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Published by Robert Frank Music (ASCAP) unless otherwise noted. Contact Composer for performance materials and prices: robfrank@smu.edu. If you are performing any of Robert Frank's music, please contact him at: robfrank@smu.edu


* - Note: Sacred Music and Selected works are available as a free printable PDF without watermark for download and use without fee in religious or non-profit performances. If you are performing any of Robert Frank's music, please contact him at: robfrank@smu.edu

List of Works

Orchestral Music

About the Ninth Hour

(1989)

for strings (min. 44442) and timpani, 

6 min.

A Terribly Tangled Tarantella

(2005)

for solo harpsichord and chamber string orchestra 

6 min.

written for Larry Palmer 


  • Audio (.mp3)


Video score coming soon! 

Der Mozartgeist

(1994)

Concerto for MIDI Piano with Soloist and Orchestra

6 min.


I. The Ressurection (Audio, .mp3)
II. Der Mozartgeist  (Audio, .mp3)
III. Allegro "con spirito"  (Audio, .mp3)


Premiere by the Meadows Symphony, Paul Phillips, dir., Sam Holland, soloist


  • Preview Score (.pdf)

Fast Falls the Eventide

(2004)

for orchestra 2222/4331/2 perc./strings

13 min.

written for the Meadows Symphony Orchestra, Paul Phillips, dir. premiered Feb. 27, 2004


  • Scrolling Score (YouTube)

Figaronacht

(2005)

for String Orchestra

4 min.
Finalist in the Homage to Mozart International Blitz-Competition for Composers, Moscow, Russia, January 27, 2006 (Mozart's 250th Birthday)

Video score coming soon!

Figaronacht Overture

(2005)

Overture for String Orchestra

6 min.
composed for Eduard Schmieder and I Palpiti for premiere on the opening concert of the 2005 Salzburg Summer Music Festival/Mozarteum


  • Scrolling Score (YouTube)

For the Oppressed

(1987)

for orchestra. 

(2222/4231/2 perc/ strings)

9 min.


  • Audio (.mp3)

In the Upper Room

(1992)


for Orchestra (2220/222/2 perc./strings) 

9 min.

Winner of the 1993 University of North Texas Orchestral Composition Competition


  • Audio (.mp3)
  • Preview Score (.pdf)

Le Violon Enterré

(2018)


Solo Violin, winds, perc. Chamber Strings

18 min.


  • Preview Score (.pdf)


Shadows of Notre Dame

(2008)

for chamber strings and chimes.

7 min.

Dedicated to Donna Mayer-Martin.


  • Scrolling Score (YouTube)

Static Electricity

(2015)

for orchestra and chorus. 

Commissioned by the Texas Youth Orchestra and Choir  


  • Scrolling Score (YouTube)

Tapestries

(2010)

for two violins and string orchestra

9.5 min

written for Lewis Wong.


  • Scrolling Score (YouTube)

Temporal Distortions

(1995)

 (2222/222/4 perc./strings: div. Vn.I, Vn.II, & Va.) 

18 min.


I. Space
II. Wormholes
III. Comets


  • Preview Score (.pdf)

¡Viva Vivaldi!

(2004)

for flute, oboe, bassoon, 2 horns, violin, harpsichord and strings

7 min.
written for the 2004 Viva Vivaldi International Festival of the Arts, Aug. 1, 2004, Mexico City, Mexico, Michael Meissner, dir.


  • Scrolling Score (YouTube)

Jerusalem Stones

(1997)

(2222/4221/timp. + 3 perc./SATB/Strings/narr.) 

18 min


for narrator, chorus and orchestra.

first reading: Central Washington University Orchestra and Chorus, Dan Baldwin, dir.; Robert Frank, narr.


  • Audio (.mp3)
  • Preview Score (.pdf)

Orchestra parts available for rental. 

Smaller study/reference scores may be available.  


Chamber Music

Aftermath

(2001)

for flute, 2 Bb Cl., Bsn., 2 Bb Tpts., Tbn., Vn., Perc., Guitars, and pianotion about this item

12 min.


  • Audio (.mp3)
  • Full Score (PDF)

Eternally Begotten

(2007)

for Cello and Piano

8 min. 

Commissioned by Perkins School of Theology


  • Full Score (.pdf)
  • Video Performance (YouTube)

Free Score PDF*

Metallic Origami Five Miniatures for Metal Instruments

Metallic Origami for 8 Percussionists and narrator.

15 min. 

(recomposition of prior band work.  

Commissioned for Sam Houston High School (Arlington, TX) and the Sixth Floor Museum (Dallas).

(Audio coming soon - COVID delayed)

I. Lucky Stars
II. Silver Crane
III. Steel Fortuneteller
IV. Titanium Snowflakes
V. Iron Dragon 


  • Full Score (.pdf)

My Viola Don't Swing

(2005)

for solo viola.

3 min.


  • Audio (.mp3)
  • Full Score (.pdf

Passages

(2003)

for solo violin.

3 min.

written for Lewis Wong


  • Full Score (.pdf)

Psalm for the House

(1997)

for violin, cello, and piano.
written for Carrie Rehkopf and John Michel

dedicated to the House of the Redeemer, New York, NY. 


  • Audio (.mp3)
  • Full Score (.pdf)

Reformed Prelude and Fugues

(2016)

for organ.

  • Scrolling Score (YouTube)
  • Free Use Score (.pdf)*


String Quartet: "...a smoldering wick..."

(1994)

selected for performance on the Memorial 

10 min.

Concert, Cracow, Poland.


  • Audio (.mp3) Texas New Music Ensemble
  • Preview Score (.pdf)

String Quartet No. 2: "...para mis amigos Mexicanos..."  "...a smoldering w

(2001)

written for the Mexico City String Quartet.  

15 min.


I. Las Playas de los Mayas
II. La Tragedia
III. La Fiesta!


Full Score (.pdf)

Taberah for solo 'Cello

(2007)

for Francesco Mastromatteo.

7 min.


  • Audio (.mp3)
  • Full Score (.pdf)

West of Argyle

(2009)

for woodwind quintet (2009) .

for Laura Romberg. 


  • Scrolling Score (YouTube)

Vienna Postlude

(1992)

for Violoncello and Piano 

7 min.


  • Audio (.mp3)
  • Full Score (.pdf)

The U.S.S. Ronald Reagan (anthem)

(2005)

composed for the crew of the USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76)


  • Audio (.mp3)
  • Full Score (.pdf)


Chamber Music

All of the following are published by Cimarron Music Press

(1994)


  • Cimarron Music Press Website: https://www.cimarronmusic.com/catalogsearch/result/index/?composer=2292&q=frank

Hatshepsut's Chant and Dance

(1992-3)

for Bassoon and Piano.


  • Audio (.mp3)

Liturgical Impressions

(1986)

for Trumpet and Organ.


I.  Introit (Audio, .mp3)

II.  Sanctus (Audio, .mp3)

III.  Gloria (Audio, .mp3)

Lullaby of the Sea

Alto Sax, clarinet, oboe, and bassoon.



Rhapsody & Allegro 

(1999)

for piccolo and harp. 

Premiered at the 2000 National Flute Association Conference, Columbus, OH


Video score coming soon!

Sonata

(1985)

for trumpet in Bb and piano.


Video score coming soon!

The Emergence of Night

for Flute and Piano.
Recorded: "Night Thoughts and Fancies", CAPSTONE RECORDS CPS-8664


  • Audio (.mp3) 

WARP!

(1994)

for Brass Quintet 


  • Audio (.mp3) 


Live/Interactive Computer Music

Alone with my thoughts...

(2003)

for soprano or tenor and real-time computer. customizable version of "Just Joan...") 

Beach Music

(2001)

percussion and real-time computer.


  • Preview Score (.pdf)

Just Joan: Alone with my thoughts...

(2003)

for Joan Heller and real-time computer.
Commissioned by Joan Heller with funding from a Meadows Faculty Development Grant, SMU. Premiered at the 2003 College Music Society International Conference, Costa Rica.  


  • Audio (.mp3)
  • Full Score PDF

Coral Fantasy

(1995)


Oboe with Electronic Effects and NeXT Computer Music on Tape.
Revised for realtime computer MAX/MSP (2002)


  • Audio (.mp3)
  • Full Score (.pdf)

Conversation with Dali in a Cloud of Myself

(2017)


Interactive installation, Meadows Museum, SMU, Dallas.  Contact for Installation Details.

Der Mozartgeist: Concerto for MIDI Piano with Soloist and Orchestra

(1994)

I. The Ressurection (Audio, .mp3)
II. Der Mozartgeist (Audio, .mp3)
III. Allegro "con spirito"(Audio, .mp3)

(Premiere by the Meadows Symphony, Paul Phillips, dir., Sam Holland, soloist) Video score coming soon!

Quartet for Bb Clarinet

(1999)

Disklavier with live soloist and real-time computer
written for, and premiered by, Voices of Change, Dallas, TX, on the opening concert of their 25th Anniversary Season.  


  • Scrolling Score (YouTube)

Sonata for Harpsichord with Optional Electronic Effects

(1998)

I. Divergentia (Audio, .mp3) 

II. Phrygidian Cadences (Audio, .mp3)  

III. Dementia (Audio, .mp3)

  • Preview Score. pdf


Fixed Computer Music

(contact composer for performance materials)

Algorithmic Atmospheres 

(1994-95)

for General MIDI/ SC-55 mk. II


I. Binary Blizzard (1995, Audio: .mp3)
II. Fractal Fog (1995, Audio: .mp3)
III. Sinewave Storm (1994, Audio: .mp3)

Muse

(2000)

for computer music on tape.

1 min.

  • Audio (.mp3)

Zymurgy

(1998)

for computer music on tape.

10 min.
 

  • Zymurgy Website (with audio)


Choral Music

Dinosaur

(1993)

for Choir and Piano

4 min. 

winner of the 1993 Ithaca College/Theodore Presser Co. Composition Competition

Video score coming soon!

Magnificat & Nunc Dimitus

(2012)

for SATB and organ


  • FREE printable PDF*

Nachamu

(2000)

for SATB and piano/organ

6 min.


  • Full score PDF


Free Score PDF*


Mass of the Penitent Man

(2007)

for SATB and piano/organ

6 min.


  • Full score PDF


Free Score PDF*


Shema! (Hear!)

(2015)

for choir, tenor and soprano soloists, and organ. Commissioned by the Perkins MSM Program for their 55th Annual MSM Reunion, SMU. 


  • Video Score (YouTube)
  • Free Use Score (.pdf)*

The Voice in the Sky

(2012)

for SATB Chorus, flute and piano (2001)

written for the 2001 National Flute Association National Conference, Aug. 19, 2001, Dallas, TX 


  • Full score PDF

Free Score PDF*


Band/Wind Ensemble Music

Driven

(2002)

for Concert Band (Level V)


  • Scrollable Score (YouTube)

Legacy

(2004)

Commissioned for Paul Schmidt by the 2003-2004 8th Grade Band of DeWitt Perry Middle School.


  • Audio (.mp3)
  • Full Score (.pdf)


Metallic Origami

(2004)

for  8 Percussionists and narrator.

15 min. 

(recomposition of prior band work.  

Commissioned for Sam Houston High School (Arlington, TX) and the Sixth Floor Museum (Dallas).


I. Lucky Stars (Audio, .mp3) 

II. Silver Crane (Audio, .mp3) 

III. Steel Fortuneteller (Audio, .mp3) 

IV. Titanium Snowflakes (Audio, .mp3) 

V. Iron Dragon (Audio, .mp3)

While Mortals Sleep

(2017)

  • Premiere with Introduction (Meadows Wind Ensemble)
  • Preview Score (PDF)



Incidental Music

Incidental Music for "As You Like It"

(2000)

Add a description aboucommissioned by The University of North Texas Division of Dance and Drama. Performed in Denton, TX Dec. 2-8, 1999 & in Czech. Republic March, 2000t this item

Incidental Music for Pillars of Society

(2000)

Woodwind Quintet, Percussion, Chorus, and computer music on tape. commissioned by The University of North Texas Division of Dance and Drama. Performed in Denton, TX Dec. 2-8, 1999 & in Czech. Republic March, 2000.

Incidental Music for Dallas Through the Years

(2016)

Film by SMU Professor Ted Campbell

11 min.


  • Video

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