Oxford University Press Sheet Music

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...

God be merciful is a predominantly homophonic setting of verses from Psalm 67 in the King James translation. This reverential prayer emphasizes 'God' with multiple sustained pitches, and the anthem's...

For soprano soloist and SATB, with organ introduction. Composed for the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953.

With exuberantly rhythmic textures skilfully wrought within a septuple metre, John Rutter's Toccata in Seven offers a lively new take on the toccata. The music moves from a jubilant opening to a more...

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...

This organ version of the final movement from Bach's St Matthew Passion contracts the original 128 bars to 80 bars, maintaining the movement's ternary (ABA) structure, but omitting the passages where...

Very moving and dramatic, Wilberg creates a beautiful harmonic language that complements this classic carol. Orchestral material is available on hire.

Here are six of Leighton's original compositions for organ. Ranging from the quietly expressive to the rhythmically exuberant, and with hymn tune preludes, fanfares, and toccatas, the pieces form a st...

There are around 40,000 children and young people in the UK alone with severe or profound and multiple learning difficulties, yet despite the widely held belief that music is beneficial, provision is...

How do some schools get music so right while others get it so wrong? Janet Mills, a former HMI and teacher, draws on work in more than 800 schools and published research as she seeks to help schools i...

The case study of a Nothamptonshire school, the first in the UK to be designated a Specialist Music College; experiences, reflections, examples of good practice, etc.

For solo organ. Written whilst the composer was living in Comeragh Road, the litanies of the title are sixteen discrete sections of music, varying in length from two seconds to a minute. Each of these...

For solo organSt Asaph Toccata was commissioned by Symphony Hall, Birmingham, as part of the Bach to the Future Series. The composer writes: 'The original title for the piece was Toccata Machine as I...

For clarinet quintetThis beautiful chamber work takes its inspiration from an artist's book by the Scottish artist Ian Hamilton Finlay, 'A Litany A Requiem'. This book lists on alternate red, white, a...

This thought-provoking and entertaining book draws on the findings of research and on the author's wealth of experience to encourage teachers to build upon the strengths of current practice. Suitable...

These four pieces could be considered a set of variations though the composer has spoken of them rather as photographs of the same object taken at different angles. The work as a whole is based on 'Ti...

For lute. This is based on the opening bars of the Sarabande from Bach's second cello suite in D minor. 'Par la bande' means 'in a roundabout way' and suggests a circularity of form and a less than di...

This volume presents new editions of Facade Entertainment, and Facade 2, and four hitherto unpublished numbers all in new, clear engraving. A detailed preface explains the fascinating history of the w...

The William Walton Edition is a collected edition of the works of one of England's finest and best-loved composers. Each work is newly edited and engraved, and checked against the composer's manuscrip...

This anthology of 9 original pieces for organ illustrates the richness and diversity which characterize the composer's writing for this instrument. It includes previously unpublished works and organis...

11 pieces, many of which were previously unpublished, by the leading figure in Belgian music in the first half of the twentieth century.