Easter is the most important festival of the church year, and composers of all eras have created great works to celebrate Easter. The Hallelujah Chorus from Handel’s Messiah is probably one of the most impressive compositions celebrating the resurrection of Christ. Browse our sheet music and scores, and whether it’s festive music, Easter cantatas or psalms you are after, no matter your style, genre or instrumentation, let Stretta Music help you celebrate today!
Easter has always held a special place within church music. Even before the Reformation, the high festivals were places for songs in the common tongue, alongside an otherwise Latin liturgy. The predict Christ is Risen, which refers to the Easter sequence Victimae Paschali Laudes, is the oldest German hymn, which Martin Luther used to create the popular Christ Lay in Death’s Bonds.
The Hallelujah, which appears in the earliest Psalms, is of central importance for Easter. Easter is characterised by great rejoicing, so in addition to music written especially for the Easter, almost any festive church music is well suited for the celebration.
Cantata for Easter Tuesday
Third version
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 2 soloists (AT), mixed choir (SATB), 2 oboes, strings, basso continuo
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 746028
Osterhistorie
for: 4 soloists (SSAT), 2 mixed choirs (SSATB, SSATB), orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 230464
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 229744
Single part Basso continuo
Item no.: 205096
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 231052
zum Osterfest Christ lag in Todes Banden
for: Mixed choir, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1043155
Choralfantasie
for: 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, organ, timpani, percussion
Single parts Trumpets 1–3 (B-flat)
Item no.: 1616375
Choralkantate
Single part Percussion 2
Item no.: 231375
Single part Recorder 1
Item no.: 231055
B minor BWV 103
Cantata for the Sunday of Jubilate
for: 2 soloists (AT), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Single part Organ
Item no.: 1642616
Choralfantasie
for: 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, organ, timpani, percussion
Trombone 1, 2, 3 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1616815
BWV 66
Cantata for the Second Easter Day
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir (SATB), 2 oboes, bassoon, violin solo, 2 violins, viola, basso continuo
Single part Organ
Item no.: 681926
Oster-Dialog aus: Musikalische Andachten
for: Basso continuo
Single part Basso continuo
Item no.: 229737
Cantata for the 5th Sunday after Easter
BWV 87
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Single part Organ
Item no.: 1703932
Choralkantate
Single part Percussion 1
Item no.: 231374
B minor BWV 103
Cantata for the Sunday of Jubilate
for: 2 soloists (AT), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 233596
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 230529
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 230527
Osterhistorie
for: 4 soloists (SSAT), 2 mixed choirs (SSATB, SSATB), orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 230465
über "Christ lag in Todesbanden"
for: Mixed choir (SATB), basso continuo
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 232370
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 229743
Cantata for the Sunday of Misericordias Domini
Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 233713
zum Osterfest Christ lag in Todes Banden
TVWV 9:3 (1720)
for: Mixed choir, basso continuo
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1043181
for: Basso continuo
Single part Basso continuo
Item no.: 229757
Cantata for Easter Tuesday
Third version
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 2 soloists (AT), mixed choir (SATB), 2 oboes, strings, basso continuo
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 746031
Single part Recorder 2
Item no.: 231056
for: Viola
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 231053
zum Osterfest Christ lag in Todes Banden
for: Mixed choir, basso continuo
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1043152
zum Osterfest Christ lag in Todes Banden
for: Mixed choir, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1043120
Cantata for Easter Sunday
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 769174
Choralfantasie
for: 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, organ, timpani, percussion
Single part Percussion/Kettledrum
Item no.: 1616400
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 194973
Choralkantate
for: String orchestra
Single part(n)
Item no.: 231372
B minor BWV 103
Cantata for the Sunday of Jubilate
for: 2 soloists (AT), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 233595
B minor BWV 103
Cantata for the Sunday of Jubilate
for: 2 soloists (AT), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 233594
Offertory for the Easter Sunday
Sacred music from Salzburg
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 764569
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 230526
Cantata for Easter Tuesday
Third version
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 2 soloists (AT), mixed choir (SATB), 2 oboes, strings, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 746027
Cantata for the Purification of Mary or 3rd day of Easter
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 2 soloists (SB), mixed choir (SATB), oboe, violin, basso continuo
Single part Basso continuo
Item no.: 233926
B minor BWV 103
Cantata for the Sunday of Jubilate
for: 2 soloists (AT), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 233593
for: Voice (soprano), 2 violins, basso continuo
Single part Basso continuo
Item no.: 1161096
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 231051
Cantata for Easter Sunday
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Viola 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 769180
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 230528
Osterhistorie
for: 4 soloists (SSAT), 2 mixed choirs (SSATB, SSATB), orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 230470
Osterhistorie
for: 4 soloists (SSAT), 2 mixed choirs (SSATB, SSATB), orchestra
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 230469
Osterhistorie
for: 4 soloists (SSAT), 2 mixed choirs (SSATB, SSATB), orchestra
Viola 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 230467
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 777463