Sheet Music Downloads by John Rutter

Part of the John Rutter Anniversary Edition, this is a profoundly beautiful setting of one of the earliest English prayers, from the Sarum Primer of 1514.

Settings of children's poems and nursery rhymes for unaccompanied SATB (with some divisi)

An unusual and dramatic anthem for SATB choir (with divisions) unaccompanied. The English verses, starting 'O sing unto the Lord a new song', are framed by the Latin first line 'Cantate Domino canticu...

There are two versions of the vocal parts - for two-part upper voices with piano or for SATB with organ. An orchestral accompaniment is also available for both versions. Words are from Corinthians 1:1...

This gentle setting has all the tranquillity and grace associated with this ancient text. It is fashioned from a simple rocking theme, which weaves serenely through different keys as the piece unfolds...

A bright and optimistic benediction contrasting passages of unison writing with homophonic chordal sections. The piece builds to a triumphant conclusion.

The instrumental material is available on hire.

Set to a popular text by Walter de la Mare, this secular work is an expressive homage to J. S. Bach, combining lyrical vocal lines with a contrapuntal accompaniment.

Available here in German translation, Christmas Lullaby was commissioned in 1989 by the Bach Choir in celebration of the seventieth birthday of its conductor, Sir David Willcocks. The haunting melody...

A lilting 3/4 metre carries the listener through this familiar Christmas story, beautifully depicted in a text by the composer and expressed through artful word-painting. Christ our Emmanuel may be ac...

Christmas Lullaby was commissioned in 1989 by the Bach Choir in celebration of the seventieth birthday of its conductor, Sir David Willcocks. The haunting melody of the verses and the reflective refra...

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)...

With plenty of excitement and anticipation, this exuberant carol sets a medieval macronic text, featuring changing metres and a driving piano part. Also available in a version for solo low voice.

The orchestral material is on hire and on sale.

From the carol cycle Dancing Day, and also in Carols for Choirs 4.

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...

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...

This is a serene and reflective setting of the Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis. With expansive harmonies and arching melodic lines, this accessible setting will appeal to any cathedral, chapel, or church...

This unison anthem, which may be useful for funeral services, has been reworked into a setting for SATB choir. The solo line introduces the piece with a solemn melody that reappears throughout the ant...

This Basque folk carol begins with a baritone solo before expanding out to a whole four-part choir. Orchestral scores and parts are also available. Offprinted from the collection Twelve Christmas Caro...

An easy rock and roll style setting.

The text Justus cor suum tradet is taken from Ecclesiasticus and is a Vespers antiphon for the Common of One Confessor. Compositional techniques such as word-painting and the exploration of a broad te...

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...