“There are different kinds of service, but the same Lord.” 1 Corinthians 12:5
It’s not just birthdays we celebrate annually! Important events keep coming back year after year, in many forms, so that we can honour and appreciate them, and it is no wonder that religious festivals hold an important place in our calendars. Browse our sheet music and scores, we have music for all festive occasions, and click here to find out more about the church year.
Unlike the calendar year, the church year begins with Advent, and ends with what the Catholic Church calls Christ the King, and the Protestant Church calls Eternity Sunday, the Sunday before Advent. Religious festivals mirror nature: in the dark season of winter, Christ comes as a light into the world, in the spring, Easter celebrates the victory of life over death, and as autumn unfolds, the church commemorates transience and death.
Individual feast days, and days of remembrance are celebrated each year, including for Mary Mother of God, the Apostles, the Evangelists and the Saints, and events such as New Year and Thanksgiving, as well as the Festival of our Lord Jesus Christ. In recent years, some Sundays have been devoted to more familiar, secular topics, such as Family and World Mission. Festivals in the Reformed Churches differ slightly from those in the Catholic Church, they also assign "non-festive" Sundays, and they feature the "Wochenlied", the Main Song, or Song of the Week, which has a similar function to a traditional Anthem in other religious services.
for: Flexible ensemble
Score
Item no.: 578420
for: Brass ensemble
Score
Item no.: 464443
Christmas Concerto
for: 2 violins, cello, strings, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 379031
Songbook (anthology)
Item no.: 108426
for: Trombone [baritone horn/euphonium/bassoon]
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 378285
Biscuit cutter
Item no.: 483134
for: Voice (low), piano
Buch
Item no.: 579206
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 181460
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 615838
A clever and unique arrangement for beginning bands
Discovery Band – A Series for Developing Bands
for: Youth concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 649270
for: Organ (manuals)
Music score
Item no.: 214103
for: Piano; voice ad lib.
Single edition
Item no.: 405671
for: Recorder and Mixed Ensemble
Buch
Item no.: 303361
for: Accordion
Music score
Item no.: 828427
for: Flexible ensemble (5 parts), piano (school orchestra)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 377035
for: 2 VL VDG (POS) BC
Score
Item no.: 132511
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 1479680
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 293940
for: 2 melodic instruments (identically tuned)
Ensemble score
Item no.: 413236
Solos and Band Arrangements
Correlated with the Essential Elements Band Method
for: Winds class [youth concert band]
Score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 371008
for: 1-2 flutes; piano ad lib.
Piano score, parts
Item no.: 601507
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 104696
for: Violin
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 609318
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 236803
for: 4 recorders (SATB quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 418533
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 280763
for: Voice; piano [guitar/keyboard] ad lib.
Songbook (melody, chords, lyrics)
Item no.: 693580
The Christmas Book
for: 3-5 Gitarren
Ensemble score
Item no.: 780269
(The Kings in Bethlehem)
for: gemischter Chor (MezBar)
Choir score
Item no.: 751763
for: Flute, piano
Music score
Item no.: 733252
12 Lieder für Advent, Weihnachten und Neujahr in leichten Sätzen
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 725997
for: Choir
Item no.: 1645498
for: Brass quintet
Sheet music
Item no.: 1631400
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1554460
op. 251/3
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 737029
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1045602
for: Organ [harpsichord]
Sheet music
Item no.: 3220
for: Voice (medium/high), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1845
for: Voice (high), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1179
for: Voice (medium/high), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 4403
for: Flute [oboe/treble recorder], piano [organ]
Piano score, Solo part (pdf download)
Item no.: 2513
for: Piano 4 hands
Sheet music
Item no.: 2440
for: Flexible ensemble (6 voices); children's choir ad lib.
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 2390
for: Trumpet (B-flat)
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 1351467
for: Trombone
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 1351465
for: SSA and Organ
Buch
Item no.: 259675
for: Piano [keyboard/ guitar]
Music score
Item no.: 488496
for: Mixed choir (SAM) a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 672424