A list of music composed or arranged by R. M. Firestone

Updated: Thu Mar 20 10:05:54 EST 2003

Any or all of the following pieces may be rented for performance upon payment of a negotiable fee. Only those noted have been premiered anywhere. All band pieces are reserved for premiere by the the Vienna Community Band.

To arrange for rental, contact me by email or see my home page for address and telephone information. The fee will depend on the size of group, form of use, amateur or professional status, number of performances, etc.

Music I have composed

  • Rondo for two flutes in F, also for wind quintet
  • "Brother, Can You Spare Ten Million?"--a Hornpipe for Fat Cats (for voice and piano)--political satire; arranged for wind quintet as "Hornpipe for Fat Cats"
  • "Yom Zeh L'Yisroel" (SATB + keyboard)--traditional Jewish Sabbath song; arranged for concert band as "Day of Light, Day of Joy"
    Premiered by Alexandria Citizens' Band, 10 December 1999
  • Dawson Masonic March (for small ensemble)--ceremonial march composed for the 1996 Grand Visitation of Dawson Lodge #16, FAAM of DC (John Philip Sousa's Lodge); available in piano reduction and full band size.
    Premiered by Vienna Community Band, 31 May 1999
  • Minuet in Eb for wind quintet
    Premiered by Vienna Woodwind Quintet, 26 March 2000

Music I have arranged

Arrangements for Wind Quintet

A wind quintet consists of a flute, oboe, clarinet, French horn, and bassoon.

  • Chester - Wm. Billings
  • Crossing the Grand Sierras - Henry Clay Work
  • Deutsche Taenze, KV 509 - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  • Feldpartie (Divertimento) - Franz Joseph Haydn
  • Handel's Universal Concerto (a version of the harp/organ/flute concerto by George Frideric Handel)
  • Divertimento #11, K 251 (in Eb transposition) - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  • Selections from the Peasant Cantata, Cantata #212 ("Mer hahn en neue Oberkeet") - Johann Sebastian Bach
  • Praeludium - Edvard Armas Jaernefelt
    Premiered by Vienna Woodwind Quintet, 20 June 1999
  • Psalm CL (version #1 in Eb transposition) - Ludwig Lewandowski
    Premiered by Vienna Woodwind Quintet, 07 November 1999
  • Psalm CL (version #1 in original key of D) - Ludwig Lewandowski
  • Psalm CL (version #2 in Eb transposition) - Ludwig Lewandowski
  • Psalm CL (version #2 in original key of D) - Ludwig Lewandowski
  • Sonata 31 (original key) - Domenico Scarlatti
  • Sonata 31 in Bb transposition - Domenico Scarlatti
  • Sonata 33 (original key) - Domenico Scarlatti
  • Sonata 33 in Eb transposition - Domenico Scarlatti
  • Water Music - Bourree, Hornpipe #1, Air, Coro - George Frideric Handel
  • Rondo in F (arranged from the duet for flutes--original composition)

Arrangements for Concert Band

These arrangements are for a slightly smaller band than usual and contain fewer than four parts for some instruments (clarinet, trumpet, horn).

  • Trumpet Concerto in Eb, third movement, by Johann Nepomuk Hummel
    Premiered at Vienna Band Fall Concert, 1996.
  • Psalm CL (short setting), by Ludwig Lewandowski
    Premiered by Vienna Band, ViVA! Vienna town festival, May 1997.
  • "Christmas Overnight" (an original setting of the carols "Jeg Er Saa Glad Hver Julekveld," "All Through the Night," "Angels From the Realms of Glory," and "I Saw Three Ships")
    Premiered by Vienna Band, Vienna Christmas Program, 7 December 1997
  • "Dawson Masonic March" (arranged from original version for small ensemble)
    Premiered by Vienna Band, Memorial Day Program, 31 May 1999
  • "Day of Light, Day of Joy" (arranged from original choral setting by R. Firestone)
    Premiered by Alexandria Citizens' Band, 10 December 1999
  • "Balaam's Blessing" (from a choral piece by Lewandowski)
    Premiered sometime in 2000.
  • To be announced (when the original copyright expires or permission is obtained)