“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: Flute, piano
Music score
Item no.: 751156
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 751090
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 751089
for: 1–2 cellos; piano ad lib.
Music score
Item no.: 1209332
for: Mixed choir (SATB), instruments [organ]
Piano score
Item no.: 204656
for: Männerchor (TTBB) mit 4 Instrumenten (Bläser, Streicher) oder Orgel, auch a cap.
Piano score
Item no.: 204642
for: Kinderchor, Harmonika und Klavier
Set of parts
Item no.: 201417
for: Violin, piano
Item no.: 106268
for: Male choir (TTBB), organ [melodic instruments]
Choir score
Item no.: 1659985
for: 1–2 violins
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 1701654
for: 6 clarinets
Ensemble score
Item no.: 996065
for: gemischter Chor (SATB) mit Soli (STB) und Streichorchester; Flöte und Cembalo ad libitum
Chorpartitur
Item no.: 247530
for: Soloist (tenor), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction
Item no.: 309559
for: 2 alto saxophones (duet)
Ensemble score
Item no.: 155308
for: Mixed choir (SATB), instruments
Score, online media
Item no.: 1652239
for: 2-3 Sopran-Blockflöten und Gitarre
Ensemble score
Item no.: 288226
for: Flexible ensemble
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1546117
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 725494
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 725493
Seht da kommt die Alte
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 725414
Paris 1599/Köln 1638
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 725388
Anhang C zum Magnificat BWV 243
for: Mixed choir (SABar), organ
Music score
Item no.: 722936
Journal, CD
Item no.: 474890
for: 2-4 voices [choir], instruments
Piano score
Item no.: 158136
for: Gemischter Chor (4-6)
Item no.: 306965
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ; 2 violins, double bass ad lib.
Organ score
Item no.: 308066
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Set of parts
Item no.: 307656
for: 2 violins, basso continuo
Score, Parts
Item no.: 300797
for: Voice, guitar [accordion/keyboard]
Songbook, Playback-CD
Item no.: 582517
Set of parts
Item no.: 309587
Marianische Orgelmusik aus dem 16. - 20. Jahrhundert
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 245438
Weihnachtsmesse
for: Women's choir (SAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1563605
for: 3 Instruments
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1147194
for: Jazz ensemble
Score
Item no.: 946498
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 945599
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 945585
for: String orchestra
Score
Item no.: 948185
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Item no.: 474495
for: Fanfare
Score
Item no.: 986004
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 987358
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1004982
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 942830
for: String orchestra
Score
Item no.: 942540
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 942277
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 942010
for: String orchestra
Score
Item no.: 941634
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 939022
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 938588