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liturgical music scores

  • Scores are listed below in (mostly) alphabetical order.  ​Search the page for a title you are interested in, if you can't locate it right away.
  • ​Most are available as instant downloads and can also be ordered in hard copy.
  • ​Those with the "buy now" option are printed on demand, so please allow up to 7 days for delivery.​
  • Pieces suitable for ​Christmas are titled in red.
  • Items available for free download are noted in blue.
​​Amazing Grace - Concertato for Choir, brass, timp, organ
Amazing Grace (NEW BRITAIN)
  • Preview and instant download available at ScoreExchange.
  • arranged for brass quartet, timpani, choir, assembly, and organ
  • $40 for complete print set
  • permission to copy as needed within purchasing organization​
$40
America the beautiful - BRass Octet
America, the Beautiful (MATERNA)
  • arranged for brass octet, for use with standard SATB harmonization
  • Preview and instant download available at ScoreExchange
  • $30 for complete print set (use "Buy Now" option)
  • permission to copy as needed within purchas
$30
Ave maria - SSAATTBB choir with sAT trio a cappella
Ave Maria
  • SATB with divisi and solo soprano, alto and tenor (or baritone)
  • Moderately difficult
  • Preview, listen, download: ScoreExchange.com
  • $30 for 20 print copies, $1.50 per additional copy (use "Add to cart" option)
$30/$1.50 per added copy
Bless the lord, o my soul (ippolitov-ivanov) - SSAA and TTBB choirs
Bless the Lord, O My Soul
  • arranged for SSAA and TTBB choirs
  • TTBB: preview and free download: ScoreExchange.com
  • SSAA preview and free download: ScoreExchange.com
Blessed are they - SSAATTBB choir a cappella
 Blessed are They (Beatitudes)
  • SSAATTBB, a cappella
  • $20 for 20 print copies, $1 for additional copies (use "Add to cart" option)
  • Preview, download: ScoreExchange.com
$20 + $1/ additional copy
By the rivers of babylon - SATB and piano
By the Rivers of Babylon
  • Psalm 137; Lent 4B
  • SSATB choir and piano, moderate difficulty
  • Preview, listen, download, order print copies: wlp.jspaluch.com
Cleanse us, o lord - SATB, assembly, cantor, organ, piano, various instruments
Cleanse us, O Lord: Sprinkling Rite
  • Minimalist style, ostinato, cantor, assembly, choir, organ, various instruments ad lib
  • Preview, listen, order hard copies: GIA Publications
  • NB, the recording tempo and the tempo marked are slower than I perform this.
Come, holy ghost - concertato for choir, organ, and brass
Come, Holy Ghost (LAMBILLOTTE)
  • ​arranged for brass, timpani, organ, choir and assembly
  • Available at wlp.jspaluch.com for immediate download, listening, and ordering
  • print copies.
compline service no. 1 - SSAA, presider, assembly, organ
Compline service no. 1 (Episcopal Book of Common Prayer)
  • SSAA, presider and assembly parts
  • Traditional style, moderate difficulty
  • Preview, free download: ScoreExchange.com
  • $40 for 20 print copies, $2 per additional copy (use "Add to Cart" options)​​
$2 per copy / 20 copy minimum
Related scores
  • Psalm 4: preview, free download at ScoreExchange.com
  • Psalm 31: preview, free download at ScoreExchange.com
  • Psalm 91: preview, free download at ScoreExchange.com
  • Psalm 134: preview, free download at ScoreExchange.com
  • $80 for 20 print copies of all four, $4 per additional copy (use "Add to Cart" options)
  • Permission is granted to reprint within purchasing organization.
$4 per set / 20 set minimum
compline service no. 2 - TTBB, presider, assembly, handbells, organ
Compline service no. 2
  • TTBB, presider and assembly parts, organ, handbells
  • Minimalist and traditional styles, moderate difficulty
  • Preview, free download: ScoreExchange.com
  • $50 for 20 print copies, handbell part (use "Add to cart" option)
  • Permission is granted to reprint within purchasing organization.
$50
four spirituals - SATB, descants, assembly, a cappella (opt. piano)
Four Spirituals are set for a variety of choral situations and assembly usage.  The set contains:
  • Done Made My Vow
  • Deep River
  • Fix Me
  • There Is More Love Somewhere
  • Available at wlp.jspaluch.com for immediate download, listening, and ordering print copies.
give thanks to the lord - SATB, assembly, keyboard, opt. flute
Give Thanks to the Lord
  • SATB, cantor, assembly, keyboard, opt. guitar
  • Preview, listen, order print copies: wlp.jspaluch.com
holy manna - SATB choir and piano
Brothers, sisters, come to worship (HOLY MANNA)
  • arranged for piano and SATB choir
  • Available at giamusic.com for preview, listening, and ordering print copies.
  • Themes: Unity, General use;  Coplandesque style, SATB, piano, easy
  • N.B. The recording is done at the marked tempo, which is half the intended tempo. 
10 hymn arrangements for festive occasions - brass, organ, descant
Hymn arrangements for festive occasions, vol. 1 - standard harmonizations
  • Set of ten festive hymn arrangements for brass, timpani, organ, various soprano descants
    • America, the Beautiful
      • brass octet, timpani, organ, standard SATB harmonization
      • Introduction, 2 settings, optional interlude
      • Preview and download: ScoreExchange.com
    • Land of Rest
      • brass octet, timpani, organ
      • introduction, 2 settings
      • Preview and download: ScoreExchange.com
    • Lauda anima
      • brass quintet
      • 2 settings, standard harmonization
    • Lift high the cross
      • brass quartet
      • 2 settings, standard harmonization
    • Llanfair
      • brass quartet, organ
      • introduction, 2 settings
    • Lobe den Herren (Praise to the Lord)
      • brass quartet and timpani
      • Standard SATB harmonization (2 settings)
      • Preview and download: ScoreExchange.com
    • Puer nobis
      • brass quartet
      • (2 settings)
      • Preview and download: ScoreExchange.com
    • St. Flavian
      • brass quartet, timpani, organ
      • 2 settings
    • St. Theodulph (All glory, laud, and honor/By all your saints still striving)
      • brass quartet
      • 2 settings
    • Wer nur den lieben Gott
      • brass quartet
      • 2 settings
      • Preview and download: ScoreExchange.com
  • Permission to reprint as needed within purchasing organization
  • $50 for coil-bound print copies (Use "Add to cart" option)
$50
5 hymn Concertatos for festive occasions - brass, organ, choir, assembly
Hymn arrangements for festive occasions, vol. 2 - concertatos
  • Set of seven festive arrangements on five hymn tunes for brass, timpani, organ, various soprano descants, choir
    • Amazing Grace - Full concertato for brass quartet, timpani, organ, SATB choir, descant
    • Aurelia (The church's one foundation) - brass quartet, timpani, organ (introduction, 3 settings, optional interludes, soprano descant)
    • Aurelia (The church's one foundation) - brass octet parts; same arrangement as above
    • Hymn to joy (Joyful, joyful, we adore you/Sing with all the saints in glory) - brass quartet (opt. sextet parts), organ, two descants
    • Nettleton (Come, thou font) - brass quartet, timpani, organ, soprano descant (3 settings, with modulation from D to Eb)
    • St. Columba (O breathe on me/ The King of Love) - brass quartet, timpani, organ, choir (full concertato)
    • St. Columba (O breathe on me / The King of love) - brass octet (same arrangement as above)
  • Permission to reprint as needed within purchasing organization
  • $75 for coil-bound print copies (Use "Add to cart" option)
$75
I have called you by name/vocavi nomine - SATB, cantor, assembly, keyboard
​I Have Called You by Name / Vocavi nomine
  • SATB, cantor, assembly, keyboard
  • Easy to learn ostinato with overlaying verses; flexible arrangement
  • RCIA, Advent 1B; Easter 5A
  • Preview, listen, order print copies: wlp.jspaluch.com
Irish Blessing - SATB a cappella
Irish Blessing - SATB a cappella
  • Coming soon from GIA Publishing.
  • Listen
Kyrie eleison - SATB a cappella
Kyrie eleison (Lord, have mercy)
  • SATB a cappella
  • Renaissance style motet, easy to learn and perform
  • Preview, listen, order print copies: wlp.jspaluch.com
Land of rest - Brass octet, timpani, organ
Jerusalem, My Happy Home (LAND OF REST)
  • arranged for brass octet with timpani
  • Preview and immediate download available at ScoreExchange.
  • $20 for complete print set mailed to you
  • Includes permission to reprint as needed within purchasing organization
  • permission to print as needed within purchasing organization
$20
lobe den herren - brass quartet, timpani, organ
Praise to the Lord (LOBE DEN HERREN)
  • arranged for brass quartet, timpani, and organ
  • Preview and immediate download available at ScoreExchange .
  • $10 for complete print set mailed to you
$10
nettleton - concertato for brass, organ, SATB choir, assembly
God, We Praise You/Come, Thou Font (NETTLETON)
  • arranged for brass quartet (horn/trombone 1 part is the same)
  • Preview and immediate download available at ScoreExchange.
  • $30 for complete print set mailed to you (Use "Add to cart")
  • permission to print as needed within purchasing organization
  • Soprano descant included
$30
now the heavens start to whisper - SATB, piano, opt. string quartet
Now the Heavens Start to Whisper (SUO GAN)
  • arranged for SATB choir and optional string quartet
  • Mary Louise Bringle text for Advent
  • Listen, preview and order from GIA Publications .
nunc dimittis - SATB, organ
Nunc dimittis / Lord, you now have set your servant free
  • SATB, canon in soprano and bass, organ
  • contemplative, minimalist elements
  • Preview, download at ScoreExchange.com
  • $30 for 20 print copies/ $1.50 per additional copy (use "Add to cart" option)
  • Permission granted to reprint as needed within purchasing organization
20 copies minimum
$1.50 per copy
O god, our help in ages past - concertato for SATB, assembly, brass, timpani, organ
O God, Our Help in Ages Past (ST. ANN)
  • arranged for assembly, choir, brass quartet, timpani, and organ
  • Preview and order from World Library Publications.
O salutaris hostia - SATB, SSAA, and TTBB
O salutaris hostia
  • Communion, Eucharistic devotion
  • available for SATB, SSAA, and TTBB choirs
  • preview, download SATB - ScoreExchange.com
  • preview, download TTBB - ScoreExchange.com
  • $30 for 20 print copies, use "Add to cart" option.
  • permission to reprint within purchasing organization as needed
20 copies minimum
$1.50 per copy
Two Ostinatos for lent
Two Ostinatos for Lent
  • SATB, assembly, cantor, keyboard, opt. guitar, opt. woodwinds and cello
  • Miserere mei, Adoramus Te
  • Lent, Christ the King years B and C
  • Preview, listen, order print copies: wlp.jspaluch.com
Pentecost sequence - unison and 2-part choir, handbells
Pentecost Sequence
  • Unison and 2-part, handbells
  • Preview, listen, order print copies: GIA Publications
Responsorial psalm settings
Psalm 4 - Lord, let your face shine upon us
  • Easter 3B, Gospel style, ICEL text, piano accompaniment
  • Preview, listen, download, order hard copies: World Library Publications
Psalm 22 - Liturgy of the Word for Confirmation
  • contemporary-style psalm setting (piano accompaniment), traditional style Gospel acclamations and intercessions (organ/brass)
  • Preview, listen, download, order hard copies: GIA Publications
Psalm 30 - I will praise you, Lord
  • Easter Vigil, Easter 3C, Ordinary Time 10C, 13B
  • Celtic style pervades melody and harmony
  • SATB and piano
  • Preview, listen, download, order hard copies: World Library Publications
Psalm 34 - Taste and See
  • Communion setting for SATB choir, piano, guitar, cantor, and assembly
  • Preview, order hard copies: JWPepper
Psalm 47 - God mounts his throne
  • Unison, cantor, descant, trumpet, organ
  • Preview, listen, order hard copies: GIA Publications
Psalm 67 - The earth has yielded its fruits
  • Thanksgiving
  • SATB, cantor, assembly, flute, organ
  • Preview, listen, order hard copies: World Library Publications
Psalm 95 - If today you hear his voice
  • Gospel style, piano, moderate difficulty, SATB
  • Preview, listen, download, order hard copies: World Library Publications
Psalm 112 - The just man is a light
  • SATB, cantor, assembly, piano
  • Ordinary time 5A
  • Preview, listen, order hard copies:  World Library Publications
Psalm 116 - I will walk before the Lord
  • Unison, cantor, assembly, piano (jazzy, walking-bass style)
  • Lent 2B
  • Preview, listen, download, order hard copies: World Library Publications
Psalm 128 - Blessed are those
  • Wedding, Feast of the Holy Family, Ordinary Time 27B and 33A
  • Moderate difficulty
  • Will be available at GIA Publications.
Psalm 130 - Out of the depths/With the Lord, there is mercy
  • Funerals, Lenten services; tastefully jazzy, very expressive
  • unison, piano, cantor, assembly, moderately difficult for soloist
  • $12 for 10 print copies minimum (Click on "Buy Now" button)
  • Preview and download from Tradebit.com
$12
Psalm 145 - The Lord is near
  • Lent 2B
  • SATB, cantor, assembly, keyboard
  • Preview, listen, download, order print copies: World Library Publications
Psalm 146 - Lord, come and save us
  • Advent 3A
  • SATB, piano, cantor, assembly, Gospel style, call-and-response verses
  • Preview, listen, order print copies: World Library Publications
Luke 1 - Magnificat
  • Advent 3AB, Advent 4BC
  • SATB, cantor, assembly
  • Preview, listen, order print copies: World Library Publications
St. Flavian
St. Flavian (Lord, who throughout these forty days)
  • brass quartet, timpani, organ, soprano descant
  • $15 for print scores (Use "Add to cart" option)
  • Available in the collection "Hymn arrangements for festive occasions, vol 1"
$15
Transfiguration - SATB choir, piano
Transfiguration
  • SATB, piano, moderate difficulty
  • Feast of the Transfiguration, Lent 2; Phil. 3, 20-21
  • Preview and free download: ScoreExchange.com
  • $30 for 20 print copies
  • permission to reprint as needed within purchasing organization
20 copies minimum
​$1.50 per copy
Tu es petrus
Tu es Petrus
  • SSATBB choir
  • Feast of Peter and Paul
  • Preview and download: ScoreExchange.com
  • $20 for 20 print copies
20 copies minimum
$1.00 per copy
Ubi caritas - SATB, cantor, assembly, organ, opt. piano
Ubi Caritas
  • for SATB choir, cantor, assembly, organ and opt. piano
  • Holy Thursday, communion
  • Preview, listen and order (immediate download available) from Oregon Catholic Press .
Wexford carol
Wexford Carol / Good people, all, this Christmastide
  • ​Coming soon from GIA Publications
  • SATB, piano
WOndrous love - SATB
Wondrous Love
  • straightforward harmonization for SATB choir
  • Available for preview and free download at ScoreExchange.com .
llanfair (Christ the Lord is risen today) - Brass quartet, timpani, soprano descant
Llanfair (Christ the Lord is risen today)
  • arranged for brass quartet with opt. tuba and French horn, with timpani and soprano descant
  • $15 for complete set of printed scores
  • permission to reprint within purchasing organization
$15
Have mercy on me, O god (Psalm 51) - solo voice (unison choir) and piano
Have mercy on me, O God (Psalm 51)
  • new composition for solo and piano
  • suitable for Ash Wednesday, Lent, reconciliation, penance
  • Preview and download ($5): ScoreExchange.com
  • $10 for two printed scores (Use "Add to Cart" button)
  • permission to reprint within purchasing organization
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$10
Meditations on "missa orbis factor" - flute (violin) and piano
Meditations on "Missa orbis factor" - flute (violin) and piano
  • easy to moderate difficulty
  • ​$15 for print copies or pdf emailed to you
  • permission to reprint within purchasing organization
  • Listen to "Sanctus" using the media player below.
$15
Do not stand at my grave and weep - SATB or SSAATTBB choir a cappella
The famous poem of Mary Frye (2004-2014) is given a lush, dramatic, and emotional setting, suitable for funerals, memorials services, and memorial anniversaries (e.g., military, personal, civic).  This is a moderately difficult piece because of the divisi, but the harmonic and rhythmic language is fairly easy to master and immediately accessible to audiences and congregations.
  • ​Preview and immediate download at ScoreExchange.com ($20 for 20 copies minimum)
  • Order 20 or more print copies ($1.50/copy) - use "Add to cart"
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SSAATTBB
​20 copies minimum
​$1.50 per copy

Here is essentially the same piece for SATB choir, which can be sung with four parts alone, or with some optional divisi.
  • ​Preview and immediate download at ScoreExchange.com ($20 for 20 copies minimum)
  • Order 20 or more print copies ($1.50/copy) - use "Add to cart"
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SATB with opt. divisi
20 copies minimum
​$1.50 per copy
O holy Spirit, flowing light - SATB or SATB with divisi
Mary Louise Bringle wrote a lovely hymn text to the Holy Spirit which is here set for mixed voices and is especially suitable for Pentecost or confirmation.  The images in the poem are rich and inviting, with a returning phrase "Laus tibi, Sancte Spiritus" ("We praise you, Holy Spirit")  that builds in intensity.  
  • Versions for SATB with optional divisi and also SSATTB(B)
  • Instant preview and download:
    • SATB ScoreExchange.com,
      $30 for 20 copies
    • SSATTB(B) ScoreExchange.com
      ​$30 for 20 copies
  • Order print copies using the "Add to cart" button on the right, minimum 20 copies
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SATB or SSATTB(B) print copies
20 minimum
​$40
Lux aeterna / We will remember them - A hymn for Memorial Day and Remembrance Day - SATB with piano
Lux aeterna / We will remember them

A lush choral hymn for Memorial Day, Remembrance Day, funerals, and memorial services, especially for those who have died in military service, or died young;.
  • SATB choir, with an optional descant and divisi.
  • Text incorporates "Lux aeterna", ("Let perpetual light shine upon them, Lord, with your saints in eternity, in your loving mercy.")
  • Includes Two stanzas Laurence Binyon's poem "For the fallen",
  • Moderately easy
  • Preview and download: ScoreExchange.com
  • $30 for 20 print copies
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$1.50 per copy
minimum 20 copies
"Ein' Feste Burg" / "A mighty fortress" - Concertato for brass, organ, choir, assembly
A mighty fortress (EIN' FESTE BURG)
  • concertato for brass quartet, choir, organ, and assembly
  • Festive, moderately difficult brass parts with timpani
  • Horn part included as replacement for trombone 1
  • Choral verse moderately easy
  • Third verse organ part moderately difficult
  • Preview and $20 digital download at ScoreExchange.com, includes reprint permission for your organization
  • Print copies available, $30 for a complete set





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