Partitions à télécharger chez Oxford University Press

The Cloud sets Sara Teasdale's poetic descriptions of nature to music, evoking themes of freedom and transience. Quartel's melodic and uplifting style shines through a vibrant opening and reflective m...

Reginal Wright's emotional and uplifting Crossroad sets Robert Frost's well-known poem 'The road not taken'. A twinkling piano accompaniment supports the voices, and the optional violin duet floats ab...

This characterful trio of Shakespeare settings draws together popular texts from Twelfth Night, Much Ado About Nothing, and the sonnets into a charming and playful concert work for mixed choir and sma...

Setting a text by Timothy Dudley-Smith, this is a charming lullaby with a gentle, lilting melody and warm harmonies. Ideal for Christmas services and concerts.

Originally published in Sun, Moon, Sea, and Stars, 'The Sound of the Sea' is an atmospheric setting of Henry Wadsworth Fellow's insightful poem. Long expressive phrases explore sea imagery through wor...

From the collection John Rutter Carols for SA and Men, this gentle yet uplifting carol was originally commissioned for the Choir of King's College, Cambridge. Rutter's gift for melody is in evidence t...

The string accompaniment is available on hire and for sale.

This is a slow, meditative piece based on Song 13 by Orlando Gibbons, setting a text from an early seventeenth-century poem by George Herbert. Simple, homophonic vocal lines are intertwined with a del...

Composed during the early 1700s, this was to become one of the most frequently performed choral works of the eighteenth century. Robert King has consulted eighteenth-century sources to prepare this ed...

This brief piece for wind band was composed in 1939 to open a pageant at the Royal Albert Hall. Rousing fanfares enclose a stirring central passage in this simple yet highly effective piece.

Originally published in Piano Sketches Duets, Book 2, 'Rumba for Johann' is a pastiche on Bach's style with a rumba groove, offering a modern twist on a well-loved composer.

Full score for the classic Rutter anthem For the beauty of the earth.

A setting of specially-written texts by children, the subject matter is the sun, the moon, and the stars. The songs are linked by spoken narration, resulting in a rich and vivid tapestry. Orchestral m...

The pianist Myra Hess (1890-1965) became indelibly associated with Bach after she began playing 'Jesu, joy' by ear in 1920. Her arrangement of the Adagio (offprinted here from OUP's Bach Transcription...

This heartfelt carol for choir and piano sets a new translation of the sixteenth-century German Es ist ein Ros entsprungen text, and Praetorius's melody makes a fleeting but effective appearance. Offp...

Bird Songs is a playful and uplifting four-movement work for SATB choir and small orchestra centred around bird-themed texts. Scores and instrumental parts are available on rental.

This is a beautiful setting of an evocative poem by Emily Dickinson that explores the symbolization of hope as a bird. Quartel offers soaring melodic lines, rich harmonies, and a fluttering strings ac...

With a text by the composer, this is beautiful piece about optimism, companionship, and the belief that 'all will be well'. Todd's gentle melodies are supported by delicate, pulsing piano, energetic,...

for SATB unaccompanied

for SATB unaccompanied

This set of three brief vocalises comprises a Prelude, Scherzo, and Quasi menuetto. They were composed during the final year of the composer's life in 1958.

A more serious central shanty, Demons, is framed by two light-hearted settings, Enticement and Drunken Sailor. The ending is extrovert and rumbustious and almost guaranteed to bring the house down.

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...

Originally published in Jazz in Autumn, this is an energetic original piece with lively melodies and jazzy harmonies, and is sure to get listeners foot-tapping along to the music.

The Siciliano from Bach's Flute Sonata (BWV 1031) is beautifully transcribed here for piano by Edward Krish. Offprinted from OUP's collection Bach Transcriptions for Piano.