John Rutter Sheet Music for Choir and Instruments
Written in 1978 for the choir of Clare College, Cambridge, this gentle, dreamy lullaby has gone on to become one of John Rutter's most popular carols. This complete set of parts includes the following...
Written in 1978 for the choir of Clare College, Cambridge, this gentle, dreamy lullaby has gone on to become one of John Rutter's most popular carols. This complete set of parts includes the following...
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For SATB and piano or orchestra or brass ensemble (4tpt, 3tbn, tuba, perc, organ) or ensemble (2fl, perc, pno/org, db). This carol is also available in Carols for Choirs 3, and 100 Carols for Choirs....
For SATB and piano or orchestra or brass ensemble (4tpt, 3tbn, tuba, perc, organ) or ensemble (2fl, perc, pno/org, db). This carol is also available in Carols for Choirs 3, and 100 Carols for Choirs....
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Originally published in Oxford Solo Songs: Sacred, this is a popular movement from John Rutter's Requiem arranged here for solo high voice and piano (which may be adapted for performance on the organ)...
Originally published in Oxford Solo Songs: Sacred, this is a popular movement from John Rutter's Requiem arranged here for solo high voice and piano (which may be adapted for performance on the organ)...
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With "Mary's Lullaby" from the renowned publisher Oxford University Press, a tender and enchanting warmth enters your concert and Christmas repertoire. This intimate lullaby captures the quiet devotio...
With "Mary's Lullaby" from the renowned publisher Oxford University Press, a tender and enchanting warmth enters your concert and Christmas repertoire. This intimate lullaby captures the quiet devotio...
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Bring festive joy and infectious energy to your concert with "Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day", published by Oxford University Press. This radiant arrangement for three-part upper voice choir (SSA) a...
Bring festive joy and infectious energy to your concert with "Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day", published by Oxford University Press. This radiant arrangement for three-part upper voice choir (SSA) a...
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Bring festive sparkle and infectious holiday cheer to your concert stage with the timeless classic 'The Twelve Days of Christmas', published by Oxford University Press. This delightful arrangement for...
Bring festive sparkle and infectious holiday cheer to your concert stage with the timeless classic 'The Twelve Days of Christmas', published by Oxford University Press. This delightful arrangement for...
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In this classic Rutter anthem the flowing choral melodies perfectly complement the positive message of the well-known thanksgiving text by F. S. Pierpoint, presented here in German translation.. The o...
In this classic Rutter anthem the flowing choral melodies perfectly complement the positive message of the well-known thanksgiving text by F. S. Pierpoint, presented here in German translation.. The o...
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There are three songs making up this cycle entitled Western Songs - 'Buffalo Gals', 'Green Grow the Lilacs', and 'The Ol' Chisholm Trail'. The arrangements by turn spin contrapuntal and antiphonal tex...
There are three songs making up this cycle entitled Western Songs - 'Buffalo Gals', 'Green Grow the Lilacs', and 'The Ol' Chisholm Trail'. The arrangements by turn spin contrapuntal and antiphonal tex...
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Bring fresh energy and pure joy to the choral stage with 'The heavenly aeroplane', published by the renowned Oxford University Press. This uplifting choral piece features a wonderfully light rock 'n'...
Bring fresh energy and pure joy to the choral stage with 'The heavenly aeroplane', published by the renowned Oxford University Press. This uplifting choral piece features a wonderfully light rock 'n'...
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This is a tale of witchcraft and sorcery in music and words, thrilling, entertaining and occasionally bizarre, and enlivened hugely by an assortment of comical organ effects. The character of Mr Majei...
This is a tale of witchcraft and sorcery in music and words, thrilling, entertaining and occasionally bizarre, and enlivened hugely by an assortment of comical organ effects. The character of Mr Majei...
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Arranged here for unison voices and piano, this heartfelt setting is built upon a haunting melody of folk-like simplicity, underpinned throughout by a lyrical and independent accompaniment. Also avail...
Arranged here for unison voices and piano, this heartfelt setting is built upon a haunting melody of folk-like simplicity, underpinned throughout by a lyrical and independent accompaniment. Also avail...
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Bring infectious energy and pure joy to the concert stage! This lively Dixieland-style arrangement of the timeless classic 'When The Saints Go Marching In' is a guaranteed highlight for any performanc...
Bring infectious energy and pure joy to the concert stage! This lively Dixieland-style arrangement of the timeless classic 'When The Saints Go Marching In' is a guaranteed highlight for any performanc...
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Bring festive brilliance to your Christmas concerts and church services with the world-famous holiday classic "Joy to the world!". Published by the renowned Oxford University Press, this masterful arr...
Bring festive brilliance to your Christmas concerts and church services with the world-famous holiday classic "Joy to the world!". Published by the renowned Oxford University Press, this masterful arr...
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SATB, optional baritone solo, cello, & organ/string orchestra This is a tuneful epiphany carol, setting a text by the composer. Underpinned by a beautiful cello solo, the vocal lines are rich and flow...
SATB, optional baritone solo, cello, & organ/string orchestra This is a tuneful epiphany carol, setting a text by the composer. Underpinned by a beautiful cello solo, the vocal lines are rich and flow...
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An incandescent setting of versicles and responses for Evensong. The music is haunting in its simplicity, supporting and illuminating the text to great effect. The second set includes an account of Th...
An incandescent setting of versicles and responses for Evensong. The music is haunting in its simplicity, supporting and illuminating the text to great effect. The second set includes an account of Th...
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Sentinels is really a long, unrelenting march whose pulse never slackens or quickens, and in which slightly quirky military-style gestures are almost always present. Butler imagined four standing play...
Sentinels is really a long, unrelenting march whose pulse never slackens or quickens, and in which slightly quirky military-style gestures are almost always present. Butler imagined four standing play...
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This short (44 bars) contemplation is dedicated to the memory of Hilary Cornall, and takes the form of a gently-flowing Andante tranquillo with frequently-changing time signatures but with a constant...
This short (44 bars) contemplation is dedicated to the memory of Hilary Cornall, and takes the form of a gently-flowing Andante tranquillo with frequently-changing time signatures but with a constant...
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For SATB and piano. Let's begin again is the finale from John Rutter's 'musical fable' The Reluctant Dragon, and makes a perfect gentle encore or leave-taking piece. Also available in Encores for Choi...
For SATB and piano. Let's begin again is the finale from John Rutter's 'musical fable' The Reluctant Dragon, and makes a perfect gentle encore or leave-taking piece. Also available in Encores for Choi...
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The Latin text from the Ordinary of the Mass for mixed voices, brass (4 trumpets, 2 tenor trombones, bass trombone, tuba), percussion, and organ. An accompaniment for orchestra without organ is also a...
The Latin text from the Ordinary of the Mass for mixed voices, brass (4 trumpets, 2 tenor trombones, bass trombone, tuba), percussion, and organ. An accompaniment for orchestra without organ is also a...
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The composer writes: 'The piano repertoire abounds with pieces that dazzle the listener with displays of virtuosity. I decided to compose music which allowed the sound of just one note at a time to be...
The composer writes: 'The piano repertoire abounds with pieces that dazzle the listener with displays of virtuosity. I decided to compose music which allowed the sound of just one note at a time to be...
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The Latin text from the Ordinary of the Mass for mixed voices, brass (4 trumpets, 2 tenor trombones, bass trombone, tuba), percussion, and organ. An accompaniment for symphony orchestra without organ...
The Latin text from the Ordinary of the Mass for mixed voices, brass (4 trumpets, 2 tenor trombones, bass trombone, tuba), percussion, and organ. An accompaniment for symphony orchestra without organ...
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An easy rock and roll style setting. Orchestral material is available on hire.
An easy rock and roll style setting. Orchestral material is available on hire.
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With "God Be In My Head", Oxford University Press presents a deeply moving setting of a timeless prayer for three-part upper voice choir (SSA) a cappella. The arrangement is defined by an affecting si...
With "God Be In My Head", Oxford University Press presents a deeply moving setting of a timeless prayer for three-part upper voice choir (SSA) a cappella. The arrangement is defined by an affecting si...
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The shades of Finzi and Vaughan Williams are strongly present in these three delightful unaccompanied choral settings, and yet the style and execution are wholly Rutter's own.
The shades of Finzi and Vaughan Williams are strongly present in these three delightful unaccompanied choral settings, and yet the style and execution are wholly Rutter's own.
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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
- John Rutter sheet music for Brass Band
- John Rutter sheet music for brass ensemble
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- John Rutter sheet music for woodwind ensemble
- John Rutter sheet music for string orchestra
- John Rutter sheet music for chamber orchestra
- John Rutter sheet music for symphony orchestra
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” .