Dr. J. Butz Musikverlag

Lee Scott has established a reputation of excellent choral writing for the a cappella choir. This familiar song has been graced with Mr. Scott's careful placement of pitches to ensure a beautiful rend...

Rhonda Woodward is not a new writer, but she will become even more noticed with this new setting. The words of Isaac Watts have been refreshed with a new a cappella tune that soars to brilliant height...

A bouncy work that can be used for any purpose effectively. In classic Fred Bock style, the accompaniment often drops out and allows the a cappella choral parts to glisten. The dramatic ending grows i...

Jack Halloran's arrangements are choral gems. Dick Bolks is a master at taking these challenging divisi a cappella choir settings and crafting them for a standard 4-part, SATB mixed choir, with piano...

Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625) remains one of the most notable Renaissance composers of English madrigals. The musical setting of this metaphorical poem has made it his most popular to this day.

Combining Psalm 130 and 139, along with a text by Isaac Watts, teacher and composer Robert H. Young gives us another of his a cappella treats. His contemporary madrigal style that incorporates a harmo...

Using the words of William Cullen Bryant (1794-1878), Robert H. Young provides a wonderful musical offering for consecrating a building. Typical of his unique writing style, Dr. Young leads us into gl...

Nell Walker has been singing with The Albert McNeil Jubilee Singers for many years, and they have performed her arrangement many times. So it was time to make it available to all and we are proud to d...

For almost a hundred years Jester Hairston entertained and taught us with his classic spiritual editions. Now his niece, Jacqueline Hairston, is following suit with this fine arrangement of Fix Me, Je...

John Dowland (1562-1626) has been rediscovered, thanks mainly to a new album by the recording artist, Sting, which features the music of this great English Renaissance composer. Edited by scholar Dr....

This fantastic setting of the canticle by one of Poland's leading composers moves briskly with a large range of dynamics, an aleatoric middle section, and with a propulsion that is electrifying. Diffi...

Charming and sophisticated are rarely attributed to the same piece but this selection is an exception in many ways. Selected for the Bruce Rogers Choral Series, composer Leonard Enns calls this deligh...

David Das is now a major force in the television music world, and his setting of his friend Martin Bass' Shout for Joy clarifies why. A high energy piece containing elements of a good rock tune, a liv...

The text may be from the 13th century, but David Dickau's setting would have us believe it is contemporary. Although sounding sacred, the text portrays God's love for us is as effortless as a bird who...

A response piece to Schoenberg's 'Friede auf Erden'. The piece has a different textual and interpretative angle than Schoenberg's original, mainly by focusing on the different meanings of the word 'Fr...

Latin text: 12th century. English text: John Mason Neale 1851. Mel: French missale 16th century / Thomas Helmore 1856. Choral motet composed by Eilert Tøsse 2017.

Psalm 23 paraphrased by Isaac Watts. Melody from an Irish folk tune.

Elegi was originally written for orchestra by Hugo Alfvén, from the 'Gustav II Adolf' suite. Here it is transcribed for soloist and mixed choir by Thomas Caplin.

'Ubi caritas' is a hymn of the Western Church. This edition was commissioned by Dariusz Zimnicki and the Tibi Domine Choir.

Dieser humorvolle Chortitel basiert auf den digitalen Herausforderungen, denen sich auch darstellende Künstler in der Zeit der Coronavirus-Pandemie bei der Verwendung digitaler Konferenzsysteme gegenü...

For mixed choir SATB to SSAATTBB including S, A, T, and B solo, and cello. The recording is a concert recording from 18.09.2018. The performance is by Borg vocal ensemble and cellist Liv Frengstad, co...

A new original composition with a beautiful and effective sound image, for mixed choir SATB. Below you can hear a temporary and unofficial recording for reference. Not sold individually, but to the nu...

Neben seinem Schaffen als Opernkomponist, widmete sich Salieri auch der Kirchenmusik, die fast ausschliesslich für die kaiserliche Hofkapelle bestimmt war. Die 1767 entstandene 'Misso Stylo a cappella...

Neben seinem Schaffen als Opernkomponist, widmete sich Salieri auch der Kirchenmusik, die fast ausschliesslich für die kaiserliche Hofkapelle bestimmt war. Die 1767 entstandene 'Misso Stylo a cappella...