Oxford University Press Sheet Music

Eurydice is based on a work by the great Scottish artist Ian Hamilton Finlay - a series of six large stones installed in a garden in Provence, set in a sea of lavender (representing water) and inscrib...

This suite from 1925 is one of Vaughan Williams' most enigmatic pieces. The chorus never articulates a single word, and instead serves as a section of the orchestra, creating an elegant vocal texture...

Higgins' setting of this popular folk song is simple and wistful, particularly well-suited for children's and youth choirs. With delicate quaver flourishes, the piano accompaniment flows gently alongs...

This is a beautiful and modern setting of a traditional text, popularised by Orlando Gibbons' well-known madrigal 'The silver swan'. Also available in versions for solo low voice and SSA.

Gounod's classic Christmas anthem is published here in its original scoring for Soprano and Alto soloists, three-part chorus of Upper Voices, Piano and optional Organ/Harmonium.

From English Traditional Carols.

The Island Itself is a setting of the poem Homage to Omey by Irish poet, Joan McBreen. The imagery of the sea conveyed in the text is reflected through lilting, syncopated rhythms. The melody is suppo...

This is an evocative setting of the Rudyard Kipling jungle poem 'Now Chil the kite brings home the night'.

This exciting work for choir and solo violin draws its title from Edward Winslow's 1624 chronicles, Good Newes from New England, in which he describes the Mayflower Pilgrims' settlement in the New Wor...

This is an unusual setting of the text, in that after an ethereal opening, a contralto/mezzo-soprano soloist sings the Magnificat text while the female chorus interpolates with other texts in praise o...

This anthem is set to a text by the 10th-century Sufi mystic, Al-Junaid. For the most part, the mood is intimate and introspective; intertwining, whispered melodies, sometimes in free time, alternate...

This melody is most commonly heard in the United States, and includes Rutter's own arrangement of the sixth and final verse. Orchestral scores and parts are also available on hire. Offprinted from the...

The Nidaros Jazz Mass draws on a variety of jazz styles to present a fun and innovative setting of the Latin Missa brevis. With a stylistic piano part, and an optional bass and drum kit part, it will...

Ingegneri's setting of Estote fortes in bello alternates between declamatory homophonic sections and imitative contrapuntal writing, culminating in a dance-like and joyful finale of 'alleluia' stateme...

A short upbeat anthem, Cantate Domino sets words from Psalms 9, 95, and 97 and features contrasting styles, optional clapping, and an optional verse in French.

Phoenix is a series of interlinked, contrasting sections - by turns elegiac, radiant, and menacing - culminating in a luminous cantilena for the four melody instruments against densely clustered chord...

Full score and set of parts for John Rutter's I too shall walk to Bethlehem. This set contains the following parts: 2 x fl, 1 x ob, 2 x cl, 1 x bsn, 2 x hn, 1 x hp, 4 x vln I, 4 x vln II, 3 x vla, 2 x...

The Compass uses evocative imagery to describe how feelings of being lost and adrift can be assuaged by journeying towards self-acceptance and positive change. A characterful four-note motif punctuate...

A festive introit.

Five Shakespeare Songs brings together the work of the late Sir David Willcocks ('England's choir master') and the Bard, in a suite of well-loved upper-voice pieces with favourite texts, optional read...

A moving, traditional Irish blessing set to music of great simplicity and beauty. Chilcott perfectly captures the warmth and sincerity of the text, and weaves a memorable melody, which he clothes in r...

This is a charming set of eight short movements, beautifully and intelligently setting some of Shakespeare's best-loved words. Ideal for upper voice choirs looking for something interesting and access...