Ruth Scott Clark

Pianist, Composer

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Musical Compositions of Ruth Scott Clark  b. 1912 Pennsylvania, USA

                (lyrics by Ruth Scott Clark unless otherwise noted)

 I.                    Solo Voice and Piano

 The Bachelor Medium for High Voice Tenor (or Soprano)       keys C, Db Major

 Bells Rang for Me for High Voice and Piano,  Slowly & Freely l980

            with Flute ad lib             (for Rebecca)

            one version for solo voice and one version for voice and flute

 For This is Christmas Eve (Christmas Songs for Children)

Dance Around the Christmas Tree, key F Major

Jing Jang Bells (Song to Santa Clauses), key C Major

Church Bells (A Piano Solo -beginner’s category), key C Major

 Go By Bethlehem for High Voice (Soprano or Tenor) D Major, 6/8 Slowly-Legato

 Golden Years   High Voice, c minor Andante 3/4          l986  (for my Husband)

 Have a Happy

 Have you looked at the sky today?   Medium Voice,  Eb  Major 6/8

 If I Forget Medium voice, Ab  Major    Andante 4/4, l978        

            words by Ruth Margaret Gibbs

 I’ll Paint you a Rainbow – words by Grace Easley

 It’s Christmas Medium Voice, C Major, 4/4 Recitative & Refrain

 A Letter to Rhonda and her children (Children’s Song)

 Lookin’ fer My Love (Country Folk Song)

 Memories of a Child’s World   (Song Cycle composed for Rebecca on her birthday, 2000)

            (prize, National League American Pen Women, Florida chapter)

            Rose and I danced the Pas de Deux

            Eulogy for a Lost doll

            Grandpa kissed my hand

 My Joy Has Flown      High voice        g minor 4/4

 O Snow   High Voice, e minor ¾

 Sacrilege High voice, F# minor,  Andante 4/4  words by Rowena Bennett

 Speed ‘Em For Freedom

            published by Curtiss Wright Corp. Beaver, Pa. 1943

 Spring Rhapsody  High voice,  Ab, Major  Andante 9/8

 Such a Little Thing Can Make a Memory , Medium Voice Eb & E Major

            Andante 4/4  

Florida Conference NLAPW-l977, First Prize for Song

 When? (A Lover’s Lament)  Medium and High Voice, Eb Major, Andante 4/4

 Wherever You Are?  Medium Voice, g minor 6/8 Bolero (A Tango)

 The Wishing Song   High Voice, Eb Major, Playfully 4/4

 Victory March (Song for Victory),  F Major 4/4

 II. Piano Solo

 An Impression, a Walk in the City piano solo with a dramatic reading,

  f minor Andante con moto 4/4 (NLAPW Special Award 1993)

 Bluebird, Bluebird, a Piano Solo for Children (Variation on a Child’s Nursery rhyme)

            F Major, Marcato 4/4

 A Blues Nocturne for Piano Solo, Eb Major, 4/4 Andante 1996 for clarinet and piano

 Cathedral Echoes (1990) with flute

 Church Bells, a Piano Solo for Children (a canon with words, for Piano) C Major 4/4

            Beginner’s category 1

 Dance Around the Christmas Tree

 Dance with Me  e minor,  With Spirit 2/4

 Dancing Sprites for Beginner Piano,  G Major, 4/4  

Elegy for Piano Solo in e minor,  Legato ¾

 Fantasie in Db Major  Andante, Legato 4/4  

(NLAPW “Schine” Award, 1983, Florida State-National, NYC 1994, 1st in Piano Composition)

 Fantasie on a Spanish Theme f minor 1982  Allegro  Vivace ¾

             (NLAPW 1st Place, Piano Solo 1987)

 Improvisation for Solo Piano, 1932, Gb Major, 9/8

 A Lullaby  e minor Andante ¾

 Nocturne Pastorale (Andante Cantabile) Bb Major  3/4, 1965

 Prelude in c minor, 1932

 Reminiscence c minor, Animato 4/4

 A Song for Lilo (Elegy No. II) c minor, Andante ¾

 Step Lightly for Beginner Piano 2006, 6/8, F Major

 Time Passes - A Meditation for Piano e minor, Largo 9/8

 Wheels - An Impression for Piano Solo e minor,  Lento/Allegro Legato 2/4

  

III. Choral Music

 

Aim High for Community, We Have an Open Door

                Both published by Community Hospital, Montclair, NJ

 Beloved Let Us Love One Another, Anthem for SATB and piano accompaniment

Bb minor, Andante e Legato, 4/4           text: John I:4,7-12

 Christmas Spiritual for SSAA and Piano , Ab Major Andante Legato4/4

 Come Sing Noel for SATB and piano accompaniment, c minor Andante 4/4

 Go By Bethlehem, A Spiritual for SATB with piano accompaniment

            (also for SSAA with Baritone or Contralto solo,  l978)

            C Major 6/8 Adagio

 Have a Happy, A New Year’s Song  Eb Major With Spirit

SATB accapella (also SSA), l975 

 If I Forget       SATB with Piano Ab Major, 4/4, lyrics by Ruth Margaret Gibbs 1978

 It’s Christmas for SATB (also SSA) C Major, Rhythmically 4/4, 1981

 Revelations of St. John - Two Anthems for SATB and piano;  2000

            And I saw the Lamb,  The Visions of St. John

 Spring Rhapsody  SATB (and piano), Ab Major, Andante 9/8,

 Tend Them Well (A Memorial Hymn to the Soldiers of the American Revolution)

            b minor 4/4 sponsored by the Morris County American Revolution Bicentennial Committee

 IV. Miscellaneous Instrumental  Music

 Blues Nocturne for Clarinet and Piano  Andante, 6/8 Bb Major l994

              (NLAPW prize 1995)

 Blues Nocturne for Flute (or Oboe) and Piano Andante, 6/8, Eb Major 1995

 Cathedral Echoes for Flute and Piano  Eb Major & F Major, ¾- 4/4, Andante l991

 Elegy for Solo Flute and Piano  e minor, ¾, Largetto

 Elegy for Two Flutes and Piano  e minor, ¾, Largetto

 Overture to “Tend Them Well” - arr. for piano solo and band 

Rhapsody in Db Major for Solo Violin  1998 (arrangement of the song “When”)          

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