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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​
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$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
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$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.
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$15
Do not stand at my grave and weep - SATB or SSAATTBB choir a capella
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
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