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
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).
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
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