John Rutter Sheet Music for Choir and Instruments
This sprightly setting of a sixteenth-century English text tells the tale of a jolly shepherd named Wat. With an upbeat triple metre and a joyful swing feel, this carol has imaginative, contrasting te...
This sprightly setting of a sixteenth-century English text tells the tale of a jolly shepherd named Wat. With an upbeat triple metre and a joyful swing feel, this carol has imaginative, contrasting te...
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This sprightly setting of a sixteenth-century English text tells the tale of a jolly shepherd named Wat. With an upbeat triple metre and a joyful swing feel, this carol has imaginative, contrasting te...
This sprightly setting of a sixteenth-century English text tells the tale of a jolly shepherd named Wat. With an upbeat triple metre and a joyful swing feel, this carol has imaginative, contrasting te...
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Bring festive joy and sparkling holiday spirit to your Christmas concert! John Rutter's charming arrangement of the enduringly popular carol "We Wish You a Merry Christmas" is guaranteed to delight au...
Bring festive joy and sparkling holiday spirit to your Christmas concert! John Rutter's charming arrangement of the enduringly popular carol "We Wish You a Merry Christmas" is guaranteed to delight au...
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John Rutter's 'What sweeter music' is undeniably one of the most touching and beloved Christmas carols of our time. With its unmistakable melodic warmth, delicate harmonies, and heartfelt lyricism, th...
John Rutter's 'What sweeter music' is undeniably one of the most touching and beloved Christmas carols of our time. With its unmistakable melodic warmth, delicate harmonies, and heartfelt lyricism, th...
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Originally published in Oxford Solo Songs: Sacred, this is an easy anthem with words and music by the composer, scored here for solo low voice and piano (which may be adapted for performance on the or...
Originally published in Oxford Solo Songs: Sacred, this is an easy anthem with words and music by the composer, scored here for solo low voice and piano (which may be adapted for performance on the or...
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As Joseph was a-walking is a beautifully serene and atmospheric setting of traditional words on the prophecy of Christ's birth as told to Joseph by an angel. With rich harmonies, striking chromatic mo...
As Joseph was a-walking is a beautifully serene and atmospheric setting of traditional words on the prophecy of Christ's birth as told to Joseph by an angel. With rich harmonies, striking chromatic mo...
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The text Lauda Sion, written by St Thomas Aquinas, is the sequence for the Feast of Corpus Christi. Monteverdi set stanzas one, two, and twenty-three of the sequence, which contains twenty-four verses...
The text Lauda Sion, written by St Thomas Aquinas, is the sequence for the Feast of Corpus Christi. Monteverdi set stanzas one, two, and twenty-three of the sequence, which contains twenty-four verses...
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Bring exhilarating gospel and folk energy to your stage! With 'Down By The Riverside', John Rutter delivers a spirited and uplifting arrangement of this legendary traditional spiritual. Scored for mix...
Bring exhilarating gospel and folk energy to your stage! With 'Down By The Riverside', John Rutter delivers a spirited and uplifting arrangement of this legendary traditional spiritual. Scored for mix...
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Orchestral material is available on hire. A different arrangement for unaccompanied SA voices is in Carols for Choirs 4. This set of parts includes the following string parts: 4 x vln I, 4 x vln II, 3...
Orchestral material is available on hire. A different arrangement for unaccompanied SA voices is in Carols for Choirs 4. This set of parts includes the following string parts: 4 x vln I, 4 x vln II, 3...
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Instrumentation for Down by the riverside: 4 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, drum kit (trap set), piano, harp (optional), and strings. This set contains the following string parts: 4x vln I, 4x vln II, 3...
Instrumentation for Down by the riverside: 4 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, drum kit (trap set), piano, harp (optional), and strings. This set contains the following string parts: 4x vln I, 4x vln II, 3...
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I Am With You Always from Oxford University Press is a deeply touching, expressive anthem for mixed choir (SATB) and organ. This beautiful piece sets a comforting biblical promise to a warm, flowing m...
I Am With You Always from Oxford University Press is a deeply touching, expressive anthem for mixed choir (SATB) and organ. This beautiful piece sets a comforting biblical promise to a warm, flowing m...
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For SATB (with divisions) and piano. This charming French carol (with E.C. Nunn's English translation) tells of the milkmaids Jeanette and Isabella, who run to tell the shepherds to come and see the b...
For SATB (with divisions) and piano. This charming French carol (with E.C. Nunn's English translation) tells of the milkmaids Jeanette and Isabella, who run to tell the shepherds to come and see the b...
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This tender piece was composed in memory of the victims of Fukushima in 2011. It is both reflective and heartfelt, with a simple, appealing melody, rich harmonies, and a flowing accompaniment. It is a...
This tender piece was composed in memory of the victims of Fukushima in 2011. It is both reflective and heartfelt, with a simple, appealing melody, rich harmonies, and a flowing accompaniment. It is a...
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Bring radiant festive joy to your next concert with 'Rejoice And Be Merry', published by the renowned Oxford University Press. This uplifting choral work for mixed choir (SATB) perfectly captures the...
Bring radiant festive joy to your next concert with 'Rejoice And Be Merry', published by the renowned Oxford University Press. This uplifting choral work for mixed choir (SATB) perfectly captures the...
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The orchestral and brass accompaniments are available for hire.
The orchestral and brass accompaniments are available for hire.
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By the lone seashore is an unaccompanied part-song set at a slow tempo to reflect mourning and sadness. The plethora of semitones and lilting triple metre imitate the rocking of the waves along the sh...
By the lone seashore is an unaccompanied part-song set at a slow tempo to reflect mourning and sadness. The plethora of semitones and lilting triple metre imitate the rocking of the waves along the sh...
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Rutter brings humorous chromatic inflections to this lively song that harks back to mid-century harmonies and barbershop quartets. The double bass, as presented in the composer's Birthday Madrigals, h...
Rutter brings humorous chromatic inflections to this lively song that harks back to mid-century harmonies and barbershop quartets. The double bass, as presented in the composer's Birthday Madrigals, h...
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For SATB and organ OR organ with 5-part brass ensemble (2 trumpets, horn, trombone, tuba) and optional timpani and percussion OR orchestra. Winchester Te Deum is a glorious work with a great sense of...
For SATB and organ OR organ with 5-part brass ensemble (2 trumpets, horn, trombone, tuba) and optional timpani and percussion OR orchestra. Winchester Te Deum is a glorious work with a great sense of...
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An anthem or short choral work for mixed choir (with optional solo soprano) and organ or brass ensemble (3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba). The solo soprano line may be played on the organ or trumpet. Th...
An anthem or short choral work for mixed choir (with optional solo soprano) and organ or brass ensemble (3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba). The solo soprano line may be played on the organ or trumpet. Th...
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Look at the world is an easy anthem suitable for any occasion where it is appropriate to praise God for the gifts of creation. The text is presented here in German translation.. The orchestral accompa...
Look at the world is an easy anthem suitable for any occasion where it is appropriate to praise God for the gifts of creation. The text is presented here in German translation.. The orchestral accompa...
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This attractive and uplifting anthem sets the text of the Eastertide Vidi aquam antiphon. Different sections are set to contrasting musical ideas, including extended melismatic upper-voice passages an...
This attractive and uplifting anthem sets the text of the Eastertide Vidi aquam antiphon. Different sections are set to contrasting musical ideas, including extended melismatic upper-voice passages an...
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Chavarría keeps the spirit of wassailing at the forefront of this dynamic and energetic arrangement of Gloucestershire Wassail, which features imitation and call-and-reponse figures. Offprinted from C...
Chavarría keeps the spirit of wassailing at the forefront of this dynamic and energetic arrangement of Gloucestershire Wassail, which features imitation and call-and-reponse figures. Offprinted from C...
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Here Jackson sets early Christian texts by St Augustine of Hippo, Baldwin of Forde, and St Mary Magdalene de Pazzi alongside words by Estonian poet Doris Kareva. Each movement offers a change of mood,...
Here Jackson sets early Christian texts by St Augustine of Hippo, Baldwin of Forde, and St Mary Magdalene de Pazzi alongside words by Estonian poet Doris Kareva. Each movement offers a change of mood,...
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Bring festive brilliance to your Christmas concert with "Twelve Christmas Carols Set 1", published by the renowned Oxford University Press. This exquisite collection of beloved Christmas carols for mi...
Bring festive brilliance to your Christmas concert with "Twelve Christmas Carols Set 1", published by the renowned Oxford University Press. This exquisite collection of beloved Christmas carols for mi...
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With the "Krippen-Carol", published by Oxford University Press, a wonderfully contemplative and tender atmosphere graces the Advent and Christmas season. This gentle, tuneful choral piece captivates w...
With the "Krippen-Carol", published by Oxford University Press, a wonderfully contemplative and tender atmosphere graces the Advent and Christmas season. This gentle, tuneful choral piece captivates w...
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Full choral sound in good British tradition! Sheet music by John Rutter
John Milford Rutter (born September 24, 1945 in London), John Rutter for short, is one of the best-known contemporary composers of choral music.
While still studying music in Cambridge, Rutter created his first choral works and recorded them with the Clare College Choir under his direction. Among them the popular “Shepherd's Pipe Carol” (composed at the age of 18) and his “Gloria” for mixed choir, wind instruments, percussion and organ.
His talent and musical ability earned John Rutter the position of Music Director at Clare College at the age of 30 – this, in turn, helped the college choir to leap onto the international stage under the direction of John Rutter.
After only four years in office, Rutter decided to resign from his post in 1979 and to focus fully on his compositional and artistic work, for example as a producer of recordings of the chamber choir Cambridge Singers, which he had founded (descended from former members of the college choir).
“A ‘contemporary’ Composer: Can Rutter's choral music be heard and sung?” - Yes!
Anyone who thinks of “contemporary” Music that only thinks of strictly serial and discordant compositions does not do justice to this adjective. Since the 1970s, a longing for clear harmonies, melodic structures and interesting (but not too difficult) rhythms has led to the development of a new style of music in choral and church music (but not only!), which has become unwieldy attribute “contemporary” completely new life. And so the music of John Rutter can also be classified under the „Postmodernism” style, which, among other things, is directed against rigid principles and forms of composition. “Anything goes” one could say. Or (intended in a positive way): “What do I care about Adorno's opinion!”
One technique of postmodern music, for example, is to resort to stylistics, elements and structures from other epochs and genres and skillfully develop them with one's own musical ideas into a personal style. This can also be found in the works of John Rutter, which were deliberately created under the influence of traditional English choral and cathedral music, peppered with elements of popular musical forms.
In short: John Rutter's music is rich in full, harmonious sounds and clear melody lines. The arrangements are designed in such a way that even with a small cast a rich radiance is achieved: In the chamber version of his “Magnificat” In addition to a small mixed choir, a mezzo-soprano or soprano soloist, harp and percussion, there is only one woodwind instrument (brass is replaced by an organ) and a string group 2/2/2/1/1. Watch and listen to the YouTube recording of the Kamerorkest Kamerata Zuid! You will lack for nothing. Here it becomes clear that John Rutter dealt intensively with the music of Johann Sebastian Bach: Little effort with a big effect!
In addition, John Rutter's music exudes positive energy almost throughout. Even his mass “Mass of the Children” (First performed in New York's Carnegie Hall in 2003), which John Rutter composed on the occasion of his son who died in a traffic accident at the age of 19, carries an unshakable optimism about it.
“Speaking of ‘chamber music’: Is there also instrumental music by John Rutter?”
Yes, there are. Let's stay with the reference to Bach: With his “Suite Antique” John Rutter unmistakably pays homage to the great Leipzig master and his “Brandenburg Concerto No. 5, BWV 1050” - both in the instrumentation and in the structure of the six movements, which are based on the baroque or classical style.
And John Rutter also composed for solo instruments, for example for flute and piano, oboe and piano, Organ solo pieces or also own transcriptions of his works for piano solo .
You can get an overview of Rutter's instrumental music by opening the complete catalog of sheet music from John Rutter and use our filters “Category” and “Sheet Music for instruments” to limit the list of results according to the instruments offered.
“Great Britain has a proud tradition of concert bands. Is there also something by John Rutter?”
Even if John Rutter himself did not compose for concert band (Rutter's original works are available from the British publisher Oxford University Press), a few publishers and their arrangers have taken his works and published arrangements for concert band.
Sheet music by John Rutter is also available for other types of ensembles. We're happy to help you find it!
You will find sheet music from John Rutter arrangements and John Rutter original compositions for these formations here:
- John Rutter sheet music for concert band
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And of course we are also happy to list the extensive choral works by John Rutter for you here. Enrich your concert program with these popular compositions:
- John Rutter sheet music for mixed choir
- John Rutter sheet music for women's choir
- John Rutter sheet music for male choir
- John Rutter sheet music for children's choir or 1-2 part choir
- John Rutter sheet music for various choir arrangements
You can search specifically for compositions by John Rutter in our web shop,
e.g. in the notation rutter schau auf die welt, to get sheet music editions of the German version of John Rutter's Anthem for children's choir “Look at the World” .