“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: Organ
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Item no.: 342670
for: Mixed choir (SSATBB) a cappella
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Item no.: 149779
for: Flute, 2 violins, viola, cello
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Item no.: 135602
for: Voice (alto), basso continuo
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Item no.: 135420
for: Choir, instruments
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Item no.: 103451
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, basso continuo
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Item no.: 183600
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
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Item no.: 155195
for: Tiefe Stimme, Orgel, Chor ad libitum
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Item no.: 115482
for: Soloist (baritone), mixed choir (SATB) [male choir (TTBarB)], orchestra
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Item no.: 162886
for: Mixed choir (5–6 parts) a cappella
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Item no.: 179095
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
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Item no.: 174161
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Item no.: 360193
for: gemischter Chor (SATB), Sopran-Solo und Orgel
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Item no.: 353079
for: Children's choir, melody instrument, piano
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Item no.: 231470
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
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Item no.: 230947
for: Solo A, Va
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Item no.: 230587
for: Mixed choir a cappella
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Item no.: 230563
for: Soli (SATB), gemischter Chor (SATB), Orgel, [Flöte]
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Item no.: 230391
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
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Item no.: 237962
for: Mixed choir (SATB), basso continuo; 3 solo voices (SAT) ad lib.
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Item no.: 236180
for: Gemischter Chor (SSATB), 3 Posaunen, Violoncello / Kontrabass, Orgel
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Item no.: 235619
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), 2 oboes, strings, basso continuo
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Item no.: 234641
for: KAMMERMUSIK BLECHBLASINSTRUMENTE OKTETTE
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Item no.: 203162
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
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Item no.: 199957
for: GCH 3 POS BC
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Item no.: 212083
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 485561
for: Choir
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Item no.: 1336831
for: Concert band
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Item no.: 1650580
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 642113
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 317231
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 316676
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 772948
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 3 trombones, organ
Score, Parts
Item no.: 307080
Meditation on wood engravings of Lucas Cranach the Elder
for: Organ 4 hands
Ensemble score
Item no.: 584797
for: Soprano, SATB
Choir score
Item no.: 358060
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Buch
Item no.: 469347
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 278608
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 187096
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 336672
for: Violin
Music score
Item no.: 429671
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 258385
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 565126
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 315088
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 188185
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 315412
for: Voice (alto), 2 orchestras
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Item no.: 388619
for: Mixed choir (SATB), concert band; organ ad lib.
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Item no.: 691314