Leonard Lehrman

girl with the sea in her hair, the, op. 161

Published on December 11, 2010December 11, 2010 by Leonard J. Lehrman

setting of poem by Suffolk poet laureate George Wallace (3′), Oct. 2003

premiered by Helene Williams & composer, Great Neck House, 3/14/04

Yellow Cabs, op. 162

Published on December 11, 2010 by Leonard J. Lehrman

setting of poem by Rosalie Calabrese (1’30”) Oct. 2003

premiere by Helene Williams & composer, Great Neck House 3/14/04

America: A Prophecy, op. 163

Published on December 11, 2010 by Leonard J. Lehrman

setting of text by William Blake for voice & piano, Oct.2003 (5′)

premiere by Helene Williams & composer

1/21/07 Jericho Library; 2/4/07 Bryant Library, Roslyn

Where Is the Song of the Artist on Long Island?, op. 165A

Published on December 10, 2010December 11, 2010 by Leonard J. Lehrman

setting of poem by Suffolk poet laureate George Wallace & composer

Nov. 2003 (3’07”) for solo voice & piano

premiered by Helene Williams & composer, Northport Library 7/23/04

Where Is the Song of the Artist on Long Island?, op. 165

Published on December 10, 2010 by Leonard J. Lehrman

choral setting of poem by Suffolk poet laureate George Wallace & composer

Nov. 2003 (3’07”)

premiered by Oceanside Chorale, accompanied by composer,

Oceanside Library, 12/5/04

Not in a Silver Casket, op. 166

Published on December 10, 2010 by Leonard J. Lehrman

setting of poem by Edna St. Vincent Millay (2’00”)

for soprano & piano, March 2004

premiere by Helene Williams & composer, Northport Library 7/23/04

Hill in Oyster Bay, op. 167

Published on December 10, 2010 by Leonard J. Lehrman

setting of poem by Fay Slavin (Greenspan) (2’40”), April 2004

for soprano & piano – for Helene [Williams] – and Norman [Greenspan]

premiered by Helene Williams & composer, Northport Library 7/23/04

Second Inaugural, op. 169

Published on December 10, 2010 by Leonard J. Lehrman

setting of portion of Abraham Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address

for SATB & Keyboard

premiered at Christ Church Babylon, 2/13/05

performed & recorded by Metropolitan Philharmonic Chorus 2/26/06

also performed in Wooster, OH 2/12/09

and in Chicago, conducted by Michael Teolis, 2/15/10

Pentatonic Pentateuch, The, op. 173

Published on December 10, 2010December 11, 2010 by Leonard J. Lehrman

piano duet for Kaitlin & Geoffrey Kirsner, Oct. 2005

performed by Avraham Sternklar & composer, LICA concert 12/19/10

Three Pieces for Piano Duet, op. 175

Published on December 10, 2010 by Leonard J. Lehrman

for Chris & Karen Gustave:

#1 Scaling the Heights, 2/1/06

#2 Climbing Down, 3/14/06

#3 Up Again, 5/06

all premiered by them at Court Street Music, 6/17/06

Midnight Muse, op. 176

Published on December 10, 2010January 3, 2012 by Leonard J. Lehrman

setting of poem by Estela Eaton (3’30”) 2/4/06 for Soprano & Piano

premiered by Helene Williams & composer, Court St. Music 6/27/10

viewable on YouTube at

Piper, The, op. 177

Published on December 10, 2010December 10, 2010 by Leonard J. Lehrman

setting of text by Karen Euler, particularly suitable for Pentecost

for SATB Chorus, Keyboard & Flute

premiered 6/4/06 Christ Church Babylon

When Moshiach Comes, op. 178

Published on December 10, 2010December 10, 2010 by Leonard J. Lehrman

setting of poem by Lawrence Bush (3’30”) May 8, 2006

for voice & piano; premiered by Helene Williams & composer

5/6/107 Queens College; 5/10/07 Tamiment Library, NYU

Hillel Tripartite Mantra, op. 179

Published on December 10, 2010December 11, 2010 by Leonard J. Lehrman

4-part round in Hebrew & English:

If I am not for myself, who will be for me?

If I am only for myself, what am I?

And if not now, then when? (2)

What Is God?: An End to War, op. 180

Published on December 10, 2010 by Leonard J. Lehrman

Ode from Euripides’ Helen (2’30”) for 2 voices & piano

in Greek or in English translation by composer

(with thanks to Elizabeth Horton & Paul Rapoport) Autumn 2006

premiered by Helene Williams, Gregory Mercer & composer,2007

by Helene Williams, Katherine Wieckhorst & composer, 2008

Sonnetina #15, op. 181A

Published on December 10, 2010 by Leonard J. Lehrman

setting of Shakespeare’s Sonnet #29:

“When in disgrace with fortune and men’s eyes”

for soprano & piano – for Helene [Williams]

premiered by her & composer, Court Street Music, 6/16/07

Sonnetina #15, op. 181

Published on December 10, 2010December 10, 2010 by Leonard J. Lehrman

setting of Shakespeare’s Sonnet #29:

“When in disgrace with fortune and men’s eyes”

March, 2007; for SMMTTB

premiered by New Music New York, St. Peter’s Citicorp 5/1/07

Cascadilla Falls, op. 182

Published on December 10, 2010 by Leonard J. Lehrman

for soprano & piano, text by A.R. Ammons,

to Helene Williams, who premiered it with the composer,

6/16/07, Court Street Music

Conspiritor Reality, op. 184

Published on December 10, 2010 by Leonard J. Lehrman

aka “Are You Now Or Have You Ever Been,”

part of a projected opera, Alger, based on the story of Alger Hiss.

libretto by Kim Rich; premiered in solo version

by Helene Williams & composer, Tamiment Library NYU 6/13/07

premiere of choral version 6/17/10 by members of

Metropolitan Philharmonic Chorus & NY City Labor Chorus

at Local 802, viewable on YouTube at

Shadow Love (Schattenliebe), op. 185

Published on December 10, 2010 by Leonard J. Lehrman

for tenor & piano, German text by Heinrich Heine,

English translation by Emma Lazarus,

music commissioned & premiered by Peter Shea

10/28/07, Cambridge MA

Post Humus, op. 186 #10

Published on December 9, 2010 by Leonard J. Lehrman

for soprano & piano, text by Patti Tana

#10 from Long Island Songs for Seasoned Women, op. 186

Misplaced Memories, op. 186 #8

Published on December 9, 2010 by Leonard J. Lehrman

for soprano & piano, text by Margaret Dinzler Shaw

#8 from Long Island Songs for Seasoned Women, op. 186

What Is Sufficient, op. 186 #7

Published on December 9, 2010December 9, 2010 by Leonard J. Lehrman

for soprano & piano, text by Pat Falk,

#7 from Long Island Songs for Seasoned Women, op. 186

My Song, op. 186 #6

Published on December 9, 2010 by Leonard J. Lehrman

for soprano & piano, text by Lorraine Mund

#6 from Long Island Songs for Seasoned Women, op. 186

Double Nickels I & II, op. 186 #5

Published on December 9, 2010December 9, 2010 by Leonard J. Lehrman

for soprano & piano, text by Lynn Green

#5 in Long Island Songs of Seasoned Women, op. 186

Long Island Is Just Not Long Enough, op. 186 #4

Published on December 9, 2010January 3, 2012 by Leonard J. Lehrman

for voice & piano, text by Marcia McNair,

#4 from Long Island Songs of Seasoned Women, op. 186

premiere by IJ Merenini & composer, 2/10/08

United Methodist Church of Huntington & Cold Spring Harbor,

and Cinema Arts Center, Huntington, 3/2/08;

also performed by Jeannine Otis & composer,

at First Hofstra Conference on Suburban Diversity, 10/22/09;

performance by IJ & composer at Court Street Music 6/27/10

viewable on YouTube at

Wife of God II, The, op. 186 #3

Published on December 9, 2010December 9, 2010 by Leonard J. Lehrman

for soprano & piano, text by Susan Astor,

#3 from Long Island Songs of Seasoned Women, op. 186

Eve’s Song, op. 186 #2

Published on December 9, 2010 by Leonard J. Lehrman

for soprano & piano, text by Sally ann Drucker,

#2 from Long Island Songs of Seasoned Women, op. 186

Naked Eye, The, op. 186 #1

Published on December 9, 2010 by Leonard J. Lehrman

for soprano & piano, text by Patti Tana,

#1 from Long Island Songs of Seasoned Women, op. 186

Long Island Songs of Seasoned Women, op. 186

Published on December 9, 2010 by Leonard J. Lehrman

song cycle for Helene, in memory of Susan Blake, Nov.-Dec.2007

includes 10 songs, #2-10 from the collection,

Songs of Seasoned Women, ed. Patti Tana, Quadrasoul, 2007.

Authors include Patti Tana (#1 & 10), Sally ann Drucker (#2),

Susan Astor (#3), Marcia McNair (#4), Lynn Green (#5),

Lorraine Mund (#6), Pat Falk (#7), Margaret Dinzler Shaw (#8),

Muriel Lilker (#9). Cycle premiered by Helene Williams

& composer, Court Street Music, 6/7/08.

jorDAn wittEr, op. 187

Published on December 9, 2010December 9, 2010 by Leonard J. Lehrman

piano solo for Jordan Witter, premiered by him 6/7/08

at Court Street Music; also 3/21/10 at LICA concert

ES & LJL, op. 190

Published on December 9, 2010December 11, 2010 by Leonard J. Lehrman

piano solo for Jordan Witter,

based on the names Elie Siegmeister & Leonard Lehrman,

premiered by him 6/27/09 Court Street Music;

also 3/21/10 at LICA concert.

Syracuse Variations, op. 188

Published on December 9, 2010 by Leonard J. Lehrman

Piano solo, premiered by composer

at Society for New Music concert chez Helen Boatwright,

Fayetteville (Syracuse), NY Aug. 3, 2008

Listen, op. 189

Published on December 9, 2010December 9, 2010 by Leonard J. Lehrman

for soprano & piano, on text by Walt Whitman,

commissioned by Walt Whitman Project,

for Helene Williams, premiered by her & composer

at Queens College, 4/19/09

Prayer of St. Francis, op. 193

Published on October 24, 2010December 9, 2010 by Leonard J. Lehrman

for SAB or Soprano Solo & Piano/Organ, or Organ Solo

for United Methodist Church Huntington/Cold Spring Harbor

to Rev. Warren Beaven, in memory of Dr. Sterrett P. Beaven 7/15/09

solo soprano version for Helene Williams,

premiered at LICA Concert at church 6/13/10

If (Rudyard Kipling), op. 194

Published on October 24, 2010January 3, 2012 by Leonard J. Lehrman

for solo voice or SATB & Piano

to my Dad, for Helene, Faith & Charles (Aug. 2-12, 2009)

Meditation, op. 195

Published on October 24, 2010 by Leonard J. Lehrman

for 2 Pianists – 4 Hands or 2 Pianos (Aug. 2009)

for Márcio Bezerra & Estibaliz Gastesi in memory of Terry Winter Owens