“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: Violin, piano
Music score
Item no.: 577810
Chorbuch
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 463226
for: 4 trombones (ATTB)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 627714
for: Saxophone [clarinet], organ
Organ score, solo part
Item no.: 1703650
Bearbeitung für Klavier zu vier Händen (Brahms)
Bearbeitung vom Komponisten; Reprint der Erstausgabe
for: Piano 4 hands
Piano reduction
Item no.: 237867
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 610120
DTB: Denkmäler der Tonkunst in Bayern Neue Folge, Band 20
DTB NF 20 (Gesamtausgabe, Urtextausgabe) (Complete edition, Urtext)
for: GES-H (T) STR ORG
Score
Item no.: 330067
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Vocal score, Choir score
Item no.: 325908
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 347461
Arranged for piano by Lawrence Rosen
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 185528
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 1702359
for: Soloists, SATB and Piano
Score
Item no.: 344207
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 141821
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 322061
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 578086
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Book
Item no.: 322056
includes, besides the original version, a version with a smaller orchestra
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 667213
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Score
Item no.: 321211
for: Soprano Alto Tenor Bass Voice SATB Organ Accompaniment
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 244973
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 189436
for: Oboe [violin/cello], organ
Score
Item no.: 621443
for: Trumpet (B-flat), organ
Sheet music
Item no.: 3318
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 328824
for: Alto saxophone, piano
Item no.: 580056
for: Voice
Songbook (Hardcover)
Item no.: 168187
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 244190
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Item no.: 172389
for: Children's choir, piano
Conductor's score, audio CD
Item no.: 765436
for: 2 soloists (SBar), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 383569
for: Choir
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 677539
for: Sopran-Saxophon, Orgel
Ensemble score, solo part
Item no.: 358292
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano [organ]; brass ad lib.
Performance score for winds
Item no.: 348153
Cantata for the First Sunday of Advent
for: 3 soloists (SAB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 280823
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1667016
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Gesamtausgabe, Partitur, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 116880
for: Viola
Stimme, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 171621
for: Kinderchor, Instrument
Chorpartitur, Sammelband
Item no.: 117194
for: Choir, organ
Choir score
Item no.: 117145
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score (with critical report)
Item no.: 746298
for: Choir, organ
Choir score
Item no.: 117146
for: Mixed choir (2–7 parts) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 114757
for: 3 voices (SST), basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 397394
for: 2 flutes (duet)
Ensemble score
Item no.: 159013
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SSATTB), basso continuo
Choir part Alto
Item no.: 693436
for: 1. Tenor solo, 2. Tenor solo (1. Viola, 2. Viola), Bass solo (Cello)
Stimme, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 367178
for: 1. Violine, 2. Violine
Stimme
Item no.: 243057
for: Gesang, Gemischter Chor, Orchester
Score
Item no.: 115676
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 765664