Compositions by Harold Brown:
Parts to the 1932+ quartet second movement and the 1930 woodwind trio are available from Sig Rosen; see "Contact Us" on our Home page.

Most of Harold's scores and parts are at the American Composers Alliance archive, at University of Md. College Park. To schedule an appointment to view the scores, contact:
Vincent J. Novara
Curator, Special Collections in Performing Arts
Michelle Smith Performing Arts Library
University of Maryland College Park
vnovara(at)umd.edu (Change "(at)" to an At-sign)
tel 301-405-9220, fax 301-314-7170

Or you may contact at the same location:
Leahkim Gannett, Special Collections Manager
leahkim(at)umd.edu 301-314-7614

Click here for List of ACA Harold Brown holdings at U.Md.

Renaissance performance editions by Harold Brown:
Performance editions, many in Harold's hand, may be obtained from the Renaissance Chorus Assoc. To inquire about availability and cost, see "Contact Us" on our Home page.

Manuscript title page and page 1 in Harold's hand, said to be a transcription of a Frescobaldi Passacaglia and Fugue. Held by the Free Library of Philadelphia (see Links page).

Sample pages from Renaissance Chorus Series of Masses

Samples of sheet music by Joel during Vietnam war

Early performers of Harold Brown compositions:
Leonard Sharrow played in the first recording listed (1938) of "Two Experiments for Flute."
Ralph McLane was the Clarinetist for that 1938 performance.

Harold Brown Compositions:

"Choral Setting No. 1" on Gerard Manley Hopkins text "No worst, there is none" (1940):
Musical Score:  JPG   PDF
Memorial Concert, Dec. 9, 1979, directed by Joel Meltz
Canby Singers, February 2002, directed by Sheila Schonbrun

"Two Experiments for Flute, Clarinet and Bassoon" (1931), performed by Katharine Flanders, flute, Joseph Stone, clarinet, and Dolores Rumore, bassoon, Dec. 9, 1979:
I  Andante sostenuto
II Scherzo

Interlude from Orchestral Suite #1 (1940), directed by Howard Hanson October 28, 1943 at Eastman School of Music, with introduction by Mr. Hanson.

"Sylvia" (1948) on the poem by John Dryden, performed by Evelyn Simon, soprano, and John Van Buskirk, piano, Dec. 9, 1979

Four Symphonic Movements (1950). Also called "Second Symphony" - ACA #5036 at U.Md. The first three were recorded at a reading by Howard Hanson at Eastman School of Music Nov. 6, 1951. Because of illness, parts for the fourth movement were not ready for Hanson's reading; it has been realized in MIDI by Louis Lantz.
I    Slow
II   Variation
III  Variation II, Agitato
IV  Andante Sostenuto

Recordings of the Renaissance Chorus:

BAROQUE 9002: Josquin: Missa Une musque de Biscaye: Kyrie; Gloria; Credo; Sanctus; Benedictus; Agnus Dei. View Liner Notes.

BAROQUE 9003: Martini: Magnificat secundi toni; Ockeghem: Credo Sine Nomine; Obrecht: Missa Je ne Demande: Gloria, Credo. View Liner Notes

BAROQUE 9004: Ockeghem: Missa Mi-Mi: Kyrie; Gloria; Credo; Sanctus; Agnus Dei. Jacob Obrecht: Missa Salve diva parens: Kyrie. View Liner Notes

BAROQUE 9005: Finck: Missa de Beata Virgine. View Liner Notes

ESOTERIC/COUNTERPOINT/EVEREST 546: Motets from Choralis Constantinus of Isaac: Introit1, int2, verse2, int3, ver3, int4, ver4, alleluja verse, sequence1-3, seq1-4, seq2-4, seq2-6, communion 5; Ruffo: Adoramus te; Tallis: Magnificat; Josquin: Misericordias Domini; Hassler: Ad Dominum cum tribularer clamavi; Palestrina: Exultate Deo. View Liner Notes