COMPOSITIONS 

Works for Flute

Arupadhatu: The Formless World for flute duet (2004, rev. 2018) 2 minutes.

Sonata Franckoniana for flute, oboe, clarinet, and piano (2015) 12 minutes.

Homage on a theme of Leonard Rosenman for flute choir (2015) 7 minutes.

Homage to Merula, flute and clarinet (2014) 6 minutes.

Night in the Tropics, L.M. Gottschalk, arranged for flute choir, Robert Fruehwald (2014) 8 minutes.
 

River: Lake Itaska to New Orleans and the Gulf for seven flutes (2013) (based on work below) 5 min.
 

Hymntunes X: on Simple Gifts for eight flutes (2012) 7 min.

Sonata O’Carolan for piccolo & piano (2011) 14 min.

Hymntunes IX: Foster from Missouri Harmony for alto flute and piano (2011) 6 minutes.

Hymntunes VIII on Elizabethan Christmas Songs for three flutes & piano, with optional crotales (2010) 11 min.

Hymntunes V: Seikilos Song for five flutes & clappers (2000, rev. 2010) 7 min.

Hymntunes VII: In Memoriam Marie Mountain Clark for flute & piano (2010) 7 min.

River for two flutes and chamber orchestra (2009) 7 minutes.

Sonata Mozartiana for flute and piano (2009) 20 minutes.

Musiques Bizarres for piccolo and piano (2009), version for piccolo and CD (2015) 12 minutes.

 Amigos for solo flute (2005) 8 minutes.

Three Turkish Preludes for solo flute (2003) 9 minutes.

Midlothian Madness for flute, oboe, and percussion (2001) 15 minutes.

Duo on Bulgarian Folksongs for flute and guitar (2000-2002) 9 minutes.

Hymntunes VI on melodies by David Smith for flute and guitar (2001) 15 minutes.

Three Sacred Songs for flute choir (2000) 7 minutes.

Three Fantasies (on Irish Folk Melodies) for solo bass flute (1998) 9 minutes.

Three Irish Melodies for flute choir (1998) 9 minutes.

Vibrations for voice, flute and tape (1997) 14 minutes.

Hymntunes IV: Imenetuki, Gospel Chant from the Cook Islands for solo bass flute (1995, revised 1998) 6 minutes.

Hymntunes III for two flutes and tape (1994), version for flute choir and antiphonal flutes (2015) 15 minutes.

Sonata for flute and piano (1994, revised 2000) 12 minutes.

K540 for flute, violin, viola, and cello (1993) version for flute and piano (1994) 6 min.

Metamorphosis of my Cat Fletcher for flute and video tape (1993) 15 minutes.

 Acatameno Eluwun for flute and tape (1991) 5 minutes.

Hymntunes I for solo flute (1991) 10 minutes.

Chamber Music

The Fool for clarinet ensemble (2021) 7 minutes.

Hommage to Vivaldi: Fast Ride in a Short Machine for saxophone quartet (2021) 5 minutes.

Plaisir d'Amour, for clarinet and saxophone (2018) 6 minutes.

Sonata Franckoniana for flute, oboe, clarinet, and piano (2015) (same as work above) 12 minutes.

The Monster  for oboe or clarinet, CD and cell phones (2014) 6 minutes.

Hollywood Counterpoint, clarinet and bassoon (2014) 11 minutes.

Homage to Merula, flute and clarinet (2014) (same as work above) 6 minutes.

The Dawning of Music in Kentucky for violin and piano (2013), version for oboe and piano (2015) 9 minutes.

Versi for solo guitar (2011) 8 minutes.

Distant Voices for clarinet and CD (2011) 5 minutes.

Summer Sunrise on the Mississippi for clarinet and CD (2009) 5 minutes.

Andy and Me for clarinet and CD (2006) 7 minutes.

Scherzo: Children's Jokes for brass quintet, (2005) 5 minutes.

Danny's Jig for brass quintet (2004) 5 minutes.

Kebyar! for piano, chamber winds, and Orff instruments (2003) 5 minutes.

Terpsichore a quodlibet for solo clarinet (2003) 5 minutes.

Rant! for 6 violins (2002) 9 minutes.

Midlothian Madness for flute, oboe, and percussion (same as above) (2002) 15 minutes.

A Farmington Divertimento on themes by Anthony Philip Heinrich for oboe and piano (2000) 13 minutes.

Hymntunes V: Seikilos Song from Ancient Greece for guitar quartet (2000) 7 minutes.

Vibrations for voice, flute and tape (same as work above) (1997) 14 minutes.

K540 for flute, violin, viola, and cello (same as work above) (1993) 6 minutes.

Works for Keyboard

Anthems, a sonata for solo piano (2004) 19 minutes.

Hymntunes II for solo piano (based on much of the same material as orchestral piece below) (1993 revised 2001) 10 minutes.

Fantasy, Jan Sweelinck (transcribed for piano by Robert Fruehwald) (1982, revised 2009) 6 minutes.

Three Etudes with Extended Techniques (1979, revised 2007) 8 minutes.

Young Fugues for solo piano (1977-1979) 15 minutes.

Obscure Chorales for solo piano (1972-1976, revised 2001) 9 minutes.

Works for Large Ensembles

The Butterfly for wind symphony (2022) 8 minutes.  

Dangerously Slick: Fanfare for orchestra (2016) 5 minutes.  

River for two flutes and chamber orchestra (basis for work above) (2009) 7 minutes.

Youthful Indiscretions for solo trombone, solo multiple percussion and wind symphony (2006) 6 minutes.

What's an Orchestra: A Brief History of the Orchestra for young narrator and orchestra (2003) 10 minutes.

A Farmington Divertimento on themes by Anthony Philip Heinrich for wind ensemble, (transcription of above work) (2003) 13 minutes

Connery's Butterfly for Orchestra (2001) 9 minutes.

Fanfare: Hymn to St. Magnus for concert band (1996, rev. 2019) 5 minutes.

Nova Mater for concert band (1994, rev. 2019) 5 minutes.

Hymntunes II for orchestra (1993) 10 minutes.

Works for Dance and Dramatic Presentation

Rupert Brooke for narrator, video, and chamber ensemble (2019) 33 minutes.

Double Blind Sided for physical theater (actors-singers-dancers), instruments and prerecorded sound (2013) 60 minutes.

Anticipatory Illumination, for dancers, flutes, zither, gongs, homemade percussion (prerecorded CD) (2004) 15 minutes.

Zaum, spoken voice, piano, percussion and midi sound (prerecorded CD) (2002) 50 minutes.

Atacameno Eluwun for flute and tape (same as work above) (1991) 5 minutes.

Works for Voice

In Memoriam, for SATB Choir (2012) 6 minutes.

Modern Music, a minicantata for SATB and 2 spoken voices (2005) 11 minutes.

Moutain Ballads and Old Time Songs, voice, flute, harp (1992) 10 minutes.

Works for Children

Scherzo: Children's Jokes, brass quintet, (same as work above) (2005) 5 minutes.

Earthdance, children's choir and Orff instruments (2004) 3 minutes.

Kebyar! for piano, chamber winds, and Orff instruments (same as work above) (2003) 5 minutes.

What's an Orchestra: A Brief History of the Orchestra (text by Paul Thompson), for young narrator and orchestra (same as work above) (2003) 9 minutes.

Polkabats and Octopus Slacks (on a text by Caleb Brown) children's choir and Orff instruments (2001) 15 minutes.

Scores and demo recordings are available from ScoreVivo, SheetMusicPlus FluteWorld, J.W. Pepper or from Dr. Fruehwald at: 

email: rfruehwald@rfruehwald.com