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Have a look behind the scenes – we invite you to get to know our publishing house and our staff. Here we reveal what spurs us on, give an insight into our work, and show you how we create our editions for you to the highest standards of quality.
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Conference report: Puccini Symposium on 16 January 2024

A conference report on the Puccini Symposium on 16 January 2024 on the occasion of the first anniversary of the death of the well-known Stuttgart Puccini researcher Dieter Schickling: about Schickling’s spirit of research, the cooperation of Carus with the Edizione Nazionale and the Centro Studi as well as plans for new research and editions.

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Important information on app use on iPhones with iOS 17.4 in the EU

Apple will continue to allow web apps in the EU in future. For you, this means that the functionalities of carus music, the Choir Coach, will continue to be fully available even after the release of iOS 17.4.

Update from carus music, the Choir Coach

The native app version of carus music, the Choir Coach will be conclusively out of service from April 15, 2023. Information on how you can use the browser-based app and our simple migration service can be found in this blog post.

Recycling and borrowing in J.S. Bach’s works

Discover how Bach borrowed from his own earlier music to create masterpieces like his B minor Mass.

50 Years of excellence in choral music – jubilee celebration

Everyone knows that landmarks should be celebrated as they come. And for Carus there is a truly special reason to celebrate in 2022: the publishing house is turning 50!

Ester Petri and Uwe Wolf in conversation

What does Carus mean to you? How do you see the future of the company? Ester Petri and Uwe Wolf in dialog. Over the last few years both have had a considerable influence on the development of Carus – Ester Petri as Managing Director alongside Publisher Johannes Graulich, and Uwe Wolf as Program Director, succeeding Günter Graulich. Neither Petri nor Wolf is related to the Graulich publishing family, nevertheless they endeavor to maintain the good traditions of the family business – and at the same time to make the company fit for new challenges!

Founding of Carus-Verlag

After discovering there was no satisfactory printed edition of Vivaldi’s Gloria, Günter Graulich decided without further ado to transcribe the music himself from the autograph manuscript for his choir. Demand for the edition grew, and with it the need to have it printed. This marked the birth of Carus-Verlag.

News about carus music

Are you one of the many choral singers who practise your choral part with carus music, the choir app – whether it’s intricate Bach coloratura passages, or the harmonic surprises found in Distler? Or are you one of the many choral directors who regularly recommend your choir to practise using carus music? Then right now, you might be wondering why the android version is no longer fully available. Oh well, major events cast their shadows! We have plans for carus music, our choir app. Iris Pfeiffer, who is responsible for the app as head of the Business Development Department, gives an update and reveals what you can look forward to in the near future!

Carus expands its range of digital editions

Carus is taking the next step in digitisation as the first German music publisher to offer its customers an extensive program digitally. Conductors, choral directors, and choral music fans can now benefit from a considerably expanded range of products from Carus. Many sheet music editions are now also available in digital form. As well as this, additional materials for successful rehearsal and concert preparation are available for the first time. Read the report of the Carus management.

Saint-Saëns’ fascinating Requiem in reduced scoring

Camille Saint-Saëns’ lavishly orchestrated setting of the Requiem calls for no fewer than four harps. This expressive work moves and fascinates listeners in equal measure, including our Chief Editor Uwe Wolf. It has long been a heartfelt desire of his to enable as many musicians as possible to perform this work – including groups with more limited resources at their disposal. For the Saint-Saëns anniversary in 2021, Carus is publishing an arrangement for strings, harp, and orchestra by Klaus Rothaupt.