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Concerto for String Quartet and
Orchestra
Three Places of Enlightenment
I. From Within
II. From Afar
III. From All Around and Radiating Ever
Outward
Instrumentation: 3 (3rd
pic)-3-3-3, 4-3-3-1, timp,
3 perc, hp, pf, solo string
quartet, str
String Quartet
25 minutes
SP 145
FULL SCORE
 
Music for Contrasts
Commissioned by the Minnesota State Arts Board Premiere: 1980, The Bakken Quartet,
Minneapolis, Minnesota
String Quartet
15 minutes
EAM
How to Order
String Quartet No. 2
Full Score and Parts

Commissioned by Dr. Mark Allen Everett for the Quartet Oklahoma
Premiere: April 13, 1987,
Norman, Oklahoma

String Quartet
20 minutes
SP 372
Quartessence
Full Score and Parts
Commissioned by Linda and Jack Hoeschler for the Cleveland Quartet
Premiere: October 5, 1990,
The Corcoran Gallery,
Washington, D.C.
String Quartet
20 minutes
SP 134
 
Bagatelles
Full Score and Part

Commissioned by Emory University for William Preucil, Violin, and William Ransom, Piano
Premiere: February 9, 1990, in
Atlanta, Georgia

Violin and Piano
12 minutes
SP 338
Partita
Commissioned by Linda and
Jack Hoeschler for William Preucil, Violin, and Arthur Rowe, Piano
Premiere: July 29, 1986, at the
Santa Fe Chamber Music
Festival
Violin and Piano
22 minutes
SP 367
Partita Appassionata

Commissioned by Linda and
Jack Hoeschler for William Preucil, Violin, and Arthur Rowe, Piano
Premiere: July 5, 1996, at the
Seattle Chamber Music Festival

Violin and Piano
22 minutes
SP 366
Air on Seurat
Commissioned by the
National Society of Arts
and Letters

Premiere: May 15, 1992, at
the National Cello Competition
Arizona State University,
Phoenix, Arizona
'Cello and Piano
7 minutes
SP 143
 
American Vignettes

I.  The Dying Cowboy
II.  Whoa Back, Buck
III.  The Water Is Wide
IV.  Sweet Betsy From Pike
V.  Single Girl
VI.  She'll Be Coming
'Round the Mountain
Commissioned by Linda and Jack Hoeschler for
Tanya Remenikova, Cello,
and Alexander Braginsky,
Piano
Premiere: March 1, 1988, at
the Saarbrucken Festival,
Germany
'Cello and Piano
18 minutes
SP 115
 
Art Suite

I.  Breughel
II.  Degas
III.  Seurat
IV.   Rivers  
I. Breughel, II. Degas, III.
Seurat, IV. Rivers
Commissioned by David
and Judy Ranheim
Premiere: April 3, 1999
Bjorn Ranheim, Cello
Cleveland Institute of Music
Cleveland, Ohio
'Cello and Piano
15 minutes
SP 337
 
Banchetto Musicale

I. Intrada,
II. Paduoana,
III. Gagliarada,
IV. Corrente,
V. Air,
VI. Allemande/Tripla
Commissioned by Gloria and Fred Sewell for
Laura Sewell, Cello, and
Thelma Hunter, Piano
Premiere: April 21, 1981,
The House of Hope
Presbyterian Church
St. Paul, Minnesota
'Cello and Piano
12 minutes
SP 339
 
Images of Time
Present/Time Past
Commissioned by the Board of
Directors of Music in the Park Series in celebration of the 20th anniversary season Julie Himmelstrup, Director and Founder

Premiere: May 9, 1999
Michael Sutton, Violin
Joseph Johnson, Cello
Thelma Hunter, Piano
Piano, Violin and Cello
  SP 349
 
Life Motifs

Full Score and Parts
Commissioned by Dr. Mark Allen
Everett for Trio Fontenay of Germany
Premiere: November 10, 1988, in
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Piano, Violin and Cello
12 minutes
SP 113
Music of the Night

Full Score and Parts
Commissioned by Oglethorpe
University for the Lanier Trio
Premiere: February 3,1992, at
Oglethorpe University, Atlanta, Georgia
Piano, Violin and Cello
15 minutes
SP 363
Fantasy in Three Parts
-for Flute and Guitar


I. Rhapsody
II. Elegy  
III. Toccata
Commissioned by Susan Hedling
Premiere: October 15, 1989, in St.
Paul, Minnesota
Susan Hedling, Flute
Jeffrey Van, Guitar
Flute and Guitar
15 minutes
SP 141
 
Four Conversations
w/Guitar

Solo Guitar
I. Invite
II. Repartee
III. Solace
IV. Meander
A work for students
Commissioned by guitarist Jeffrey Van
Published by Cavata Music (CMP
1001)
Solo Guitar
8 minutes
CMP 101
Two Moments for
Guitar
I. Lento
II. Agitato
Published by Carl Fischer
Solo Guitar
6 minutes
CM 05023
Inscriptions for Two
Harps
Commissioned by Lynne Aspnes
Two Harps
12 minutes
SP 351
 
Berceuse

4th movement from
"DIVERTIMENTO for
Harp and Chamber
Orchestra"
Commissioned by Betty and David
Price
Harp and Chamber Orchestra
5 minutes
EAM
How to Order
A Summer's Love for
Solo Harp
An instrumental adaptation of the
love duet between Charity Royall and
Lucius Harney from Act I of
Paulus's opera
"SUMMER," based on the novella of the same name by Edith Wharton
Solo Harp
4 minutes
SP 402
How to Order
Concerto for Brass
Quintet

I
. Dramatic,
II. Pensive,
III. Fiery

SCORE AND PARTS
Commissioned by the Walter W. Naumburg Foundation for
The Saturday Brass Quintet
Premiere: April 2, 1991, at Tully Hall, New York

"The Saturday Brass Quintet, a resident ensemble at the Manhattan School of Music, won the Naumburg Chamber Music Award in 1990.  Its prize included a concert and a commissioned work...The new work was
Stephen Paulus's Concerto for Brass Quintet, a gripping, accessibly tonal score with energetic outer movements...and a slow but tense central movement. -Allan Kozinn, The New York Times
Brass Quintet 15 minutes
SP 151
FULL SCORE $60.00


Centennial Fanfare

SCORE AND PARTS
Brass, 2 Trumpets, 3 Trombones (3rd tenor/bass), & Snare Drum
Brass Quintet 2 minutes
SP 376
SCORE AND PARTS
$35.00

Landmark Fanfare

SCORE AND PARTS
Brass Quintet
Commissioned by Mrs. John F. Alden for the opening of
Landmark Center, St. Paul, Minnesota, 1978
Brass Quintet 1/2 minutes
SP 352
SCORE AND PARTS
$35.00

Fanfare: UMN 150

Brass Quintet
Commissioned in 2000 by the University of Minnesota Sesquicentennial Committee
to celebrate the University's 150th Anniversary
Brass Quintet 1/2 minutes
SP 393bq
SCORE AND PARTS
$30.00

Ordway Fanfare

Brass Quintet
Premiere: St. Paul, Minnesota
For the opening of the Ordway Music Theatre,
1984
Brass Quintet 1 1/2 minutes
SP 365
SCORE AND PARTS
$25.00

Duo for Clarinet and Piano
Clarinet and Piano
Premiere: Minnesota
Composers Forum in May,
1974
The Walker Art Center,
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Clarinet and Piano 5 minutes
SP 344
 
Courtship Songs

Flute, Oboe, Cello and
Piano

I. Proclamation
II. Greeting
III. Courtship
IV. Betrothal
V. Celebration
Flute, Oboe, Cello & Piano

Commissioned by Linda and Jack
Hoeschler
Premiere: August 29, 1981, St. Paul,
Minnesota  


Recordings: d'Note Classics/DND
1037, St. Paul Sinfonietta, and
Innova 539 "A Chamber Fantasy" with
Jane Garvin, Merilee Klemp, Mina
Fisher, Jill Dawe  
Flute, Oboe, Cello & Piano
 
17 minutes
SP 114
 
Dramatic Suite

Flute, Violin, Viola, Cello
and Piano

I. Electric
II. Dark
III. Playful
IV. Volatile
V. Desolate
Commissioned by the Minnesota
Commissioning Club
for The Chamber Music Society of
Lincoln Center

Premiere: February 6, 1996
The Chamber Music Society of
Lincoln Center, St. Cloud, Minnesota
Flute, Violin, Viola, Cello
and Piano

24 minutes
SP 121
Score and Parts
 
Exotic Etudes

Solo Viola, String
Quartet and Piano

I. Energetic,
II. Dark & Austere,
III. Shimering,
IV. Melodious,
V. Vibrant
Premiere: March 12, 2000, Tucson
Chamber Music Festival
Cynthia Phelps, Viola
Tucson, Arizona
Solo Viola, String
Quartet and Piano
22 minutes
SP 346
 
Seven for the Flowers
Near the River

Viola and Piano

I. Prelude,
II. Air,
III. Caprice,
IV. Berceuse,
V. Bergomask,
VI. Lament,
VII. Toccata
Commissioned by Linda and Jack
Hoeschler for
Cynthia Phelps, Viola, and Warren
Jones, Piano

Premiere: October 24, 1988, at Tully
Hall, New York  

Recordings: Cala Records, CACD
0510, Cynthia Phelps, viola; and
Gasparo GSCD-301, The Lanier Trio,
www.laniertrio.org
Viola and Piano
19 minutes
SP 116
 
Seven Miniatures

Violin, Viola and Cello

I. Prelude
II. Air
III. Caprice
IV. Berceuse
V. Bergomask
VI. Lament
VII. Toccata  
Violin, Viola and 'Cello
Commissioned by Ensemble
Capriccio of Minneapolis
Premiere: November 12, 1989
The Walker Art Center, Minneapolis,
Minnesota  

Recording: by Ensemble Capriccio,
Titanic Recordings Ti 231
Violin, Viola and 'Cello

21 minutes
SP 120