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John Milford Rutter CBE (born 24 September 1945) cron, an international professional music fraternity in
is a British composer, conductor, editor, arranger and 1985.[5][6]
record producer, mainly of choral music.
Rutter is also a Vice President of the Joyful Company of
Singers.
Biography
2 Compositions
Rutters work is published principally by Oxford University Press in England and by Hinshaw Music in the US.
It has been recorded by many choirs, but he conducts his
own recordings principally on his Collegium label.
3 Inuences
groups in the United States, Britain and other parts of the 5.2 Carols
world and his composition Mass of the Children, written
"All Things Bright and Beautiful"
after the sudden death of his son Christopher while a student at Clare College, Cambridge, where Rutter himself
"Angels Carol" (Original composition)
had studied.
"Angel Tidings" (Arrangement)
In a 2009 interview Rutter discussed his understanding of
'genius and its unique ability to transform lives whether
"Banquet Fugue"
that genius is communicated in the form of music or other
media. He likened the purity of music to that of math "Born on Earth" (Arrangement)
ematics and connected the two with a reference to the
"Candlelight Carol" (Original composition)
discovery made by the early Greeks that frequencies of
harmonic pitches are related by whole-number ratios.
"Carol of the Children" (Original composition)
"Carol of the Magi" (Original composition)
Reception
5.1
Extended compositions
Gloria (1974)
Requiem (1985)
Magnicat (1990)
Mass of the Children (2003)
Suite Antique
Te Deum
5.3
Choral works
Gaelic Blessing
"We Will"
5.3
Choral works
The Holly and the Ivy for SATB and piano or orchestra
Gloria for mixed voices with brass, percussion and
organ or orchestra.
I Saw Three Ships from Carols for Choirs 3 for SATB
and piano or orchestra
"I will sing with the spirit" for SATB and organ, piano or orchestra
Joy to the world! for SATB and keyboard or orchestra (2 trumpets, timpani and strings)
Shepherds Pipe Carol for SATB and piano or orchestra or for SSAA and piano or orchestra
EXTERNAL LINKS
Three Carols from Carols for Choirs 4 for SS and 7.2 Notations
SSA unaccompanied
Kennedy, Michael (2006), The Oxford Dictionary of
Tomorrow shall be my dancing day from the cycle
Music, 985 pages, ISBN 0-19-861459-4
of carols, Dancing Day for SSA and harp or piano
"The Twelve Days of Christmas" from Carols for
Choirs 2 for SATB and piano or orchestra
Winchester Te Deum For SATB and Piano or Organ
Wexford Carol for SATB unaccompanied
What sweeter music for SATB and organ or strings
5.4
7
7.1
References
Footnotes
[1] http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/4727014/
The-carol-singers-shining-star.html
[2] Macfarlane, Alan. Interview with John Rutter. Retrieved 18 December 2013.
[3] Famous OCs (PDF). Highgate: The Cholmeleian Society. 4 January 2012. Retrieved 11 December 2012.
[4] BBC Radio 3 Composer of the Week, John Rutter.
YouTube. Retrieved 28 September 2014.
[5] Welcome To Delta Omicron International Music Fraternity. Delta Omicron. Retrieved 2011-07-22.
[6] News. Delta Omicron. 29 March 2008. Retrieved
2011-07-22.
[7] Order of Service. Telegraph.co.uk. 28 April 2011. Retrieved 28 September 2014.
[8] Rebecca Leung (11 February 2009). Spreading Good
Cheer. CBS News. Retrieved 2011-07-22.
[9] Expansive Poetry Online. Expansivepoetryonline.com.
Retrieved 28 September 2014.
[10] "The Guardian, 22 December 2000. Guardian.co.uk.
Retrieved 28 September 2014.
[11] John Rutter: a Life. Classic FM. Retrieved 28 September 2014.
8 External links
Rutter at the Oxford University Press website
Collegium Records
John Rutter interviewed by Alan Macfarlane, 28
January 2009 (lm)
John Rutter interviewed by C Music TV, October
2010 on YouTube
John Rutter interviewed by C Music TV, October
2010 from C Music TV
This is the Day, performed at the royal wedding,
2011
Joyful Company of Singers
9.1
Text
9.2
Images
9.3
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