Clarinet and string quartet - Late Intermediate

SKU: EC.8939

Composed by Elena Ruehr. E.C. Schirmer Publishing #8939. Published by E.C. Schirmer Publishing (EC.8939).

UPC: 600313489396.

Icarus works with his father to make wings to escape Crete. The wings are made of wax andfeathers. Icarus flies too close to the sun, the wings melt, and he falls. Although the storyhas a dark ending, the music centers on the excitement of building the wings and the dangerof flying. -Elena Ruehr.

Orchestra Bass Clarinet, Bassoon 1, Bassoon 2, Cello, Chimes, Clarinet 1, Clarinet 2, Clarinet 3, Double Bass, Flute 1, Flute 2, Glockenspiel, Horn 1, Horn 2, Horn 3, Horn 4, Marimba, Oboe 1, Oboe 2, Percussion 1, Percussion 2, Piccolo, Suspended Cymbal and more.

SKU: PR.11642062S

Version 2. Composed by Elena Ruehr. Study Score. 161 pages. Duration 25 minutes. Merion Music #116-42062S. Published by Merion Music (PR.11642062S).

UPC: 680160690824.

Dedicated to the memory of my mother, Ruthann Richwine Ruehr, who was both an environmentalist and a film maker, this piece channels the things she loved: the beauty of the natural world and the glorious sound of great film music. Although a complex comment on our relationship to the natural world, it begins with a simple tenet: that to preserve the earth we must first love and appreciate it.

Orchestra

SKU: PR.11642055S

Composed by Elena Ruehr. Study Score. 87 pages. Merion Music #116-42055S. Published by Merion Music (PR.11642055S).

UPC: 680160690763.

Written in 2020 and dedicated to the memory my mother, RuthAnn Richwine Ruehr, this Requiem is also written in memory of all who passed in 2020. The text is an English translation of a standard Latin Mass, but it is secular: all religious words were either removed or replaced. It became a kind of outline of the five stages of grief: bargaining, sorrow, denial, anger and acceptance.

Orchestra

SKU: PR.11642055L

Composed by Elena Ruehr. Large Score. 87 pages. Merion Music #116-42055L. Published by Merion Music (PR.11642055L).

UPC: 680160690770.

Written in 2020 and dedicated to the memory my mother, RuthAnn Richwine Ruehr, this Requiem is also written in memory of all who passed in 2020. The text is an English translation of a standard Latin Mass, but it is secular: all religious words were either removed or replaced. It became a kind of outline of the five stages of grief: bargaining, sorrow, denial, anger and acceptance.

Composed by Elena Ruehr. Instrumental part. E.C. Schirmer Publishing #9132. Published by E.C. Schirmer Publishing

Orchestra Cello, Contrabass, Viola, Violin 1, Violin 2

SKU: PR.11642160S

Composed by Elena Ruehr. Study Score. 13 pages. Merion Music #116-42160S. Published by Merion Music (PR.11642160S).

UPC: 680160690954.

In March 2023 I heard a concert by the Boston Symphony Orchestra of Gorecki’s Sorrowful Songs, and it reminded me of Barber’s famous Adagio for Strings. At the time I was writing a string quartet, and it moved me to write a string orchestra piece inspired by these two emotional and lyrical works. Entitled Long Night because the pandemic felt like it was finally coming to an end, I was also thinking forward to the many challenges that still lie ahead of us.

Chamber Music Violin

SKU: PR.144407630

Composed by Elena Ruehr. Sws. Performance Score. Duration 8 minutes. Merion Music #144-40763. Published by Merion Music (PR.144407630).

UPC: 680160692743. 9 x 12 inches.

Orchestra Cello, Contrabass, Viola, Violin 1, Violin 2

SKU: PR.11642066L

Composed by Elena Ruehr. Large Score. 48 pages. Duration 12:30. Merion Music #116-42066L. Published by Merion Music (PR.11642066L).

UPC: 680160690909.

The title, Shadow Light, is based on the initial chord that serves as the basis of all the material in the piece — a minor triad with a second and raised fourth. This harmony evokes both a darkness (the minor triad) and something brighter (the raised fourth), and the music moves expressively through these worlds. The piece can be played in an orchestral version, with string orchestra, or in a chamber version, with string quartet and bass.

By Elena Ruehr. Text: Emily Dickinson. For SATB Choir, harp, percussion, timpani or all plus strings. (Mixed Voices). Secular. Choral. Published by E.C. Schirmer Publishing.

Chamber Music violin, piano

SKU: PR.144407660

Composed by Elena Ruehr. Set of Score and Parts. 40 pages. Duration 12 minutes. Merion Music #144-40766. Published by Merion Music (PR.144407660).

UPC: 680160692835.

Judith Tick (biographer of Ruth Crawford Seeger) asked me to write a piece in honor of Adrienne Fried Block (1921-2009), who was Amy Beach’s first great biographer. Judith pointed me to this passage from Amy Beach’s letters:“One of the sweetest of my recollections…was when I was ten… I met Edgar Rowland Sill, the poet. When he heard that I was the lucky possessor of absolute pitch, he asked me to go out with him in the spring mornings, and steal from the birds! Professor Sill, whose ear was true, had been collecting bird melodies. I shall always remember that first spring morning. The poet and I sat down behind a stone wall. It is a sweet memory of the kindlypoet, of California, of the spring flowers, of the unconscious birds…”Adrienne and Amy, the natural world they lived in, the professor, the artist, the historian they became, the tended garden of their lives. These are the ideas I have tried to explore in this piece. Some of the musical material is directly taken from Amy Beach’s famous piano piece A Hermit Thrush at Morn.

Chamber Music Cello

SKU: PR.144407650

Composed by Elena Ruehr. Sws. Performance Score. Duration 8 minutes. Merion Music #144-40765. Published by Merion Music (PR.144407650).

UPC: 680160692705. 9 x 12 inches.

Orchestra Cello, Contrabass, Viola, Violin 1, Violin 2

SKU: PR.11642160L

Composed by Elena Ruehr. Large Score. 13 pages. Merion Music #116-42160L. Published by Merion Music (PR.11642160L).

UPC: 680160690961.

In March 2023 I heard a concert by the Boston Symphony Orchestra of Gorecki’s Sorrowful Songs, and it reminded me of Barber’s famous Adagio for Strings. At the time I was writing a string quartet, and it moved me to write a string orchestra piece inspired by these two emotional and lyrical works. Entitled Long Night because the pandemic felt like it was finally coming to an end, I was also thinking forward to the many challenges that still lie ahead of us.

Orchestra Bassoon, Cello, Clarinet, Double Bass, Flute, Horn 1, Horn 2, Oboe, Piccolo, Timpani, Trombone, Trumpet, Tuba, Viola, Violin, Violin 1, Violin 2

SKU: PR.11642065L

Composed by Elena Ruehr. Large Score. 97 pages. Duration 15 minutes. Merion Music #116-42065L. Published by Merion Music (PR.11642065L).

UPC: 680160690886.