Carus – Excellence in Choral Music

Carus-Verlag, your music publisher in Stuttgart, is one of the leading publishers of sacred and secular choral music worldwide.

Our catalog contains around 45,000 predominantly vocal works, both printed and digital – CDs on our own Carus label, books on music, practice aids, and apps such as carus music, the Choir Coach. Have fun browsing through!

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Program preview

Program preview

Spring 2024

Jump into a new year of choral music with a preview of our new Carus program! You can look forward to many exciting new editions in our extensive ranges including Urtext, arrangements for small ensembles, contemporary choral music, choral collections, and practice aids. You can already pre-order many of the editions in our Spring program, add them to your personal wishlist in our webshop, or receive a notification when they are published. more
Mozart Requiem

Mozart Requiem

One of the most fascinating fragments in music history

Fascinating fragments: the remnants of Mozart's Requiem serve to inspire! Since the composer's death in 1791, many attempts have been made to complete this great work of music history. The British composer and choral conductor Howard Arman is now publishing his own new completed version with Carus, opening up a fresh perspective on Mozart's masterpiece. Get to knwo the new version! more
Fauré 2024

Fauré 2024

A practical choral collection and much more

For Fauré’s anniversary we recommend the practical choral collection Musique religieuse. It contains all of Gabriel Fauré’s small-scale sacred choral and ensemble works. A worthwhile long-term acquisition for your music library. There are over twenty pieces in the collection, including the popular Cantique de Jean Racine, all in original settings, and all the pieces are also available as separate editions for your choir. more
For mixed choirs

For mixed choirs

Perpetuum mobile

We proudly present: Peter Schindlers latest composition for curious choirs! In Perpetuum mobile composer Peter Schindler has set 44 texts from the Codex to create a new 90-minute song cycle in 4 acts for soloists, chorus, jazz quartet and string ensemble (ad lib.) A stirring work for good amateur choirs! more
CARUS Magazine

CARUS Magazine

The new edition is here!

The new CARUS magazine is here! The main focus is on the great Bach anniversary, which we are celebrating this year: 300 years of Bach in Leipzig! Other topics "Classic meets Tango" and "Highlights from 500 years of choral music" show the versatility of our work and choral repertoire. Enjoy reading! more
Anniversaries

Anniversaries

2024: set the stage for Puccini

In 2024 we are commemorating 100 years since the deaths of composers Gabriel Fauré and Giacomo Puccini. Puccini's masterpiece, the "Messa a 4 voci con orchestra" ("Messa di Gloria") is available in a modern Urtext edition including performance material. Carus also offers a practice aid for choir singers, a vocal score XL, and supplementary digital material! more
Choir & Organ

Choir & Organ

Fauré: Requiem in F minor

Faure's Requiem, op. 48, is his only large-scale sacred composition and certainly his most important essay in the genre. This wonderful Requiem setting is now available in a modern version for choir and organ, just in time for the Fauré commemorative year in 2024! more
carus music, the Choir Coach

carus music, the Choir Coach

Did you know ...?

WOW! Our practice aid carus music, the Choir Coach, just keeps on growing. More than 80,000 choir singers worldwide now use the app.

INTERESTING: people generally prefer to practice in the evenings, and generally also during the week rather than at the weekend. 

NEW: Our browser-based app is (also with menu navigation) now available in Japanese (as well as in Egnlish, German, and French)!
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Catalogues

Catalogues

Great Choral Works in small scorings

In our catalogue you will find arrangements of large choral symphonic works for small scorings as well as a large number of arrangements for choir and organ. The comparison of instrumentation and required number of singers and musicians simplifies the planning of your next choir concerts. Have fun browsing! more

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Gabriel Fauré: Requiem

Faure's Requiem , op. 48, is his only large-scale sacred composition and certainly his most important essay in the genre. Already popular with audiences during his lifetime, its success continues to this day. For this new edition, Yves... more

Swiss Choral Music

Swiss up your choir!  The choral collection Swiss Choral Music is a real treasure trove of recent choral music from Switzerland. As diverse as the country itself, this volume of 28 choral settings of varying levels of difficulty includes... more

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Requiem (Arman version)

The English conductor and composer Howard Arman has presented us with a completed version of Mozart’s Requiem . “Another one?” you might ask, since this publication is only the latest in a long line reaching back to the traditional... more

Johann Sebastian Bach: The Sacred Vocal Music

With the Bach vocal project, we are publishing Johann Sebastian Bach's complete sacred vocal music in a high-quality complete edition: This up-to-date Bach Edition – over 12,500 pages of score – contains all the cantatas,... more

Stuttgart Urtext Editions

Carus Urtext editions are historical-critical editions for practical use, available with the complete performance material and practice aids. The "Stuttgart Editions" are recognized worldwide as leading Urtext editions in the area of sacred choral music, and take into consideration all the currently available sources.