

Transcribed for Clarinet and String Quartet by Harold Seletsky and premiered by John Reeks and Loyola Quartet in 2007. Perfect for players looking to expand their repertoire of works by Johannes Brahms for this combination of instruments.


Sonata Op. 120 No. 2 in Eb Major
by Johannes Brahms, arr. Harold Seletsky
Score and parts
$30.00

Klezmer Fantasy: Concertino for Klezmer Clarinet and String Quartet

Available for the first time! Composed by klezmer great, Harold Seletsky, and winner of the 1997 American Society for Jewish Music Competition, this work fuses the unbridled joyousness of traditional klezmer with the complexity and demands of true chamber music.  Also suitable for clarinet soloist with string orchestra.  Award Citation from ASJM reads, "Seletsky has written an extraordinary work that pulls out all the stops for the klezmer player". Listen to excerpts below (Harold Seletsky on clarinet), or for complete audio, click here

From the opening doina to original freylekhs and concluding with a cadenza that has the option of being improvised, this work is the perfect syntheses of Seletsky's  training in the Schoenberg school of composition and his days as a clarinetist in the Borscht Belt hotels.  You can read more about his life and work here.

Special Offer $30.00.   If you encounter any problems with the pdf download please contact me immediately at robin.seletsky@gmail.com  I'll make sure you get your music.  Many Thanks!

Klezmer Fantasy:
Concertino for Klezmer Clarinet and String Quartet
by Harold Seletsky
Score and parts
$30.00

Prayer for Peace



Prayer For Peace for SATB choir

$10.00

Robin’s Piece (1978)

For unaccompanied clarinet. This etherial work uses quarter-tone fingerings that are accessible to any clarinetist interested in exploring these sounds. For more information on learning the fingerings contact me at robin.seletsky@gmail.com

Robin's Piece (1978)
by Harold Seletsky
$12.00


Choral/Vocal

Sh’ma

My setting of the Sh'ma for an SATB acapella choir was composed on the 80th anniversary of the founding of Temple Beth El of Oneonta, NY.


Sh'ma
2 pages
$5.00

Rise Above

Rise Above is a gospel song....


Rise Above
Lead Sheet
$5.00

Prayer for Peace



Prayer For Peace for SATB choir

$10.00


Miscellaneous

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