“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.
15 famous Christmas Songs
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 737005
for: Organ
Item no.: 375055
for: Voice (high), basso continuo
Item no.: 206505
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 488663
for: 4 recorders (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 229159
for: 5 soloists (SSATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Choir score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 678032
for: GES-H (S) (1-2) ORG
Item no.: 362280
for: Piano [keyboard]
Music score, online playback
Item no.: 669646
for: Glockenspiel [xylophon]
Music score
Item no.: 396179
for: Vocal Score SATB
Piano reduction
Item no.: 317730
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1664112
Weihnachtslieder und Vortragsstücke in fünf Schwierigkeitsstufen für Unterricht, Hausmusik und Vortrag
für Violine und Klavier Lehrerband 1 (Klavierbegleitung)
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 655728
The comprehensive collection for solo, duet or group playing
(Revised new edition 2023)
for: 1–2 trumpets
Ensemble score (anthology), online audio (playback)
Item no.: 1642783
Piano reduction
Item no.: 327847
for: Choir (1–2 voices), 1–2 flutes, rhythm section (guitar, bass, percussion)
Score
Item no.: 120289
Weihnachtslieder für drei Sopranblockflöten
(mit Text)
for: 3 descant recorders
Ensemble score
Item no.: 191487
for: Solo voice, mixed choir (SATB), organ; strings ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 281497
for: Flexible ensemble
Flute / oboe (ensemble score)
Item no.: 618518
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 370920
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 168830
for: 4 recorders (SATB quartet)
Ensemble score
Item no.: 117164
for: 1–3 trombones
Ensemble score (anthology), Playback-CD
Item no.: 105812
for: Trumpet, piano
Item no.: 283195
Choral from Cantata No. 147 BWV 147
arranged for piano
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 123679
for: OB (GIT) KLAV E-BASS
Partitur
Item no.: 610924
for: Organ
Music score (anthology)
Item no.: 372522
for: Piano [keyboard]
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 149028
for: Soloist (bass), vocal ensemble, 2 mixed choirs, boys’ choir, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 352739
for: Organ [harpsichord]
Music score
Item no.: 164593
for: 2 cellos
Ensemble score
Item no.: 662682
for: 1–2 violins
Ensemble score
Item no.: 633259
for: Accordion
Music score (anthology), Playback-CD
Item no.: 459975
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 447130
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 378383
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1677347
Young Band
for: Tuba
Music score
Item no.: 956325
Shawnee Press
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1343079
7 Medium Voice Songs for Advent & Christmas
for: Voice (medium), piano
Music score
Item no.: 913661
Big Note Songbook
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 972433
for: Voice, big band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1559776
Ein englisches Weihnachtslied für gemischten Chor a cappella
Mit deutscher Übersetzung
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Vocal score
Item no.: 183336
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 474046
for: Cello
Music score
Item no.: 474045
Shawnee Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1124022
Feast of the Annunciation
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 232691
Weihnachtslieder für Frauenchor und Klavier
for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 291443
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1653299
for: Clarinet
Music score
Item no.: 943226