Piano scores for the works in this collection are available from www.CreativeSpiritOnline.com.

Contemporary Works for Solo Piano (Scores are available for viewing or purchase)

Contemporary Works for Orchestra (Scores are available for viewing or purchase)

Scores for the works in this collection are available from www.CreativeSpiritOnline.com.

Contemporary Works for Chamber Ensemble (Scores are available for viewing or purchase)

These four passacaglie were recently mastered using Soundcloud's mastering service. Hope you enjoy them.

Scores and string parts are available for each of the four movements from www.CreativeSpiritOnline.com

Passacaglia Suite for String Orchestra (Newly Mastered and Published)

"Sinfonietta" was completed in April 2021. The work is scored for Wind Septet (consisting of Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Bassoon, Trumpet, and Horn), Timpani, and String Orchestra.

This recording was mastered by eMastered: eMastered.com/profile/robtjbrooks

The score and parts will be available soon from Creative Spirit Online.

"Sinfonietta" is roughly based on material from the composer's "Piano Sonata No. 6" and "Passacaglia", two works originally conceived and composed as part of one multi-movement work for piano.

Sinfonietta for Wind Septet, Timpani, and String Orchestra (mastered by eMastered.com)

Performance Notes and Information

“Double Sonata No. 2” was completed in September, 2021 in Fairview, TX. 

The work is in one movement. Performance time is about 15 minutes. 

Mastered by eMastered.com. Click eMastered.com/profile/robtjbrooks to access the composer's library on eMastered.com

If you or your organization is interested in premiering this work please contact the composer. To view or order printed music please go to www.creativespiritonline.com/product/pi…brillante/.

Printed and electronic copies of the score and clarinet part are available from www.CreativeSpiritOnline.com,   Just click on the "View/Purchase" link above.

Performance notes:
•	Tempo, expression, and dynamic markings should be strictly observed.
•	Required pedaling is marked in the score but additional pedaling may be applied as needed.
•	There is no key signature. Accidentals apply to the end of the measure or to the note tied over the measure, and only to notes of the same pitch class, in the same octave.
•	Hairpin pairs (e.g.: <>, >< ) indicate a temporary volume change of one dynamic level
•	Passages marked fff and ppp indicate playing as loudly and as quietly as possible, respectively.

Contact information: 
Email: robtjbrooks@yahoo.com, 
Web: www.soundcloud.com/robert-john-brooks
Web: www.CreativeSpiritOnline.com

View/Purchase Score

Double Sonata No. 2 for Bb Clarinet and Piano (mastered by eMastered.com)

“Peregrine Variations, Sinfonia Concertante for Bb Clarinet and Orchestra” was completed in October, 2021 in Fairview, TX.  The work is in one movement. Performance time is about 16 ¾ minutes. 
Creative Spirit Online: "Subtitled Sinfonia Concertante, this is a stunning, challenging new major work for clarinet and orchestra, by Dallas-based composer Robert John Brooks.

"Soundcloud listeners to the demo recording have characterized it as 'flying, gliding, hovering, grasping, plummeting: a colorful life of a raptorial bird; the harmonies are warm in spite of dissonances, transitions are liquid, vivid.'”

Printed and electronic copies of the score and parts are available for your viewing or purchase from www.CreativeSpiritOnline.com. 

Performance notes:
•	Tempo, expression, and dynamic markings should be strictly observed.
•	There is no key signature. Accidentals apply to the end of the measure or to the note tied over the measure, and only to notes of the same pitch class, in the same octave.
•	Hairpin pairs (e.g.: <>, >< ) indicate a temporary volume change of one dynamic level
•	The score is transposed.
•	Double Basses with C-extensions are assumed.

Orchestra:
1 Piccolo, 2 Flutes, 2 Oboes, 1 English Horn, 1 Eb Clarinet, 2 Bb Clarinets, 1 Bass Clarinet, 2 Bassoons, 1 Contrabassoon, 4 F Horns, 2 C Trumpets, 2 Tenor Trombones, 1 Bass Trombone, 1 Tuba, Timpani,
Percussion (Snare drum, Bass drum, Triangle, Crash cymbal, Suspended cymbal, Tam-tam, Large gong, Medium gong), Solo Bb Clarinet, Strings

About this recording:
The present virtual recording was produced using Finale 27.3 and the Garratin Personal Orchestra 5 virtual instrument library.  For the best listening experience, high quality headphones are recommended. This recording was mastered by EMastered. https://EMastered.com/profile/robtjbrooks

Contact information: 
Email: robtjbrooks@yahoo.com
Web: www.soundcloud.com/robert-john-brooks
Web: www.CreativeSpiritOnline.com
Web: eMastered.com/profile/robtjbrooks

Peregrine Variations, Sinfonia Concertante for Bb Clarinet and Orchestra (Mastered by eMastered.com)

Serenade To Yesteryear, a symphonic poem for chamber orchestra

From Creative Spirit Online: "The seventh of Robert John Brooks’s piano sonatas; stunning, challenging works of atonal, abstract musical art. No. 7 is in three movements; intense, almost Baroque in its contrapuntal texture, with a masterful sense of cadence, and textural/dynamic/emotional contrast."

“Piano Sonata No. 7” was completed in May, 2022 in Fairview, TX.  
The work is in three movement with only a slight pause between movements. 

Performance time is about 17 3/4 minutes. 

Printed and electronic copies of this work will be available from www.CreativeSpiritOnline.com

This recording was produced using the Concert D Grand Piano virtual library from Garritan Personal Orchestra 5. Mastered by eMastered.com. Click eMastered.com/profile/robtjbrooks to access the composer's library on eMastered.com

If you or your organization is interested in premiering this work please contact the composer. To view or order printed music please go to www.creativespiritonline.com/product/pi…brillante/.

The tile artwork, "Mellow Yellow" by Barbara Ponder-Brooks, was used with the artist's permission.

Performance notes:
•	Tempo, expression, and dynamic markings should be strictly observed.
•	Required pedaling is marked in the score but additional pedaling may be applied as needed.
•	There is no key signature. Accidentals apply to the end of the measure or to the note tied over the measure, and only to notes of the same pitch class, in the same octave.
•	Hairpin pairs (e.g.: mp <>, mf ><) indicate a temporary volume change of one dynamic level.
•	Passages marked  fff  or ppp  indicate playing as loudly and as quietly as possible, respectively.

Piano Sonata No.7 (mastered by eMastered.com)

“Second Passacaglia for String Orchestra” was completed in July, 2022 in Fairview, TX. 

From the composer's publisher Creative Spirit OnLine: "Brooks’s Second Passacaglia unfolds broodingly over a 17-bar, slowly moving bass line in cellos and basses, while the variations above increase in movement and intensity until finally arriving at a subdued and haunting final cadence."

The work is in one movement. Performance time is about 10 minutes. 
Printed and electronic scores and parts are available from www.CreativeSpiritOnline.com
A virtual recording of this work is posted on www.soundcloud.com/robert-john-brooks.

Performance notes:
•	Tempo, expression, and dynamic markings should be strictly observed.
•	There is no key signature. Accidentals apply to the end of the measure or to the note or notes tied over the measure, and only to notes of the same pitch class, in the same octave.
•	Hairpin pairs (e.g.: mp <>, mf ><) indicate a temporary volume change of one dynamic level.
•	Passages marked  fff  or ppp  indicate playing as loudly and as quietly as possible, respectively.
•	Double-bass “C-extension” is required.

Contact information: 
Email: robtjbrooks@yahoo.com 
Web: www.soundcloud.com/robert-john-brooks
Web: www.CreativeSpiritOnline.com

Second Passacaglia for String Orchestra

“Third Passacaglia for String Orchestra” was completed in August, 2022 in Fairview, TX.  The work is in one movement. Performance time is about 10 minutes.  

Printed and electronic copies of the score and parts for this work are available from www.CreativeSpiritOnline.com

Performance notes:
•	Tempo, expression, and dynamic markings should be strictly observed.
•	There is no key signature. Accidentals apply to the end of the measure or to the note or notes tied over the measure, and only to notes of the same pitch class, in the same octave.
•	Hairpin pairs (e.g.: mp <>, mf ><) indicate a temporary volume change of one dynamic level.
•	Passages marked  fff  or ppp  indicate playing as loudly and as quietly as possible, respectively.
•	Double-bass “C-extension” is required.

Third Passacaglia for String Orchestra - "Appassionata"

“Fourth Passacaglia for String Orchestra”  was completed in October, 2022 in Fairview, TX. The work is in one movement. Performance time is about 9 minutes. A mastered virtual recording of this work is posted at www.soundcloud.com/robert-john-brooks. Printed and electronic copies of the score and instrumental parts are available from www.CreativeSpiritOnline.com.

Performance notes:
•	Tempo, expression, and dynamic markings should be strictly observed.
•	There is no key signature. Accidentals apply to the end of the measure or to the note or notes tied over the measure, and only to notes of the same pitch class, in the same octave.
•	Hairpin pairs (e.g.: mp <>, mf ><) indicate a temporary volume change of one dynamic level.
•	Passages marked  fff  or ppp  indicate playing as loudly and as quietly as possible, respectively.
•	Double-bass “C-extension” is required.

Contact information: 
Robert John Brooks,  Fairview, Texas USA
Email: robtjbrooks@yahoo.com
Web: www.soundcloud.com/robert-john-brooks
Web: www.CreativeSpiritOnline.com

Engraving by the composer
Artwork by the composer
Copyright 2022

Fourth Passacaglia for String Orchestra

www.CreativeSpiritOnline.com: "Like all of Brooks’s works, 'Airs & Recitations' is a virtuosic construction of densely complex rhythms and rigorous, dissonant pitch combinations. The marvel of it is: there’s tenderness and expressive lyricism packed into his highly organized musical language."

“Airs and Recitations” was completed in December, 2022 in Fairview, TX. The work is in three movements: Andante con moto, Largo espressivo, and Andante con brio.  Performance time is about 18 minutes. Printed and electronic copies of the score and instrumental parts are available for purchase from www.CreativeSpiritOnline.com.

About this recording:
The present virtual recording was produced using Finale 27.3 and the Garritan
n Personal Orchestra 5 virtual instrument library. For the best listening experience, high quality headphones are recommended. This recording was mastered by EMastered. EMastered.com/profile/robtjbrooks

"Airs and Recitations" is an approximate transcription of the composer's seventh piano sonata, also posted here on SoundCloud.

Instrumentation:
    Flute, Oboe, English Horn, Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Bassoon, Horn, Trumpet, Bass Trombone, and Strings

Performance notes:
•	Tempo, expression, and dynamic markings should be strictly observed.
•	There is no key signature. Accidentals apply to the end of the measure or to the note or notes tied over the measure, and only to notes of the same pitch class, in the same octave.
•	Hairpin pairs (e.g.: mp <>, mf ><) indicate a temporary volume change of one dynamic level.
•	Passages marked  fff  or ppp  indicate playing as loudly and as quietly as possible, respectively.
•	Double-bass “C-extension” is required.

Contact information: 
Robert John Brooks,  Fairview, Texas USA
Email: robtjbrooks@yahoo.com
Web: www.CreativeSpiritOnline.com
Web: eMastered.com/profile/robtjbrooks

Engraving by the composer
Artwork by the composer
Copyright 2022

View/Buy Score & Parts

Airs and Recitations - Fantasy for 9 Soloists and Strings (Now published at Creative Spirit Online)

Piano Sonata No. 8

“Piano Sonata No. 8” was completed in November, 2023 in Fairview, TX.  This work was mastered by EMastered.com.  Publication soon.

The work is in three movements with only a slight pause between movements: Andante Rondo, Lento, Andante Rondo

Performance time is about 18 1/2 minutes. 

Printed and electronic copies of this work will be available from www.CreativeSpiritOnline.com soon.

Piano Sonata No. 8

Piano Sonata No. 8 (Now published at CreativeSpiritOnline.com)

About this recording:
The present virtual recording was produced using Finale 27.3 and the 
Garritan Personal Orchestra 5 virtual instrument library. For the best listening experience, high quality headphones are recommended. This recording was mastered by EMastered. EMastered.com/profile/robtjbrooks

Meadow Spring (Woodwind Quintet No. 5)

Four In Winter for Saxophone Quartet

"Noir Suite" is a four-movement work for Wind Quintet. The intent of each movement, or "scene", is to  convey an ethos similar to that often found in the 1940's detective movie genre where the musical style is dramatic and often expressionist.

About this recording:
The present virtual recording was produced using Finale 27.3 and the Garritan
Personal Orchestra 5 virtual instrument library. For the best listening experience, high quality headphones are recommended. This recording was mastered by EMastered. EMastered.com/profile/robtjbrooks

Woodwind Quintet No. 4 - "Noir Suite: Film Music In Search of a Film"

The first of Robert John Brooks’s seven single-movement piano sonatas; skillfully crafted, challenging atonal works of musical art.

Mastered by eMastered.com.  Click eMastered.com/profile/robtjbrooks to access the composer's library on eMastered.com

View Piano Score

Piano Sonata No. 1 (mastered by eMastered.com)

Robert Brooks’s single movement sonata is a challenging and highly nuanced tour de force for both clarinetist and pianist, and a roller-coaster ride for listeners.

Recording mastered by eMastered.com. Click eMastered.com/profile/robtjbrooks to access the composer's library on eMastered.com.

Score available from Creative Spirit Online. Please go to
https://www.creativespiritonline.com/product/double-sonata-for-clarinet-and-piano/ for information and viewing.

View Score

Double Sonata for Clarinet and Piano (mastered by eMastered,com)

"Turbulence, a Concert Etude for Chamber Orchestra" was written in 1975 as my Master's Thesis, revised and engraved in 2008, and revised again in 2017. It is scored for single winds and brass (wind septet) and full string orchestra.

Final revision uploaded 10/27/2017.

Turbulence, a Concert Etude for Chamber Orchestra

This work was revised and recorded on 2/12/2022

Imps and Ogres, Apparitions for String Orchestra

Sinfonia Anglaise was composed in 2018 in Honor and Remembrance of Ralph Vaughan Williams on the 60th Anniversary of his death.

Sinfonia Anglaise (mastered by eMastered,com)

Journey To Dark Castle, Symphonic Poem for Orchestra (mastered by eMastered.com)

Creative Spirit Online: "Moody and expressive, this single-movement sonata is an atonal tour de force, with repeated chord passages and parallel octave phrases serving as roadmarks within its incredibly dense and varied texture."

Mastered by eMastered.com.  Click eMastered.com/profile/robtjbrooks to access the composer's library on eMastered.com

Piano Sonata No. 3: Metamorphic Variations (mastered by eMastered.com)

“Mosaic Concerto” is an orchestral transcription of my original work for piano and string orchestra: "Mosaic" (also posted here on SC).

Printed scores are available.

The work is in one movement. Performance time is about 11.5 minutes.

“Mosaic Concerto” is scored for solo piano and standard symphony orchestra.

This recording was mastered by eMastered - eMastered.com/profile/robtjbrooks

Mosaic Concerto, for Piano and Orchestra (mastered by eMastered.com)

This single-movement sonata by composer Robert John Brooks effectively contrasts frantic, rapidly  unfolding sections of two-voice counterpoint with more poignant, introspective chordal sections. The harmonic language is atonal, and the rhythmic idiom is incredibly varied and skillfully wrought.

Mastered by eMastered.com.  Click eMastered.com/profile/robtjbrooks to access the composer's library on eMastered.com

Piano Sonata No. 4:  Contrapunctus (mastered by eMastered,com)

Mastered by eMastered.com. Click eMastered.com/profile/robtjbrooks to access the composer's library on eMastered.com

Winter Silhouette for 13-piece orchestra (mastered by eMastered.com)

Mastered by EMastered.com - eMastered.com/profile/robtjbrooks

Concerto Primavera for Bb Clarinet, Piano and String Orchestra (mastered by eMastered.com)

Metamorphic Variations was completed in February 2020 and is scored for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, English Horn, Bass Clarinet, Bassoon, French Horn, Trumpet, Trombone, and Tuba.

Mastered by eMastered.com. Click eMastered.com/profile/robtjbrooks to access the composer's library on eMastered.com

If you or your organization is interested in premiering this work please contact the composer. To view or order printed music please go to www.creativespiritonline.com/product/pi…brillante/.

The tile artwork, "Mellow Yellow" by Barbara Ponder-Brooks, was used with the artist's permission.

If your group is interested in premiering this work please contact the composer for scores and parts.

Metamorphic Variations for Wind Ensemble (mastered by eMastered.com)

Creative Spirit Online: "Neurasthenia, Episodes for Chamber Ensemble was completed in 2020. Scored for a 10-piece ensemble (flute, oboe, clarinet, bass clarinet, bassoon, horn, trumpet, viola, cello and bass) it is a challenging, colorful, and tightly organized atonal work in one movement, with episodes deliniated by dramatic changes in tempo and texture. This is serious, thoughtful music."

Recording mastered by eMastered.com.  Go to eMastered.com/profile/robtjbrooks to access the composers eMastered library.

Score and parts are available from Creative Spirit Online. Please go to
https://www.creativespiritonline.com/product/neurasthenia-for-chamber-ensemble/ for information and viewing.

If your group is interested in premiering this work please contact the composer.  Score and parts available from Creative Spirit Online.

Artwork by the composer.

View Ensemble Score

Neurasthenia, Episodes for Chamber Ensemble (mastered by eMastered.com)

Creative Spirit Online: "Contrapunctus II for Wind Ensemble was completed in 2020 and is a transcription by the composer of his Sonata No. 4  for piano. This wind ensemble version is scored for flute, oboe, English horn, Bb clarinet, bass clarinet, bassoon, French horn, C trumpet, trombone, and tuba. It is a challenging, even virtuosic foray into colorful and continually evolving instrumental combinations, unified by a highly rhythmic texture with moments of lyricism."

Recording mastering done by eMastered.com.  Click on eMastered.com/profile/robtjbrooks to access the composer's eMastered library.

Score and parts are available from Creative Spirit Online. Please go to
https://www.creativespiritonline.com/product/contrapunctus-ii-for-wind-ensemble/ for information and viewing.

If your organization is interested in premiering this work please contact the composer. Score and parts available from Creative Spirit Online.

The tile artwork, "Wrapped in Red" by Barbara Ponder-Brooks, was used with the artist's permission.

Contrapunctus II For Wind Ensemble (mastered by eMastered.com)

Creative Spirit Online: "A single movement sonata with deftly crafted contrasting sections: dark and restive, but with grace and elegance. This is an intensely expressive major work."

"Piano Sonata No. 5: Toccata Brillante" was completed in August 2020.

Mastered by eMastered.com. Click eMastered.com/profile/robtjbrooks to access the composer's library on eMastered.com

If you or your organization is interested in premiering this work please contact the composer. To view or order printed music please go to https://www.creativespiritonline.com/product/piano-sonata-no-5-toccata-brillante/.

The tile artwork, "Mellow Yellow" by Barbara Ponder-Brooks, was used with the artist's permission.

Piano Sonata No. 5: Toccata Brillante (mastered by eMastered,com)

“Gordian Suite - Eleven Knots for String Orchestra” was completed in September, 2020 in Fairview, TX. 

Mastering performed by eMastered.com. See other eMastered works by the composer at eMastered.com/profile/robtjbrooks.

Printed scores and parts are available from the composer. 

The work consists of eleven “knots” or sections progressing from one to the next without pause. 

Performance time is about 17 1/4 minutes. 

Gordian Suite is based on the composer’s “Piano Sonata No. 5: Toccata Brillante."

If your organization is interested in premiering this work please contact the composer via SoundCloud messaging.

Gordian Suite - Eleven Knots for String Orchestra (mastered by eMastered.com)

In memory of Bernard Herrmann - died December 24, 1975.

Creative Spirit Online: "Lush harmonies and finely wrought counterpoint characterize this one-movement, introspective, expressive essay for string orchestra."

Score and parts are available from Creative Spirit Online. Please go to
https://www.creativespiritonline.com/product/passacaglia-for-strings/ for information and viewing.

If your group is interested in premiering this work please contact the composer.  Score and parts are available from Creative Spirit Online.

Passacaglia for String Orchestra - In Memory of Bernard Herrmann

Creative Spirit Online: "The sixth of Robert John Brooks’s challenging and intense single-movement piano sonatas; atonal works of musical art. No. 6 is perhaps the most lyrical, even sensitive at times, with a masterful sense of cadence, phrasing and textural/emotional contrast."

Mastered by eMastered.com. Click eMastered.com/profile/robtjbrooks to access the composer's library on eMastered.com

If you or your organization is interested in premiering this work please contact the composer. To view or order printed music please go to www.creativespiritonline.com/product/pi…brillante/.

The tile artwork, "Mellow Yellow" by Barbara Ponder-Brooks, was used with the artist's permission.

Piano score is available from Creative Spirit Online. Please go to
https://www.creativespiritonline.com/product/piano-sonata-no-6/ for information and viewing.

Piano Sonata No. 6 - Scherzo Fantasia (mastered by eMastered.com)

Thanks for visiting. 
Scores and parts for many of my works are available from my publisher Creative Spirit Music Publications. Go to  https://www.creativespiritonline.com and select on "Robert John Brooks." There, you can also follow the score while listening to a recording.

My music is fully notated and is intended for live performance by live musicians.

After completing my doctorate in composition in 1979 from UNT, I took 30 years off from composing to join the computer software revolution as a software engineer.  In 2010 I began composing again and have not stopped. So, I find myself beginning (restarting?) a composition career rather late in life...but that's OK.  Most of the works posted here were written since 2010. 

Thanks for visiting.

Robert John Brooks, Composer

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